Enrollment
80
High
DISTRICT 203 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAY COUNTY·NCES 200489000829
Wakefield High
502 Third, Wakefield, KS 67487 · (785) 461-5437 · Clay County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL80 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of Kansas public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
10.1:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
40 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 19 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 19 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 20 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 22 | 28% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
31.3%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
31.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 | 31.3% | 31.3% |
| 2023-24 | 19.0% | 4.8% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 38% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Wakefield High
Wakefield High's state test result (17.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wakefield High this school | 80 | 50.0% | 17.3% |
| Peabody-Burns Jr/Sr High School Peabody | 102 | 51.0% | 16.8% |
| Stafford Middle School/High School Stafford | 116 | 50.0% | 31.9% |
| Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School Otis | 81 | 45.7% | 34.7% |
| South Central High School Coldwater | 88 | 46.6% | 23.5% |
| THUNDER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL KENSINGTON | 60 | 48.3% | 40.9% |
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 Wakefield High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 80 | #280 of 332 |
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
80
+19 (+31%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 74
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 8.7:1
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 | 80 | 7.9 | 10.1:1 | 50% (40) |
| 2023-24 | 75 | 7.1 | 10.6:1 | 55% (41) |
| 2022-23 | 71 | 5.4 | 13.2:1 | 41% (29) |
| 2020-21 | 61 | 7 | 8.7:1 | 41% (25) |
| 2017-18 | 70 | 8.6 | 8.1:1 | 36% (25) |
| 2015-16 | 85 | 8 | 10.6:1 | 29% (25) |
| 2010-11 | 102 | 8 | 12.8:1 | 32% (33) |
| 2000-01 | 92 | 7 | 13.1:1 | 36% (33) |
| 1990-91 | 74 | 7 | 10.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wakefield High.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (70 to 80); teachers down 8% (8.6 to 7.9).
About Wakefield High
Located in Wakefield, Kansas, Wakefield High is a very small high school. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 80 students. By comparison, high schools in Kansas enroll about 410 students on average.
Wakefield High is one of the 6 schools that make up Clay County (1,272 students in total).
White students are 79% of those enrolled at Wakefield High. Other reported shares: 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Native American. That compares with about 92% White among all Clay County residents. A diversity index of 36% means there is a 36% chance two randomly chosen students at Wakefield High are from different groups.
Teacher count: 7.9 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 10.1:1. The average for high schools in Kansas, 11.9:1, is higher. Roughly 50% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Wakefield High lands at D, ahead of 8% of Kansas public high schools.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 38.3% for Wakefield High, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 17.3%. The 21.0-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Kansas schools.
In the wider Clay County area, the median household earns about $66,176 a year, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Across Clay County, 7 public schools serve about 1,272 students.
Wakefield High's nearest public school is Wakefield Elem (less than a tenth of a mile). In all, 2 other public schools sit within ten miles of Wakefield High. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Wakefield High is 9th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment was 80 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 61. Its ratio of students to teachers was 8.7:1 in 2020-21, and 10.1:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Wakefield High lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Clay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,048
Census ACS
Median income
$66,176
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,272 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clay County
- Lincoln ElemElementary · 341 students
- Clay Center Community HighHigh · 326 students
- Clay Center Community MiddleMiddle · 226 students
- Garfield ElemElementary · 170 students
- Wakefield ElemElementary · 129 students
- eLearn 379 Virtual SchoolCombined
Other Wakefield High schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Wakefield High. Wakefield High is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Wakefield HighArlington, VA · 2,646 students
- Wakefield HighRaleigh, NC · 2,065 students
- WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOLWAKEFIELD, NE · 234 students
Nearby schools
- Wakefield Elem0.0 mi · 129
- Milford Elem6.0 mi · 86
- Riley County Grade School11.7 mi · 514
- Lincoln Elem12.4 mi · 341
- Garfield Elem12.9 mi · 170
- Riley County High School12.9 mi · 232
Frequently asked questions
About Wakefield HighWhat is the total enrollment at Wakefield High?
Wakefield High enrolls approximately 80 students in grades 09-12.
Is Wakefield High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wakefield High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Wakefield High have?
Wakefield High employs 8 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.1:1.
How diverse is Wakefield High?
Wakefield High reports a student body of 79% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Wakefield High?
Wakefield High is overseen by Clay County in Clay County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.