Summary
Dodge City High School serves 2,178 students in grades 9–12 in Dodge City, Kansas. SchoolDigger ranks it 282nd of 340 Kansas schools, in the 17th percentile with one star; the Dodge City district ranks 263rd of 268. The central concern is that proficiency remains far below the state in every subject: about 25% in English language arts (ELA), 24% in math and 22% in science, compared with state results of 46%, 41% and 38%.
Compared with nearby schools, Dodge City’s results are lower in all three subjects: the two schools average about 50% in ELA, 45% in math and 38% in science, leaving Dodge City behind by 25, 21 and 16 points, respectively. ELA is its clearest weakness across these comparisons. Against its district, however, Dodge City is close in ELA and science—about one point lower in each—and about three points higher in math, its strongest result relative to the district. The school is much larger than Spearville Junior/Senior High and Cimarron High, and has a higher student–teacher ratio: 17.1, compared with 11.9 and 9.2. Its free/reduced-lunch rate is also higher, at about 79%, versus 28% and 41%.
Test scores have improved since 2022–23: ELA rose by about 13 points, math by 12 and science by 10. But the ELA gap with the state has barely changed, while math and science gaps narrowed modestly. One notable SchoolDigger student-group ranking is for English Language Learner Students: the school’s 52nd-percentile standing is well above its overall 17th percentile, though it has fallen from the 77th percentile in 2023–24. Other outcomes are mixed: the dropout rate rose from 1.7% in 2020–21 to 3.9% in 2024–25, while the 2023–24 graduation rate, 89.3%, was close to the state’s 89.5%. Chronic absenteeism was reported at 7.1% in 2025–26, sharply below the school’s earlier figures of 54.0% and 28.0%; families may want to ask how the latest reporting period compares with prior years.
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