Ellis Jr/sr High, Ellis KS - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Ellis Jr/sr High

Ellis Jr/Sr High serves students in grades seven through twelve in the small northwestern Kansas town of Ellis, a community founded as a railroad water station that still bears a strong rail and pioneer heritage. The school operates within the Ellis public school district and shares the town’s compact footprint, where schools, museums, and municipal buildings are all close at hand.

The student body is small and predominantly white, with a modest share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school’s enrollment is spread fairly evenly across the middle and high school grades, creating a setting where students from seventh through twelfth grade share a single campus. This structure can provide younger students with exposure to older peers and upper-level opportunities, while the overall size means most students are likely well known to staff.

Academically, the school’s performance on the Kansas Assessment Program (KAP) shows a range of results across subjects and grade levels. In math, the share of seventh graders scoring at proficient or above was below the midpoint among districts in Ellis County, while eighth grade math proficiency was higher. In English language arts, seventh grade proficiency was closer to the county’s lower end, but eighth graders hit a stronger mark that crossed the majority threshold. Science results for eighth graders were the strongest of the tested subjects, with a clear majority reaching proficient or above. Because the data does not include high school level state test results, a family looking for a full picture of academic performance across all grade levels would want to ask the school directly about those outcomes.

The school does not have a published graduation rate in the available data, which is a notable gap for a school serving grades seven through twelve. A parent or guardian should inquire about this directly to understand how many students finish. No disciplinary, attendance, or chronic absenteeism data was available, nor are staffing ratios or course access details reported. These are all areas a family would need to explore with the school to get a complete sense of the daily environment.

Ellis itself is a small town that has seen a mild population decline over recent decades, with no major new development projects widely reported. Housing values are well below the state average, which may make the area relatively affordable for families. The local economy is anchored by the Union Pacific Railroad and the school district itself, with larger employment centers like Hays a short drive east on Interstate 70.

For a family seeking a very small school in a stable rural community where a student can be known across multiple grade levels, Ellis Jr/Sr High offers a tight-knit environment. The academic picture is mixed, with eighth graders performing notably better than seventh graders in both math and English, and science standing out as a relative strength. The missing high school test results and graduation rate data create information gaps that a prospective family should fill with direct questions to the school.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=90%Cohort of 46 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

348 schools plotted. 12 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 727%

School 27% · District 27%

▼ 8 pts below state median

Grade 841%

School 41% · District 41%

▲ 6 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 743%

School 43% · District 43%

▲ 3 pts above state median

Grade 852%

School 52% · District 52%

▲ 15 pts above state median

Science

Grade 863%

School 63% · District 63%

▲ 27 pts above state median

This schoolEllis, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.