High Schools in Stafford

Stafford Middle School/High School is the only high school listed in Stafford, serving grades 6–12 with 116 students. Its 2025–2026 results were mixed: science proficiency was 42%, compared with 38% statewide, while ELA was 37% versus 46% and math was 24% versus 41%. The clearest concern in the latest results is the 17-point math gap below the state.

Because there is only one listed school, it is not meaningful to call it a local top or bottom performer; within its own results, science stands out and math is weakest relative to Kansas. Grade-level results show why the all-grades figures do not tell the whole story: grades 6 and 8 were above state results in ELA by 8 points each, while grade 10 was 35 points below. In math, grade 10 was 31 points below the state, and grades 7 and 8 were 12 and 14 points below. Both reported science grades were above state results: grade 8 by 9 points and grade 11 by 3 points.

Results declined from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: Stafford fell 5 points in ELA, 6 in math, and 18 in science, while state results rose in ELA and math and fell 3 points in science. The simple average across the three subjects shifted from a 3-point Stafford advantage over Kansas to a 7-point deficit. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile also dropped from 36th to 31st to 15th; its latest listing is 288th of 340 schools and one star. Other measures offer a more mixed picture: graduation was 94% versus 90% statewide, chronic absenteeism was 15% versus 18%, and dropout was 2% versus 1%. The school’s student–teacher ratio was 9.6 and its free/reduced-lunch rate was 50%.