Enrollment
46
High
DISTRICT 77 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALLACE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 201161000169
Wallace County High
521 N. Main, Sharon Springs, KS 67758 · (785) 728-4571 · Wallace County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL46 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of Kansas public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.0:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
19 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 | 9 | 20% |
| Grade 10 | 11 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 11 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 15 | 33% |
Student demographics
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 Wallace County Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
80.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
80.0%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 | 80.0% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.8% | 38.5% |
% 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
49.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.4%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 →
Where Wallace County High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 46 | #315 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
46
-23 (-33%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 77
Student : Teacher
7.5:1
was 8.6:1
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 | 46 | 6.1 | 7.5:1 | 41% (19) |
| 2023-24 | 59 | 7.1 | 8.4:1 | 34% (20) |
| 2022-23 | 58 | 8.1 | 7.2:1 | 33% (19) |
| 2020-21 | 69 | 8 | 8.6:1 | 28% (19) |
| 2017-18 | 62 | 7.6 | 8.2:1 | 32% (20) |
| 2015-16 | 56 | 8 | 7.0:1 | 27% (15) |
| 2010-11 | 58 | 8 | 7.3:1 | 38% (22) |
| 2000-01 | 102 | 10 | 10.2:1 | 29% (30) |
| 1990-91 | 77 | 11 | 7.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wallace County High.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (62 to 46); teachers down 20% (7.6 to 6.1).
About Wallace County High
In Sharon Springs, Kansas, part of Wallace County, Wallace County High is a high school. It offers grades 9 through 12 and has 46 students enrolled. That is 89% below the average of about 410 students for high schools in Kansas.
Wallace County Schools includes 2 schools. Together they enroll 154 students.
More than half of the students at Wallace County High are White (76%). Beyond that, enrollment is 13% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% multiracial, and 2% Native American. In Wallace County overall, about 90% of residents are White.
Wallace County High has 6.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 7.5:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Kansas is 11.9:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 41% at Wallace County High. The gap from the 32% average for public schools in Wallace County is 9 points.
Wallace County High holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 96% of Kansas public high schools.
A school with Wallace County High's lunch-eligibility share in Kansas is predicted to score 42.4%. Wallace County High scores 49.2%, 6.8 points above that line.
In Wallace County, home to about 1,417 people, median household income comes to about $63,207, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Wallace County's 4 public schools enroll about 269 students and include Wallace County High.
Wallace County High's nearest public school is Sharon Springs Elem (less than a tenth of a mile). On average proficiency, Wallace County High is 2nd of 7 nearby schools with test data.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Remote: in rural territory far from an urban area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 46, down from 69 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 8.6:1 to 7.5:1.
The Wallace County High discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Wallace County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,417
Census ACS
Median income
$63,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
269 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wallace County Schools
- Sharon Springs ElemElementary · 108 students
Nearby schools
- Sharon Springs Elem0.0 mi · 108
- Weskan Elem11.7 mi · 64
- Weskan High11.7 mi · 51
- Winona Elem29.4 mi · 58
- Winona High29.4 mi · 15
- Greeley County Elem School29.6 mi · 115
Frequently asked questions
About Wallace County HighHow many students attend Wallace County High?
Wallace County High enrolls approximately 46 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Wallace County High serve?
Wallace County High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Wallace County High?
Approximately 7.5:1 students per teacher at Wallace County High.
What is the student diversity at Wallace County High?
Student demographics at Wallace County High are roughly 76% White, 13% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Wallace County High public or private?
Wallace County High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wallace County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.