Washburn Rural High

Washburn Rural High operates as a roomy secondary school in Topeka, Kansas, part of Auburn-Washburn. Current enrollment sits at 1,878 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 358% above the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 410 students.

Washburn Rural High is one of 9 schools operated by Auburn-Washburn, a district that enrolls 5,866 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Washburn Rural High records that 72% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Black, 2% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Washburn Rural High shows 133 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Shawnee County (around 54%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Washburn Rural High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.1%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Shawnee County indicate median household earnings sit near $67,104, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Washburn Rural High is one of 54 public schools in Shawnee County (combined enrollment of about 26,294 students).

Washburn Rural Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Washburn Rural High. On composite proficiency, Washburn Rural High comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 39.7%.

Washburn Rural High operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Washburn Rural High's enrollment has ticked down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 1,954 (now 1,878).

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