Summary:
The 66854 zip code is home to a single public high school, Hartford Junior/Senior High School, which serves grades 6-12 and has a total enrollment of 99 students. The school is part of the Southern Lyon County school district, which is ranked 100 out of 264 districts in Kansas and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Hartford Junior/Senior High School has faced significant challenges in recent years, with its academic performance declining as measured by test scores. The school's statewide ranking has dropped from 238 out of 324 Kansas high schools in 2021-2022 to 315 out of 318 in 2023-2024, and its SchoolDigger rating has decreased from 1 star to 0 stars. The school's test scores are generally lower than the Southern Lyon County district and the state of Kansas averages across various subjects and grade levels, with only 20% of 10th-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 45.45% in the district and 37.93% statewide.
The school's high free and reduced lunch rate of 61.62% suggests that it serves a population with significant socioeconomic challenges, which may be contributing to the lower academic performance. Additionally, the school's high chronic absenteeism rate of 19.5% may also be a factor in its declining performance. Despite the relatively high spending per student ($14,273) and low student-teacher ratio (8.6), the academic outcomes do not seem to be commensurate with the level of investment, indicating that further investigation and targeted interventions may be necessary to help the school improve its performance and better serve its students.
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