Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr

As an one-room-style high school in Sylvan Grove, Kansas, Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr teaches 144 students from grades 7 through 12, operated by Sylvan Grove. Compared to the state average of about 410 students per school, that is 65% smaller than typical.

Sylvan Grove comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 269 students; Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr logs that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Lincoln County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 40.6%; actual is 24.7%, a gap of -15.9 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Lincoln County put median household income runs about $57,500, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr is one of 3 public schools in Lincoln County (combined enrollment of about 480 students).

The closest other public school is Lucas/Sylvan Elementary Unified, roughly 7.8 miles away. On composite proficiency, Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 46.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 26%: 114 students in 2018 compared to 144 in 2025.

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