Winfield High

Winfield High operates as a large secondary school in Winfield, Kansas, one of the schools within Winfield. Current enrollment sits at 638 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 410 students per school, that is 56% bigger than typical.

Winfield comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,915 students; Winfield High is among them.

On the student-mix side, Winfield High logs that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Winfield High is in the bottom 10% of Kansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 37.7%; Winfield High posts 21.9%, -15.8 points below that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Cowley County indicate the typical household earns roughly $57,878 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Cowley County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,714 students), Winfield High is one campus in the mix.

Winfield Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Winfield High. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Winfield High ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 36.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. Winfield High's enrollment has fell 4% since 2018, when it stood at 665 (now 638).

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Winfield High typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.