Summary:
The zip code 67861 is home to a single public high school, Wichita County Junior-Senior High School, which serves grades 7-12 with a total enrollment of 172 students. While the school was previously ranked 99th out of 327 Kansas high schools in 2022-2023, its statewide ranking has since declined to 128th out of 318 schools for the 2023-2024 school year, with a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Academically, Wichita County Junior-Senior High School has seen mixed performance compared to state averages. While the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics vary across grade levels, they generally fall below the state averages. However, the school's 10th-grade Mathematics proficiency rate is higher than the state average, and its Science proficiency rate for all grades is relatively close to the state average. The school's high chronic absenteeism rate of 19.5% for the 2024-2025 school year may be a contributing factor to its declining performance.
Despite the school's challenges, it is investing resources in its students, with a spending per student of $14,130 and a student-teacher ratio of 10.6 for the 2023-2024 school year. However, these factors alone do not guarantee strong academic performance, and the school's high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch (48.26%) suggests that it may be serving a population with greater socioeconomic challenges, which could impact its overall performance.
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