Goodland Junior-Senior High School

Goodland Junior-Senior High School is a public high school located in Goodland, Kansas, serving grades 7-12 with a total enrollment of 394 students. While the school has a long history, its performance has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Kansas high schools, with a SchoolDigger rating ranging from 1 to 3 stars out of 5, indicating below-average performance compared to other schools in the state.

Goodland Junior-Senior High School has struggled to perform well across different student subgroups, with rankings for female, male, Hispanic, and white students, as well as low socioeconomic status students, all in the bottom half or bottom quarter of Kansas high schools. The school's four-year graduation rates have fluctuated between 72.6% and 89.5%, and its dropout rates have ranged from 0.3% to 2.7%, indicating room for improvement in keeping students engaged and on track to graduation. Additionally, the school has consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 16.3% to 20.8% in recent years, which can negatively impact student learning and academic achievement.

Interestingly, the only nearby school included in the data is Brewster High, which is located approximately 17.64 miles from Goodland Junior-Senior High School. Brewster High has a much smaller enrollment of 32 students and has also struggled with low performance, ranking in the bottom half of Kansas high schools. However, Brewster High has a higher four-year graduation rate (89.5%) and a lower chronic absenteeism rate (19.5%) compared to Goodland Junior-Senior High School, despite Goodland spending significantly more per student ($12,896) than Brewster High ($4,336).