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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