Wamego High

Wamego High is a 9-12 campus of reasonably sized scale in Wamego, Kansas, run under Wamego, instructing 504 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 410 students per school, that is 23% bigger than typical.

Within Wamego, which oversees 5 schools and 1,617 students, Wamego High is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Wamego High reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). The remainder reads as 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.9:1, putting Wamego High higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 28% of students at Wamego High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Wamego High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 48.9%; actual is 27.9%, a gap of -21.0 points.

In the area at large, census data for Pottawatomie County shows median household income runs about $92,325, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Pottawatomie County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,283 students), Wamego High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Wamego High School Virtual School, around 0.0 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wamego High at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 50.0%.

Wamego High operates from a town-based location.

Over the past 7-year window. Wamego High's enrollment has grew 13% since 2018, when it stood at 448 (now 504). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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