High Schools in Valley Falls

Summary:

Valley Falls, Kansas has only one high school, Valley Falls High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The data shows that the school's performance has been inconsistent, with fluctuations in its statewide ranking and SchoolDigger rating over the past few years.

Academically, Valley Falls High School is struggling, with significantly lower proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics compared to the state averages. In 2024-2025, only 28.56% of 10th-grade students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state average of 37.93%. Similarly, the school's 10th-grade Math proficiency rate of 17.14% was much lower than the state average of 33.59%. However, the school's 11th-grade Science proficiency rate of 33.32% in 2023-2024 was higher than the state average of 27.37%.

Other key metrics indicate that Valley Falls High School has a relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (35.16% in 2023-2024), which suggests a population with lower socioeconomic status. The school's dropout rate of 1.3% in 2023-2024 was lower than the state average, but its chronic absenteeism rate of 19.5% in 2024-2025 was higher than the state average. The school's per-student spending of $12,064 in 2018-2019 was slightly higher than the state average, and it has a student-teacher ratio of 13.6, which is lower than the state average.

District Detail

700 Oak Street
Valley Falls, KS 66088

(785) 945-3214

SchoolDigger Rank:
224^th of 264 Kansas districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 384

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 0
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)		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 10th Grade	KAP English Language Arts All Grades	KAP Mathematics 10th Grade	KAP Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Valley Falls High	Public	9-12	601 Elm Street	Valley Falls	66088	Jefferson County	Valley Falls	No	No	No	No	(785) 945-3229	122	12	10.0	29.5%	109 (89.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	2 (1.6%)	20.4	273^rd of 332 public high schools	17.8%		54.3	133^rd of 318 public high schools	58.2%	140	28.6	28.6	17.1	17.1	$16,009	$605	$15,404

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Jefferson County North	8.93 mi	2	168^th
Oskaloosa Public Schools	11.49 mi	2	193^rd
Jefferson West	11.62 mi	3	58^th
Atchison County Community Schools	13.06 mi	2	120^th
Royal Valley	13.86 mi	3	174^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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