Enrollment
181
High
DISTRICT 215 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOODSON·NCES 201311000770
Yates Center High
105 W Bell, Yates Center, KS 66783 · (620) 625-8820 · Woodson County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL181 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
104 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 Woodson. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
19.6%
KS avg 44.5% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
24.7%
KS avg 38.8% . -2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
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
25.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.7%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
181
+48 (+36%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 10.6:1
% White
89%
was 95%
% Hispanic
3%
was 1%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Yates Center High
Yates Center High is a secondary school of close-knit scale in Yates Center, Kansas, overseen by Woodson, teacheing 181 students in grades 7 through 12. That puts it 56% below the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 410 students.
Across the 2 schools in Woodson (430 students total), Yates Center High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, Yates Center High records that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Yates Center High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.8%.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Woodson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $50,326 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Woodson County's 2 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430 students), Yates Center High is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Yates Center Elem, roughly 1.0 miles away. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Yates Center High ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 29.4%.
Yates Center High operates from a countryside location.
Five-year trend. Yates Center High's enrollment has climbed 36% since 2018, when it stood at 133 (now 181). The White share of enrollment fell from 95% to 89% over that span.
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Woodson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,109
Census ACS
Median income
$50,326
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2
430 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Yates Center Elem1.0 mi · 249
- Southern Coffey County Middle School14.8 mi · 50
- Southern Coffey County High School14.8 mi · 37
- Altoona-Midway Middle/High School15.6 mi · 79
- Southern Coffey County Elementary16.9 mi · 84
- Humboldt Virtual Education17.1 mi · 351
Frequently asked questions
About Yates Center HighHow many students attend Yates Center High?
Yates Center High enrolls approximately 181 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Yates Center High serve?
Yates Center High serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Yates Center High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Yates Center High is approximately 10.2:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Yates Center High?
Student demographics at Yates Center High are roughly 89% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Yates Center High?
Yates Center High is overseen by Woodson in Woodson County.
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