High Schools in Jefferson County North

Jefferson County North High is the only high school in Jefferson County North, serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 117 students. That means families have one local high school rather than a choice among schools in this list. Results differ sharply by subject: in 2025–26, science proficiency was 3 points above Kansas, while math proficiency was 10 points below the state and district. The most important finding is that the school’s math results are its clearest academic concern, despite stronger science performance.

There is no other school in the area to rank above or below it, but science is the school’s strongest reported subject and math its weakest. Science proficiency was 42%, compared with 38% statewide and 41% in the district; 11th-grade science was 12 points above the state. Math proficiency was 31%, versus 41% statewide and in the district, and 10th-grade math was 6 points below the state. In ELA, overall proficiency was 45%, just 1 point below the state, while 10th-grade ELA was 4 points above it. SchoolDigger ranked the school 114th of 340 Kansas schools, in the 66th percentile, and gave it 3 stars for 2025–26.

Recent trends are mixed: ELA improved while math fell. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, ELA proficiency rose 9 points, narrowing the state gap from 8 points below to 1 point below. Math fell 11 points as the state improved, shifting the school from 3 points above the state to 10 points below. SchoolDigger’s ranking also improved, from 219th of 318 schools in 2023–24 to 114th of 340, with its reported percentile rising from 31 to 66 and its rating from 2 stars to 3. Other indicators offer positive context: graduation was 93% (4 points above the state), and chronic absenteeism was 8% (10 points below the state and 8 below Jefferson County North). The student–teacher ratio was 8.3, and 32% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch; these figures describe the school’s context, not the cause of its results.