Enrollment
232
High
DISTRICT 250 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STERLING·NCES 201203000809
Sterling Junior High/Senior High
308 E Washington, Sterling, KS 67579 · (620) 278-2171 · Rice County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL232 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of Kansas public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
88 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 43 | 19% |
| Grade 9 | 52 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 34 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 34 | 15% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 58% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Sterling. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
46.7%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
49.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.7% | 49.5% |
| 2023-24 | 32.5% | 35.7% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Sterling Junior High/Senior High
Sterling Junior High/Senior High's state test result (43.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling Junior High/Senior High this school | 232 | 37.9% | 43.3% |
| Osage City High Osage City | 218 | 38.5% | 33.4% |
| Smoky Valley High Lindsborg | 243 | 36.6% | 32.8% |
| Chase County Junior Senior High School Cottonwood Falls | 192 | 36.5% | 36.1% |
| Valley Heights Jr/Sr High Blue Rapids | 166 | 38.6% | 46.3% |
| Burlington High Burlington | 246 | 39.0% | 23.3% |
Matched among Kansas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Sterling Junior High/Senior High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #25 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #39 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #67 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 232 | #156 of 332 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #52 of 172 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.4% | #171 of 172 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.9% | #170 of 263 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
232
+6 (+3%) vs 2020
+47% since 1990-91, when it was 158
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 11.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 232 | 20.1 | 11.5:1 | 38% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 240 | 18.3 | 13.2:1 | 39% (94) |
| 2022-23 | 214 | 19.3 | 11.1:1 | 39% (83) |
| 2020-21 | 226 | 19 | 11.9:1 | 39% (89) |
| 2017-18 | 232 | 22.2 | 10.4:1 | 33% (77) |
| 2015-16 | 245 | 19 | 12.9:1 | 39% (95) |
| 2010-11 | 157 | 14 | 11.2:1 | 34% (53) |
| 2000-01 | 169 | 16 | 10.6:1 | 30% (51) |
| 1990-91 | 158 | 17 | 9.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sterling Junior High/Senior High.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (232 to 232); teachers down 9% (22.2 to 20.1).
About Sterling Junior High/Senior High
The public high school Sterling Junior High/Senior High is located in Sterling, Kansas. The school had 232 students in grades 7 through 12 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (high schools in Kansas) has about 410 students.
A total of 2 schools make up Sterling, with 500 students enrolled.
Sterling Junior High/Senior High enrolls a student body that is 94% White. Other reported shares: 3% Hispanic. That compares with about 79% White among all Rice County residents. Sterling Junior High/Senior High has a diversity index of 12%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 11.5 students per teacher and 20.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across high schools in Kansas, the average ratio is about 11.9:1. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The 58% average for public schools in Rice County is 20 points higher.
Measured against Kansas public high schools, Sterling Junior High/Senior High receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Sterling Junior High/Senior High's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (43.3%) and its predicted rate (44.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Kansas schools.
Sterling Junior High/Senior High is located in Rice County, where median household income is about $63,925, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Sterling Junior High/Senior High is one of 11 public schools in Rice County, which together enroll about 1,434 students.
The shortest distance from Sterling Junior High/Senior High to another public school is about 0.6 miles, to Sterling Grade School. The ten-mile area around Sterling Junior High/Senior High holds 7 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 36.7%, lower than Sterling Junior High/Senior High's 43.3%.
The school is in rural territory far from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Remote).
The student count in 2024-25 was 232, 3% above the 226 of 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Sterling Junior High/Senior High covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Rice County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,350
Census ACS
Median income
$63,925
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
1,434 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- Sterling Grade School0.6 mi · 268
- Nickerson High8.1 mi · 255
- Lyons Middle School8.2 mi · 173
- Nickerson Elem8.2 mi · 183
- Lyons High School8.2 mi · 221
- Lyons Central Elementary8.9 mi · 132
Frequently asked questions
About Sterling Junior High/Senior HighWhat is the total enrollment at Sterling Junior High/Senior High?
Sterling Junior High/Senior High enrolls approximately 232 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Sterling Junior High/Senior High serve?
Sterling Junior High/Senior High serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Sterling Junior High/Senior High?
Approximately 11.5:1 students per teacher at Sterling Junior High/Senior High.
How diverse is Sterling Junior High/Senior High?
Sterling Junior High/Senior High reports a student body of 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Sterling Junior High/Senior High public or private?
Sterling Junior High/Senior High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sterling.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.