Trego Community High

Trego Community High operates as a rural-scale 9-12 campus in WaKeeney, Kansas, one of the schools within Trego County. Current enrollment sits at 113 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 410 students each, so Trego Community High sits 72% below that benchmark.

Within Trego County, which oversees 2 schools and 398 students, Trego Community High is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Trego Community High logs that nearly all students (89%) are White. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Trego Community High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.6%; this one delivers 28.9%.

In the broader community, census data for Trego County shows median household earnings sit near $81,528, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Trego County's 2 public schools (combined enrollment of about 398 students), Trego Community High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Trego Grade School, around 0.6 miles off. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Trego Community High ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 41.0%.

Trego Community High operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Trego Community High has shrank 3%, going from 117 students in 2018 to 113 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 95% to 89% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 7.2:1 in 2025.

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