Cheylin Junior/Senior High

Cheylin Junior/Senior High is a public high school located in Bird City, Kansas, serving grades 7-12 with a total enrollment of 63 students. The school is part of the Cheylin District, which is ranked 105 out of 264 districts in Kansas and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Cheylin Junior/Senior High has consistently demonstrated exceptional academic performance, ranking as high as 3rd out of 332 Kansas high schools in the 2024-2025 school year and earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. In the same year, Cheylin students outperformed the state average in both English Language Arts (61.28% proficient or better vs. 44.47% statewide) and Mathematics (58.06% proficient or better vs. 38.73% statewide). The school's 10th-grade students have particularly strong performance, with 70.58% proficient or better in English Language Arts and 76.47% in Mathematics, significantly higher than the state averages.

Cheylin Junior/Senior High has also maintained high graduation rates, with a 100% four-year graduation rate in the 2023-2024 school year, significantly higher than the state average. The school's dropout rates have been consistently low, ranging from 1.3% to 1.8% over the past few years, which is lower than the state average. While the school has experienced some fluctuations in chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 5.1% to 19.7% in recent years, it spends $17,809 per student, which is higher than the $14,409 spent per student at the nearby St. Francis High School, and has a lower student-teacher ratio, ranging from 7.4 to 9.1 over the past few years, compared to 11.4 at St. Francis High School.