High Schools in Russell County

Russell County has one high school, Russell Junior-Senior High, serving grades 7–12 and enrolling 328 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grade proficiency was 43% in English language arts (ELA), 23% in mathematics, and 34% in science, compared with Kansas rates of 46%, 41%, and 38%, respectively. The most important finding is that mathematics is the school’s clearest academic concern: proficiency was 18 percentage points below the state rate.

Because Russell Junior-Senior High is the only school in the county list, there is no meaningful school-to-school top or bottom; its results vary most by subject. ELA was closest to the state, 3 points lower, while science was 4 points lower and mathematics 18 points lower. Eighth grade provides a notable bright spot: ELA proficiency was 52%, 10 points above the state, and science was 40%, 1 point above. Mathematics was below state rates in every reported grade, with deficits ranging from 9 points in 8th grade to 20 points in 10th grade.

Recent results improved substantially in ELA and science, but not in mathematics. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA rose 13 points and science rose 25 points; their gaps with the state narrowed from 14 to 3 points and from 32 to 4 points, respectively. Mathematics fell 1 point as the state rate rose, widening the school’s deficit from 14 to 18 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking improved from the 9th percentile in 2024–2025 to the 29th percentile in 2025–2026, though that ranking is separate from proficiency scores. Other context includes a 10.1 student–teacher ratio and a 50% free/reduced-lunch rate. Graduation was 2 points above the state rate, while dropout was 2 points higher and chronic absenteeism 11 points higher. These figures describe the school’s context but cannot show how it compares with peer schools.