Wabaunsee Junior High

Set in Paxico, Kansas, Wabaunsee Junior High is a minimally staffed middle-grades school, operated by Wabaunsee. It instructs 95 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 402 students each, so Wabaunsee Junior High sits 76% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in Wabaunsee (409 students total), Wabaunsee Junior High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Wabaunsee Junior High logs that White students make up the majority at 79%. The remainder looks like 17% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Wabaunsee County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Wabaunsee Junior High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.0%, the actual is 47.2%, a residual of +4.2 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Wabaunsee County) reports that median household earnings sit near $76,908, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Wabaunsee County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 937 students), of which Wabaunsee Junior High is one.

The closest other public school is Wabaunsee Elementary School, roughly 7.4 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wabaunsee Junior High ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 43.7%.

Wabaunsee Junior High operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Wabaunsee Junior High's enrollment has climbed 56% since 2018, when it stood at 61 (now 95). White enrollment moved from 90% to 79% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Wabaunsee Junior High community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.