Enrollment
278
High
DISTRICT 285 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WELLSVILLE·NCES 201287000456
Wellsville High
602 Walnut, Wellsville, KS 66092 · (785) 883-2057 · Franklin County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL278 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Kansas public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
16.9:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
82 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 71 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 60 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 77 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 70 | 25% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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 Wellsville. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
20.7%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
17.2%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 | 20.7% | 17.2% |
| 2023-24 | 21.1% | 14.5% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
22.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.1%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-25.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% 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 →
Schools most like Wellsville High
Wellsville High's state test result (22.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellsville High this school | 278 | 29.5% | 22.2% |
| Jefferson West High Meriden | 247 | 30.0% | 32.9% |
| Southeast Saline High Gypsum | 323 | 30.0% | 43.0% |
| Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School Eskridge | 216 | 29.6% | 40.0% |
| Sabetha High School Sabetha | 217 | 30.4% | 36.1% |
| Clearwater High Clearwater | 361 | 31.0% | 30.6% |
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 Wellsville High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.2% | #199 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.2% | #239 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #249 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 278 | #130 of 332 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #162 of 172 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.6% | #161 of 172 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.5% | #222 of 263 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.6% | #41 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. 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
278
+53 (+24%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 333
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 278 | 16.4 | 16.9:1 | 29% (82) |
| 2023-24 | 246 | 15.4 | 16.0:1 | 26% (64) |
| 2022-23 | 259 | 16.2 | 16.0:1 | 25% (64) |
| 2020-21 | 225 | 17 | 13.2:1 | 28% (62) |
| 2017-18 | 256 | 20.9 | 12.3:1 | 29% (73) |
| 2015-16 | 237 | 21 | 11.3:1 | 29% (69) |
| 2010-11 | 231 | 22 | 10.5:1 | 32% (74) |
| 2000-01 | 335 | 30 | 11.2:1 | 11% (36) |
| 1990-91 | 333 | 25 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wellsville High.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (256 to 278); teachers down 22% (20.9 to 16.4).
About Wellsville High
Wellsville High is the name of a low-enrollment high school in Wellsville, Kansas. Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 278 students. Against the 410-student average for high schools in Kansas, enrollment here is 32% lower.
Wellsville High is one of the 3 schools that make up Wellsville (856 students in total).
The large majority of students at Wellsville High, 92%, are White. Other reported shares: 5% Hispanic. That is close to the 91% White share among all Franklin County residents. Wellsville High has a diversity index of 16%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 16.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Wellsville High was 16.9:1. Among high schools in Kansas, the typical ratio is 11.9:1. Wellsville High's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 29%. The average for public schools in Franklin County is 52%.
Measured against Kansas public high schools, Wellsville High receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Wellsville High scores 25.9 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 22.2% actual versus 48.1% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of Kansas schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, Franklin County, median household income is about $77,207, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. A total of 15 public schools operate in Franklin County, serving about 4,187 students.
Wellsville Middle School is the public school closest to Wellsville High, less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 47.7%; Wellsville High's is 22.2%, ranking 8th of 8.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 278 was 24% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 225. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 16.9:1, from 13.2:1.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Wellsville High. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,106
Census ACS
Median income
$77,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
4,187 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wellsville
- Wellsville ElemElementary · 411 students
- Wellsville Middle SchoolMiddle · 167 students
Other schools in Wellsville
- Wellsville ElemElementary · 411 students
- Wellsville Middle SchoolMiddle · 167 students
Nearby schools
- Wellsville Middle School0.1 mi · 167
- Wellsville Elem0.4 mi · 411
- Edgerton Elem5.0 mi · 133
- Baldwin Junior High School7.0 mi · 309
- Baldwin High School7.1 mi · 437
- Baldwin Elementary Intermediate Center7.5 mi · 276
Frequently asked questions
About Wellsville HighHow many students attend Wellsville High?
Wellsville High enrolls approximately 278 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Wellsville High serve?
Wellsville High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Wellsville High?
Approximately 16.9:1 students per teacher at Wellsville High.
What is the student diversity at Wellsville High?
Student demographics at Wellsville High are roughly 92% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Wellsville High?
Wellsville High is overseen by Wellsville in Franklin County.
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