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What's the one class at Wamego High every student should take?
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Enrollment
504
High
DISTRICT 261 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAMEGO·NCES 200000300585
Wamego High
801 N Lincoln, Wamego, KS 66547 · (785) 456-2214 · Pottawatomie County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL504 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
140 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 51%
Community
5
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 | 125 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 132 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 124 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 123 | 24% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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 Wamego. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
24.2%
KS avg 44.5% . -8.3pp since 2023
Math
28.9%
KS avg 38.8% . +8.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.2% | 28.9% |
| 2023-24 | 32.5% | 20.6% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades.
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
27.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.9%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% 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 →
Where Wamego High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #143 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #179 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #237 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 504 | #87 of 332 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #85 of 172 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.4% | #132 of 172 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.8% | #227 of 263 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.5% | #21 of 75 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
504
+17 (+3%) vs 2020
+49% since 1990-91, when it was 339
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 504 | 38.4 | 13.1:1 | 28% (140) |
| 2023-24 | 514 | 41.4 | 12.4:1 | 28% (143) |
| 2022-23 | 507 | 43.9 | 11.6:1 | 24% (123) |
| 2020-21 | 487 | 39 | 12.5:1 | 25% (122) |
| 2017-18 | 448 | 41.1 | 10.9:1 | 29% (130) |
| 2015-16 | 439 | 42 | 10.4:1 | 28% (121) |
| 2010-11 | 447 | 30 | 14.9:1 | 24% (109) |
| 2000-01 | 478 | 37 | 12.9:1 | 17% (81) |
| 1990-91 | 339 | 27 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wamego High.
About Wamego High
Wamego High is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in Wamego, Kansas. The latest federal count shows 504 students in grades 9 through 12. Against the 410-student average for high schools in Kansas, enrollment here is 23% higher.
Wamego High falls under Wamego, which has 5 schools enrolling 1,617 students.
The student body at Wamego High is 87% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 6% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. That is close to the 89% White share among all Pottawatomie County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 23% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Wamego High's 38.4 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.1:1. On average, high schools in Kansas have 11.9:1, compared with 13.1:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 28%. That tracks the 31% average for public schools in Pottawatomie County.
Wamego High posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 27.9%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Kansas are predicted to post 48.9%, so the school is 21.0 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
Among Pottawatomie County residents, the median household income is $92,325, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Besides Wamego High, Pottawatomie County has 15 other public schools.
The closest public school to Wamego High is Wamego High School Virtual School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Wamego High is one of several public schools in the area, with 4 others within five miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Wamego High ranks 7th on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Fringe, or in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment has grown by 17 students since 2020-21, to 504.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Pottawatomie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,204
Census ACS
Median income
$92,325
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
4,283 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wamego
- Wamego Middle SchoolMiddle · 385 students
- Central ElemElementary · 357 students
- West ElemElementary · 353 students
- Wamego High School Virtual SchoolHigh · 18 students
Other schools in Wamego
- Wamego Middle SchoolMiddle · 385 students
- Central ElemElementary · 357 students
- West ElemElementary · 353 students
- Wamego High School Virtual SchoolHigh · 18 students
Nearby schools
- Wamego High School Virtual School0.0 mi · 18
- Central Elem0.1 mi · 357
- West Elem0.7 mi · 353
- Wamego Middle School0.9 mi · 385
- St George Elem6.6 mi · 374
- Rock Creek High School9.7 mi · 415
Frequently asked questions
About Wamego HighHow many students attend Wamego High?
Wamego High enrolls approximately 504 students in grades 09-12.
Is Wamego High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wamego High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Wamego High have?
Wamego High employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Wamego High?
Student demographics at Wamego High are roughly 87% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Two or more.
Is Wamego High public or private?
Wamego High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wamego.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.