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
B-
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Scored higher than 51% 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.
- BBeats 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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 41 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 31 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 34 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 25 | 14% |
| Grade 11 | 27 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 23 | 13% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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 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%
Math
24.7%
KS avg 38.8%
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.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.6% | 24.7% |
| 2023-24 | 16.5% | 27.5% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like Yates Center High
Yates Center High's state test result (25.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yates Center High this school | 181 | 57.5% | 25.8% |
| Uniontown High School Uniontown | 178 | 57.9% | 35.1% |
| Rock Hills Jr/Sr High School Mankato | 175 | 55.4% | 33.0% |
| Pleasanton High Pleasanton | 162 | 58.0% | 14.0% |
| Lincoln Jr/Sr High Lincoln | 181 | 58.0% | 41.3% |
| Riverton High Riverton | 218 | 55.5% | 24.6% |
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 Yates Center High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #161 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #208 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #251 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 181 | #187 of 332 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.5% | #58 of 263 |
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
181
+59 (+48%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 158
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 9.4:1
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 | 181 | 17.7 | 10.2:1 | 57% (104) |
| 2023-24 | 173 | 12.5 | 13.8:1 | 55% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 103 | 8 | 12.9:1 | 51% (53) |
| 2020-21 | 122 | 13 | 9.4:1 | 55% (67) |
| 2017-18 | 133 | 12.5 | 10.6:1 | 59% (79) |
| 2015-16 | 125 | 15 | 8.3:1 | 55% (69) |
| 2010-11 | 117 | 11 | 10.6:1 | 43% (50) |
| 2000-01 | 217 | 17 | 12.8:1 | 28% (61) |
| 1990-91 | 158 | 17 | 9.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Yates Center High.
Since 2017-18: students up 36% (133 to 181); teachers up 42% (12.5 to 17.7).
About Yates Center High
Yates Center High is a small high school in Yates Center, Kansas, under Woodson. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 181 students in grades 7 through 12. The average for high schools in Kansas is about 410 students, so this school is 56% smaller than average.
Woodson counts 430 students in its 2 schools, and Yates Center High is one of them.
White students are the large majority at Yates Center High, with 89% of enrollment. Other groups include 6% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Yates Center High comes in at 20%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 10.2:1, with 17.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 11.9:1 average for high schools in Kansas is higher than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Yates Center High is 57%. Across public schools in Woodson County, the average is about the same, 58%.
Measured against Kansas public high schools, Yates Center High receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The model predicts 34.7% for a school in Kansas with Yates Center High's free or reduced-price lunch share. Yates Center High posts 25.8%.
Yates Center High is located in Woodson County, where median household income is about $50,326, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 2 public schools in Woodson County, with a combined enrollment of about 430.
The next-closest public school is Yates Center Elem, about 1.0 miles away. Yates Center High's average proficiency of 25.8% compares with 29.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Yates Center High is coded as Rural: Remote in federal locale data.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 122 to 181. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Yates Center High covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.