Enrollment
113
High
DISTRICT 199 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TREGO COUNTY·NCES 201263000051
Trego Community High
1200 Russell Avenue, WaKeeney, KS 67672 · (785) 743-2061 · Trego County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL113 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of Kansas public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
7.2:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.4:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
44 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 9 | 17 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 46 | 41% |
| Grade 11 | 28 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 22 | 19% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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 Trego County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
36.4%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
43.2%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 | 36.4% | 43.2% |
| 2023-24 | 10.7% | 25.0% |
% 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
28.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% 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 Trego Community High
Trego Community High's state test result (28.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trego Community High this school | 113 | 38.9% | 28.9% |
| Ellinwood High Ellinwood | 146 | 39.7% | 23.6% |
| South Haven High South Haven | 120 | 38.3% | 19.7% |
| Central Plains Jr. Sr. High School Claflin | 152 | 39.5% | 25.9% |
| Rawlins County Jr/Sr High School Atwood | 151 | 36.4% | 39.6% |
| Lebo High Lebo | 117 | 35.9% | 43.2% |
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 Trego Community High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #132 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #77 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #145 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 113 | #250 of 332 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.9% | #163 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
113
+3 (+3%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 169
Student : Teacher
7.2:1
was 7.9:1
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 | 113 | 15.6 | 7.2:1 | 39% (44) |
| 2023-24 | 121 | 14.3 | 8.5:1 | 43% (52) |
| 2022-23 | 112 | 13.3 | 8.4:1 | 39% (44) |
| 2020-21 | 110 | 14 | 7.9:1 | 36% (40) |
| 2017-18 | 117 | 10.5 | 11.1:1 | 33% (39) |
| 2015-16 | 119 | 13 | 9.2:1 | 28% (33) |
| 2010-11 | 122 | 13 | 9.4:1 | 31% (38) |
| 2000-01 | 212 | 17 | 12.5:1 | 25% (53) |
| 1990-91 | 169 | 18 | 9.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Trego Community High.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (117 to 113); teachers up 49% (10.5 to 15.6).
About Trego Community High
Trego Community High runs as a small high school in WaKeeney, Kansas. Its 113 students are spread across grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Kansas is about 410 students.
Trego County, which runs Trego Community High, has 2 schools and 398 students.
White students make up 89% of enrollment at Trego Community High. Other students are 9% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 21% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.2:1 at Trego Community High, with 15.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 4.6 below the 11.9:1 average for high schools in Kansas. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 39%. That tracks the 38% average for public schools in Trego County.
Trego Community High is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 47% of Kansas public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Trego Community High's average proficiency rate on state tests of 28.9% is 14.7 points below the 43.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Across Trego County, the median household income is $81,528, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Trego County is home to 2 public schools and about 398 public school students.
Trego Grade School is the public school closest to Trego Community High, about 0.6 miles away. Trego Community High's average proficiency of 28.9% compares with 41.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Trego Community High has an NCES locale of Rural: Remote.
The school enrolled 113 students in 2024-25, 3 more than the 110 it had in 2020-21.
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Trego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,777
Census ACS
Median income
$81,528
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2
398 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Trego Grade School0.6 mi · 285
- Washington Elem18.0 mi · 182
- Ellis Jr/Sr High18.1 mi · 161
- Quinter Jr-Sr High19.5 mi · 133
- Quinter Elem19.7 mi · 176
- Palco Jr. High22.6 mi · 12
Frequently asked questions
About Trego Community HighHow many students attend Trego Community High?
Trego Community High enrolls approximately 113 students in grades 09-12.
Is Trego Community High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Trego Community High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Trego Community High have?
Trego Community High employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Trego Community High?
Student demographics at Trego Community High are roughly 89% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
What district is Trego Community High in?
Trego Community High is part of Trego County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.