Halstead

Summary:

The Halstead area is home to three schools - Halstead Middle School, Halstead High, and Bentley Primary School - serving students from elementary through high school. These schools have demonstrated a mix of high performance and improvement, with Halstead High and Bentley Primary School standing out as the strongest performers in the area.

Halstead High School has seen significant improvement, moving from 195th out of 327 Kansas high schools in 2022-2023 to 75th out of 332 in 2024-2025, earning a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school boasts an impressive 89.5% four-year graduation rate and a low 1.3% dropout rate, both well above the state averages. Additionally, Halstead High has strong test scores, with 46.29% of 10th graders proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 37.93%.

Bentley Primary School has also demonstrated impressive academic performance, outperforming the Halstead district and state averages in both English Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency for all grades in 2024-2025. Despite having a higher percentage of free/reduced lunch recipients (55.61%) compared to the other schools, Bentley Primary School has shown that it can deliver strong academic results. However, all three schools in the Halstead area share a concerning chronic absenteeism rate of 19.5%, which is an area that requires attention and intervention to improve student attendance.

District Detail

521 W 6th Street
Halstead, KS 67056

(316) 835-2641

SchoolDigger Rank:
62^nd of 264 Kansas districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 786

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				KAP English Language Arts (2025)								KAP Mathematics (2025)								KAP Science (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	KAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	KAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 10th Grade	KAP English Language Arts All Grades	KAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	KAP Mathematics 4th Grade	KAP Mathematics 5th Grade	KAP Mathematics 6th Grade	KAP Mathematics 7th Grade	KAP Mathematics 8th Grade	KAP Mathematics 10th Grade	KAP Mathematics All Grades	KAP Science 5th Grade	KAP Science 8th Grade	KAP Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Bentley Primary School	Public	PK, KG-3	221 N Phelps	Bentley	67016	Sedgwick County	Halstead	No	No	No	Yes	(316) 835-3000	200	19	10.7	53.5%	157 (78.5%)	3 (1.5%)	34 (17.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.5%)								(n/a)	48.3							48.3	40.0							40.0				$14,069	$1,592	$12,477
Halstead Middle School	Public	4-8	221 West 6th Street	Halstead	67056	Harvey County	Halstead	No	No	No	Yes	(316) 835-2694	346	26	13.5	45.4%	282 (81.5%)	5 (1.4%)	39 (11.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.8%)	55.7	142^nd of 363 public middle schools	60.9%		49.8	151^st of 362 public middle schools	58.3%	9		50.9	60.8	40.3	42.6	38.6		46.4		43.6	54.0	46.0	37.3	45.4		44.8	60.0	45.5	53.2	$12,099	$956	$11,142
Halstead High	Public	9-12	521 West 6th Street	Halstead	67056	Harvey County	Halstead	No	No	No	No	(316) 835-2682	240	22	10.7	39.2%	200 (83.3%)	3 (1.3%)	30 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.9%)	71.7	75^th of 332 public high schools	77.4%		57.1	116^th of 318 public high schools	63.5%	41							46.3	46.3							43.6	43.6				$15,320	$823	$14,496

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Sedgwick Public Schools	5.14 mi	2	90^th
Renwick	7.66 mi	6	13^th
Valley Center Pub School	8.19 mi	7
Maize	8.27 mi	12	33^rd
Haven Public Schools	8.42 mi	5	164^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kansas State Department of Education.

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