Enrollment
115
High
DISTRICT 136 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WABAUNSEE·NCES 200324000620
Wabaunsee Sr High
912 Missouri, Alma, KS 66401 · (785) 765-3315 · Wabaunsee County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL115 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% 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.
- B-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
7.5:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
33 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 27 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 25 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 27 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 36 | 31% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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 Wabaunsee. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
66.7%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
62.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 | 66.7% | 62.5% |
| 2023-24 | 36.7% | 26.7% |
% 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
36.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Wabaunsee Sr High
Wabaunsee Sr High's state test result (36.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wabaunsee Sr High this school | 115 | 28.7% | 36.1% |
| Valley Falls High Valley Falls | 122 | 29.5% | 25.5% |
| Pleasant Ridge High Easton | 168 | 27.4% | 33.0% |
| Lyndon High Lyndon | 124 | 31.5% | 25.0% |
| Centralia High Centralia | 145 | 28.3% | 43.8% |
| Olpe Jr./Sr. High School Olpe | 179 | 26.8% | 47.4% |
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 Wabaunsee Sr High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #65 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #11 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #3 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 115 | #247 of 332 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.7% | #223 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
115
-19 (-14%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 138
Student : Teacher
7.5:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 115 | 15.3 | 7.5:1 | 29% (33) |
| 2023-24 | 124 | 9.4 | 13.2:1 | 31% (38) |
| 2022-23 | 131 | 10.4 | 12.6:1 | 24% (31) |
| 2020-21 | 134 | 12 | 11.2:1 | 26% (35) |
| 2017-18 | 147 | 14.1 | 10.4:1 | 31% (46) |
| 2015-16 | 141 | 18 | 7.8:1 | 33% (46) |
| 2010-11 | 131 | 14 | 9.4:1 | 35% (46) |
| 2000-01 | 181 | 19 | 9.5:1 | 17% (31) |
| 1990-91 | 138 | 16 | 8.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wabaunsee Sr High.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (147 to 115); teachers up 9% (14.1 to 15.3).
About Wabaunsee Sr High
This page covers Wabaunsee Sr High, a small high school in Alma, Kansas. Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 115 students. Against the 410-student average for high schools in Kansas, enrollment here is 72% lower.
Wabaunsee runs Wabaunsee Sr High along with 2 other schools, enrolling 409 students in total.
Most students at Wabaunsee Sr High are White: 83% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Native American. The chance that two students picked at random at Wabaunsee Sr High belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 29%.
Wabaunsee Sr High's 15.3 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 7.5:1. For comparison, high schools in Kansas average 11.9:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 29%.
Measured against Kansas public high schools, Wabaunsee Sr High receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Wabaunsee Sr High is -12.3 points: 36.1% actual, 48.5% predicted.
Wabaunsee County has these Census figures: median household income is about $76,908, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Wabaunsee Sr High is among the 7 public schools in Wabaunsee County.
Wabaunsee Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.1 miles away in a straight line. Wabaunsee Sr High is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within ten miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Wabaunsee Sr High ranks 6th on proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 115 was 14% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 134. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 11.2:1 to 7.5:1.
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Wabaunsee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,009
Census ACS
Median income
$76,908
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
937 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wabaunsee
- Wabaunsee Elementary SchoolElementary · 199 students
- Wabaunsee Junior HighMiddle · 95 students
- Maple Hill ElemCombined
Nearby schools
- Wabaunsee Elementary School0.1 mi · 199
- Wabaunsee Junior High7.5 mi · 95
- West Elem12.8 mi · 353
- Central Elem12.9 mi · 357
- Wamego High13.0 mi · 504
- Wamego High School Virtual School13.0 mi · 18
Frequently asked questions
About Wabaunsee Sr HighHow many students attend Wabaunsee Sr High?
Wabaunsee Sr High enrolls approximately 115 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Wabaunsee Sr High serve?
Wabaunsee Sr High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wabaunsee Sr High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wabaunsee Sr High is approximately 7.5:1 (15 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Wabaunsee Sr High?
Wabaunsee Sr High reports a student body of 83% White, 7% Hispanic, 6% Two or more.
Is Wabaunsee Sr High public or private?
Wabaunsee Sr High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wabaunsee.
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