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Palco Junior High

Public Grades 6-8
12
Students ?
3.8
Student/teacher ratio ?
$33,273
Per pupil spending ?
41.7%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
 502 Ash
       Palco, KS  67657

(785) 737-4645

District: Palco


Students who attend Palco Junior High usually attend:

High:    Palco High

Feeder schools for Palco Junior High:

Elementary:    Damar Elementary School
Racial breakdown:

White:
100.0%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 70th percentile in 2006 → 29th in 2015
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 4 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Kansas average (12% vs 43% meeting standards)
!High chronic absenteeism (32% vs 18% Kansas)
!Ranking has slipped — down 41 percentile points since 2006
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school12%
District avg19%
Kansas avg43%
Not ranked this year
Palco Junior High did not have enough recent test-score data to be ranked. Check the trend below for past years.
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
201533.5263 of 36828.5%★☆☆☆☆
201175.341 of 32087.2%★★★★☆
201060.7126 of 31660.1%★★★☆☆
200969.175 of 30775.6%★★★★☆
200878.326 of 29691.2%★★★★★
200774.146 of 28683.9%★★★★☆
200666.082 of 27770.4%★★★★☆
By subject vs Kansas (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts14%-32 vs state
Mathematics10%-31 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about Palco Junior High

In the 2024-25 school year, 12 students attended Palco Junior High.

Students at Palco Junior High are 100% White.

Students who attend Palco Junior High usually go on to attend Palco High

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Latest Kansas data All new data »
2025–26 attendance dataNewOct 13, 2026
2025–26 KAP test scoresNewOct 13, 2026
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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