Summary
Douglass High is a public high school located in Douglass, Kansas, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 214 students. The school is part of the Douglass Public Schools district, which is ranked 140 out of 264 districts in Kansas and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Douglass High has experienced fluctuations in its statewide ranking, ranging from 67th to 230th out of Kansas high schools over the past several years, and its SchoolDigger rating has also varied, ranging from 1 to 4 stars out of 5. The school has struggled with the performance of certain student subgroups, particularly female students, special education students, and low socioeconomic status students, who have consistently ranked in the bottom half or bottom quarter of Kansas high schools. In contrast, the school's performance for male students and white students has been more mixed, with rankings ranging from the top half to the bottom half of Kansas high schools. Douglass High's proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are generally lower than the state and district averages, with only a few exceptions, and the school's proficiency rates have remained relatively stagnant or declined over the past few years.
Douglass High's four-year graduation rates have fluctuated between 85% and 90.7%, which are slightly below the state average, and the school's dropout rates have ranged from 1.1% to 2.1%, which are slightly higher than the state average. Additionally, Douglass High has experienced high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 15.4% to 20.8% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state average. Compared to nearby high schools, such as Augusta Senior High and Andover High, Douglass High generally performs worse in terms of statewide ranking, academic achievement, and student group performance.
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