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Enrollment
1,878
High
DISTRICT 652 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUBURN-WASHBURN·NCES 200320001073
Washburn Rural High
5900 SW 61st, Topeka, KS 66619 · (785) 339-4100 · Shawnee County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,878 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of Kansas public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
14.1:1
133 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
573 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 479 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 473 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 454 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 460 | 24% |
| Ungraded | 12 | 1% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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 Auburn-Washburn. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
44.4%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
39.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 | 44.4% | 39.3% |
| 2023-24 | 33.2% | 26.3% |
% 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
35.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 →
Schools most like Washburn Rural High
Washburn Rural High's state test result (35.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washburn Rural High this school | 1,878 | 30.5% | 35.1% |
| Maize Sr High Maize | 1,444 | 29.5% | 25.3% |
| Gardner Edgerton High Gardner | 1,794 | 35.5% | 25.6% |
| Lawrence Free State High Lawrence | 1,774 | 30.3% | 41.3% |
| Lansing High 9-12 Leavenworth | 860 | 29.8% | 41.8% |
| Maize South High School Wichita | 1,107 | 25.9% | 32.5% |
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 Washburn Rural High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Shawnee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #73 of 262 | #2 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #100 of 262 | #3 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #84 of 262 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,878 | #11 of 332 | #1 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #103 of 172 | #4 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.1% | #63 of 172 | #5 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.5% | #209 of 263 | #8 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.9% | #73 of 100 | #4 of 6 |
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
1,878
-36 (-2%) vs 2020
+82% since 1990-91, when it was 1,030
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 1,878 | 133.1 | 14.1:1 | 31% (573) |
| 2023-24 | 1,885 | 130 | 14.5:1 | 31% (578) |
| 2022-23 | 1,884 | 130.8 | 14.4:1 | 31% (582) |
| 2020-21 | 1,914 | 130 | 14.7:1 | 28% (545) |
| 2017-18 | 1,954 | 130.3 | 15.0:1 | 30% (585) |
| 2015-16 | 1,879 | 128 | 14.7:1 | 32% (598) |
| 2010-11 | 1,744 | 122 | 14.3:1 | 20% (350) |
| 2000-01 | 1,486 | 100 | 14.9:1 | 12% (180) |
| 1990-91 | 1,030 | 65 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Washburn Rural High.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (1,954 to 1,878); teachers up 2% (130.3 to 133.1).
About Washburn Rural High
Washburn Rural High is the name of a large high school in Topeka, Kansas. Students in grades 9 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 1,878 students. High schools in Kansas average about 410 students, which makes this school 358% larger than average.
Auburn-Washburn is the district for Washburn Rural High. It has 9 schools and 5,866 students.
Federal enrollment data show Washburn Rural High is 72% White. Next come 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Black, and 2% Asian. In Shawnee County overall, the White share is about 75%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 45, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 133.1 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1. Statewide, high schools in Kansas average 11.9:1. Income data for the school show 31% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Shawnee County is 54%.
Washburn Rural High earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 63% of Kansas public high schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 35.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 47.6%.
Shawnee County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $67,104, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. There are 54 public schools in the county, enrolling about 26,294, Washburn Rural High among them.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Washburn Rural Middle School, is the closest to Washburn Rural High. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 39.7% proficiency; Washburn Rural High posts 35.1%.
NCES describes the area around Washburn Rural High as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Washburn Rural High had 1,914 students in 2020-21 and 1,878 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
The allk12 page for Washburn Rural 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.
Shawnee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
178,025
Census ACS
Median income
$67,104
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
26,294 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Auburn-Washburn
- Washburn Rural Middle SchoolMiddle · 966 students
- Farley ElementaryElementary · 596 students
- Jay Shideler ElementaryElementary · 492 students
- Wanamaker ElemElementary · 475 students
- Indian Hills ElementaryElementary · 440 students
- Pauline Central PrimaryElementary · 406 students
Other schools in Topeka
- Topeka HighHigh · 1,578 students
- Seaman HighHigh · 1,190 students
- Topeka West HighHigh · 971 students
- Washburn Rural Middle SchoolMiddle · 966 students
- Highland Park HighHigh · 835 students
- Jardine ElementaryElementary · 729 students
Nearby schools
- Washburn Rural Middle School0.4 mi · 966
- Jay Shideler Elementary1.3 mi · 492
- Pauline South Intermediate3.1 mi · 277
- Pauline Central Primary3.4 mi · 406
- Marjorie French Middle School3.5 mi · 480
- Farley Elementary3.5 mi · 596
Frequently asked questions
About Washburn Rural HighHow large is Washburn Rural High?
Washburn Rural High enrolls approximately 1,878 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Washburn Rural High serve?
Washburn Rural High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Washburn Rural High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Washburn Rural High is approximately 14.1:1 (133 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Washburn Rural High?
Washburn Rural High reports a student body of 72% White, 12% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Washburn Rural High?
Washburn Rural High is overseen by Auburn-Washburn in Shawnee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.