Enrollment
144
High
DISTRICT 135 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SYLVAN GROVE·NCES 201212001976
Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr
504 West 4th, Sylvan Grove, KS 67481 · (785) 526-7175 · Lincoln County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL144 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of Kansas public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
10.4:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
65 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 16 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 17 | 12% |
| Grade 9 | 32 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 22 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 30 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 27 | 19% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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 Sylvan Grove. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
40.3%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
17.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 | 40.3% | 17.5% |
| 2023-24 | 26.6% | 10.1% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
24.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr
Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr's state test result (24.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr this school | 144 | 45.1% | 24.7% |
| Hill City Junior-Senior High Hill City | 171 | 45.0% | 26.3% |
| Norton High Norton | 181 | 45.9% | 25.4% |
| Udall High Udall | 112 | 46.4% | 30.5% |
| Erie High School Erie | 144 | 45.8% | 16.9% |
| McLouth High McLouth | 125 | 42.4% | 16.2% |
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 Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #177 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.5% | #237 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #111 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 144 | #222 of 332 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.1% | #123 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
144
+16 (+13%) vs 2020
+18% since 2010-11, when it was 122
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 144 | 13.8 | 10.4:1 | 45% (65) |
| 2023-24 | 153 | 10.5 | 14.6:1 | 46% (70) |
| 2022-23 | 116 | 10.5 | 11.1:1 | 42% (49) |
| 2020-21 | 128 | 10 | 12.8:1 | 45% (57) |
| 2017-18 | 114 | 11.5 | 9.9:1 | 35% (40) |
| 2015-16 | 96 | 11 | 8.7:1 | 49% (47) |
| 2010-11 | 122 | 8 | 15.3:1 | 43% (52) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr.
Since 2017-18: students up 26% (114 to 144); teachers up 20% (11.5 to 13.8).
About Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr
Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr is a high school located in Sylvan Grove, Kansas, in Lincoln County. The school counts 144 students across grades 7 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in Kansas is about 410, so this school runs 65% smaller than that.
Sylvan Grove enrolls 269 students, and its 2 schools include Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr.
About 90% of the student body at Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr is White. Other reported shares: 6% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. The White share in Lincoln County as a whole is similar, at about 93%. The school's diversity index is 19%, meaning two students picked at random have a 19% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.4:1, with 13.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 1.4 students per teacher below the 11.9:1 average for high schools in Kansas. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 45% of enrollment. That is lower than the 54% average for public schools in Lincoln County.
allk12 grades Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr a C. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr is 40.6%. It actually posts 24.7%, which is 15.9 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Kansas schools.
Within Lincoln County, the median household income is $57,500, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Besides Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr, Lincoln County has 2 other public schools.
Lucas/Sylvan Elementary Unified is the closest public school, about 7.8 miles away in a straight line. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr ranks 8th on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr in rural territory far from an urban area (Rural: Remote).
Over 4 years, Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr's enrollment grew 13%, to 144. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 12.8:1 to 10.4:1.
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Lincoln County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,923
Census ACS
Median income
$57,500
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
3
480 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sylvan Grove
- Lucas/Sylvan Elementary UnifiedElementary · 125 students
Nearby schools
- Lucas/Sylvan Elementary Unified7.8 mi · 125
- Lincoln Elem13.6 mi · 155
- Central Plains Adult Diploma Program13.9 mi · 770
- Wilson Elementary School13.9 mi · 74
- Lincoln Jr/Sr High14.3 mi · 181
- Ellsworth High21.3 mi · 300
Frequently asked questions
About Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. srWhat is the total enrollment at Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr?
Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr enrolls approximately 144 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr serve?
Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr.
How diverse is Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr?
Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr reports a student body of 90% White, 5% Hispanic, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr?
Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr is overseen by Sylvan Grove in Lincoln County.
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