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Douglass High

Public Grades 9-12
230th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 332 Kansas High Schools
Better than 31% of Kansas high schools
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.

206
Students ?
10.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$15,345
Per pupil spending ?
32%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 910 E First
       Douglass, KS  67039

(316) 747-3310

District: Douglass Public Schools


Feeder schools for Douglass High:

Elementary:    Leonard C Seal Elementary
Middle:    Marvin Sisk Middle School
Racial breakdown:

White:
75.2%
Hispanic:
11.2%
Two or more races:
6.3%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 51st percentile in 2015 → 31st in 2025
Strengths
Small classes — about 10 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Kansas average (30% vs 42% meeting standards)
!Ranking has slipped — down 20 percentile points since 2015
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school30%
District avg44%
Kansas avg42%
230th of 332
Kansas public high schools ?
Bottom 31%▼ down 21 pts since 2015
From top 49% (2015) to bottom 31% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
140th of 264Douglass Public Schools among Kansas districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202534.6230 of 33230.7%★★☆☆☆
202471.067 of 31878.9%★★★★☆
202356.0129 of 32760.6%★★★☆☆
202235.8223 of 32431.2%★★☆☆☆
202135.7226 of 32029.4%★☆☆☆☆
201946.1177 of 32545.5%★★☆☆☆
201828.0240 of 31423.6%★☆☆☆☆
201741.0182 of 31642.4%★★☆☆☆
201658.5118 of 31362.3%★★★☆☆
201552.6159 of 32651.2%★★★☆☆
201352.0191 of 32340.9%★★☆☆☆
201253.9188 of 31740.7%★★☆☆☆
201169.979 of 29873.5%★★★★☆
201047.4197 of 30234.8%★★☆☆☆
200938.6214 of 29126.5%★☆☆☆☆
200837.7192 of 26728.1%★☆☆☆☆
200740.1198 of 28029.3%★☆☆☆☆
200628.7212 of 26219.1%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202143.5145 of 25042.0%★★☆☆☆
201932.3182 of 24926.9%★☆☆☆☆
201815.0222 of 24810.5%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202534.4169 of 24631.3%★★☆☆☆
202456.489 of 24964.3%★★★☆☆
202345.8135 of 25046.0%★★☆☆☆
202252.291 of 22359.2%★★★☆☆
202157.870 of 21367.1%★★★☆☆
201972.940 of 22982.5%★★★★☆
201861.974 of 22867.5%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202125.1215 of 25816.7%★☆☆☆☆
201953.3110 of 25256.3%★★★☆☆
201842.2141 of 24843.1%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202319.9108 of 12211.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202227.694 of 11719.7%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202521.6254 of 30617.0%★☆☆☆☆
202465.873 of 29575.3%★★★★☆
202337.9202 of 30934.6%★★☆☆☆
202228.3247 of 30719.5%★☆☆☆☆
202130.6239 of 30220.9%★☆☆☆☆
201942.2183 of 30640.2%★★☆☆☆
201825.4239 of 29619.3%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Female (2021)42nd percentile+13 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)31st percentile~ school
White (2025)17th percentile-14 vs school
Male (2021)17th percentile-13 vs school
Special Education (2023)11th percentile-49 vs school
By subject vs Kansas (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts30%-14 vs state
Mathematics30%-8 vs state

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Douglass High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Leonard C Seal Elementary
Middle : Marvin Sisk Middle School

Douglass High ranks 230th of 332 Kansas high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at Douglass High are 75% White, 11% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 4% African American, 2% American Indian.

In the 2024-25 school year, 206 students attended Douglass High.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kansas State Department of Education.

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