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Decatur Community Junior/Senior High

Public Grades 7-12
179th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 340 Kansas High Schools
Better than 47% of Kansas high schools
Summary

Decatur Community Junior/Senior High serves 144 students in grades 7–12 in Oberlin, Kansas. Its latest results put it below state and district proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA), math, and science, with ELA the clearest concern: 19% of students were proficient, compared with 46% statewide.

Math is the school’s strongest subject compared with both the state and the Oberlin district, while ELA is weakest. School proficiency was 35% in math and 24% in science, versus 41% and 38% statewide; ELA was 19% versus 46%. The school was also below district results in all three subjects, by 6 points in math, 10 in science, and 16 in ELA. Grade results vary sharply: 10th-grade math reached 50%, 14 points above the state, while 7th-grade math was 18%, 20 points below. Eighth-grade science was another weak spot, at 17%, 22 points below the state. There are no other schools within 20 miles, so local school-to-school comparisons are unavailable.

Math has improved over the longer term, rising 15 percentage points from 2022–23 to 2025–26, although it fell from a 45% high in 2024–25 to 35%. Over the same period, ELA rose 6 points but its gap with the state widened by 7 points; science fell 4 points and its gap widened by 11. SchoolDigger placed the school at the 47th percentile, with 2 stars and a rank of 179 out of 340 in 2025–26, down from the 93rd percentile and 5 stars in 2021–22. Its low-socioeconomic-status subgroup percentile also dropped sharply, from 84 in 2024–25 to 41 in 2025–26, below the overall percentile of 47. The student-teacher ratio was 7.7 in 2024–25, down from 8.5, and the free/reduced-lunch rate was 56%. Other indicators offer some encouragement: the latest graduation rate was 95%, above the state’s 90%, and chronic absenteeism was 17%, slightly below the state’s 18%.

144
Students ?
7.7
Student/teacher ratio ?
$19,189
Per pupil spending ?
55.6%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
 605 E Commercial
       Oberlin, KS  67749-2104

(785) 475-2231

District: Oberlin


Feeder schools for Decatur Community Junior/Senior High:

Elementary:    Oberlin Elementary
Racial breakdown:

White:
86.1%
Hispanic:
9.7%
Two or more races:
3.5%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 48th percentile in 2016 → 47th in 2026
Strengths
✓95% graduate in 4 years — above the Kansas average (90%)
✓Small classes — about 8 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Kansas average (26% vs 42% meeting standards)
!English Language Arts scores 27 pts below the Kansas average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school26%
District avg36%
Kansas avg42%
Middle school
319th of 368
Kansas public middle schools ?
Bottom 13%▼ down 25 pts since 2016
From bottom 38% (2016) to bottom 13% (2026)
See the entire ranking list of Kansas Middle Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
High school
179th of 340
Kansas public high schools ?
Bottom 47%▼ down 1 pts since 2016
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
204th of 268Oberlin 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)
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202619.8319 of 36813.3%★☆☆☆☆
202538.1227 of 36337.5%★★☆☆☆
202425.7292 of 36219.3%★☆☆☆☆
202325.6290 of 36219.9%★☆☆☆☆
202241.3203 of 36844.8%★★☆☆☆
202138.2233 of 36736.5%★★☆☆☆
201949.1166 of 36854.9%★★★☆☆
201833.5236 of 35032.6%★★☆☆☆
201740.8205 of 35842.7%★★☆☆☆
201637.8211 of 34338.5%★★☆☆☆
201549.0168 of 36854.3%★★★☆☆
201313.2327 of 3557.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201252.6204 of 34240.4%★★☆☆☆
201158.1157 of 32050.9%★★★☆☆
201043.0218 of 31631.0%★★☆☆☆
200942.5221 of 30728.0%★☆☆☆☆
200840.8201 of 29632.1%★★☆☆☆
200731.1219 of 28623.4%★☆☆☆☆
200626.6219 of 27720.9%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202625.7242 of 30420.4%★☆☆☆☆
202115.9284 of 3139.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202619.8262 of 29511.2%★☆☆☆☆
202555.6105 of 28563.2%★★★☆☆
202435.2209 of 29629.4%★★☆☆☆
202339.0180 of 30040.0%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202616.9283 of 31710.7%★☆☆☆☆
201935.7197 of 30134.6%★★☆☆☆
201829.5208 of 28025.7%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202617.5312 of 3439.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202530.8255 of 34926.9%★☆☆☆☆
202422.6298 of 34714.1%★☆☆☆☆
202325.0284 of 34918.6%★☆☆☆☆
202232.7245 of 34929.8%★★☆☆☆
202130.5260 of 34925.5%★☆☆☆☆
201942.4194 of 34443.6%★★☆☆☆
201830.8240 of 33327.9%★☆☆☆☆
High school ranking
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202648.1179 of 34047.4%★★☆☆☆
202552.2147 of 33255.7%★★★☆☆
202450.8154 of 31851.6%★★★☆☆
202353.0145 of 32755.7%★★★☆☆
202285.523 of 32492.9%★★★★★
202138.9217 of 32032.2%★★☆☆☆
201964.992 of 32571.7%★★★★☆
201858.1121 of 31461.5%★★★☆☆
201790.722 of 31693.0%★★★★★
201648.7163 of 31347.9%★★☆☆☆
201557.6135 of 32658.6%★★★☆☆
201329.6278 of 32313.9%★☆☆☆☆
201262.8136 of 31757.1%★★★☆☆
201185.77 of 29897.7%★★★★★
201068.783 of 30272.5%★★★★☆
200936.3222 of 29123.7%★☆☆☆☆
200856.1126 of 26752.8%★★★☆☆
200766.293 of 28066.8%★★★☆☆
200678.842 of 26284.0%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202640.0179 of 27033.7%★★☆☆☆
201964.177 of 24969.1%★★★☆☆
201855.0108 of 24856.5%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202643.8141 of 23840.8%★★☆☆☆
202577.839 of 24684.1%★★★★☆
202464.858 of 24976.7%★★★★☆
202343.1145 of 25042.0%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202645.6158 of 27241.9%★★☆☆☆
201968.260 of 25276.2%★★★★☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202645.5179 of 31543.2%★★☆☆☆
202550.4143 of 30653.3%★★★☆☆
202437.4201 of 29531.9%★★☆☆☆
202346.8166 of 30946.3%★★☆☆☆
202281.031 of 30789.9%★★★★★
202133.2228 of 30224.5%★☆☆☆☆
201958.5109 of 30664.4%★★★☆☆
201854.6122 of 29658.8%★★★☆☆
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)
Middle school
Female (2026)20th percentile+7 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)11th percentile~ school
Male (2026)11th percentile-3 vs school
White (2026)9th percentile-4 vs school
High school
White (2026)43rd percentile-4 vs school
Male (2026)42nd percentile-5 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)41st percentile-7 vs school
Female (2026)34th percentile-14 vs school
By subject vs Kansas (2025-2026) ?
Mathematics35%-6 vs state
Science24%-15 vs state
English Language Arts19%-27 vs state

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Decatur Community Junior/Senior High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Oberlin Elementary

Decatur Community Junior/Senior High ranks 179th of 340 Kansas high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2024-25 school year, 144 students attended Decatur Community Junior/Senior High.

Students at Decatur Community Junior/Senior High are 86% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races.

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2023–24 school spending dataJan 8, 2026
2024–25 dropout ratesDec 4, 2025


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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