Summary
Augusta Senior High serves 594 students in grades 9–12 in Augusta, Kansas, a community in the Augusta district. Its academic results vary sharply by subject: math is a relative strength, while English language arts (ELA) remains below comparison schools and science is the clearest concern. Science proficiency was 22%, 16 percentage points below the state and 10 points below the district.
Math is the school’s strongest result compared with nearby schools, the district and the state. About 40% of students were proficient, compared with 36% in the district and 41% statewide; the nearby-school average was 33%, and Augusta ranked second among the 11 schools. Science proficiency was 22%, below the nearby-school average of 27%, with the school ranking eighth. ELA proficiency was 31%, compared with 43% in the district, 46% statewide and a nearby-school average of 37%; Augusta also ranked eighth among the 11 schools.
Math and ELA have improved since 2022–23, rising 19 and 15 percentage points, respectively, while science fell 11 points; no science result was supplied for 2024–25. SchoolDigger ranks the school at the 33rd percentile and gives it 2 stars for 2025–26, up from the 27th percentile the prior year but below its 55th-percentile standing in 2020–21. Its student–teacher ratio is 12.5, the third-lowest among nearby schools, and its free/reduced-lunch rate of 41% is close to the peer average of 42%. Attendance is a brighter spot: chronic absenteeism was 13%, the lowest among nearby schools and below the state’s 18%, though above the district’s 11%. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking for how well the school serves Special Education Students was at the 94th percentile, compared with the school’s overall 33rd percentile; its ranking for serving Hispanic Students was at the 56th percentile, down from the 88th percentile in 2023–24.
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