Summary:
The Augusta Senior High is the sole high school located in Augusta, Kansas. The school has seen a decline in its statewide ranking, dropping from 176 out of 327 Kansas high schools in 2022-2023 to 242 out of 332 in 2024-2025, with a 1-star rating out of 5. While the school's 4-year graduation rate of 89.5% is slightly below the state average, its dropout rate of 1.3% is relatively low.
Academically, Augusta Senior High underperforms the state averages in several key areas. In the 2024-2025 school year, the percentage of students proficient or better in English Language Arts (ELA) for 10th grade was 30.82%, compared to the state average of 37.93%. For all grades, the school's ELA proficiency rate was 30.82%, lower than the state average of 44.47%. In mathematics, the percentage of 10th-grade students proficient or better was 25.75%, below the state average of 33.59%. The school's science proficiency rate for 11th-grade students was 25.99%, slightly lower than the state average of 27.37%.
The school serves a population with a relatively high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at 40.03% for the 2023-2024 school year. The school's per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $8,473, and the student-teacher ratio for the 2023-2024 school year was 14.7, slightly lower than the state average. These factors may contribute to the school's academic challenges and the need for targeted interventions to improve student outcomes.
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