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Alfred Fairfax Academy → School for Deaf High → School for Blind High → McLouth High → Pleasant Ridge High → Jefferson Co North High → Central School → Troy High and Middle School →At a glance
- AP rigor: Bottom 22% of US high schools
- 4-yr grad rate: 7% in 2019 (Bottom 1% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How 500 Reach compares for families
What families should know about 500 Reach.
- ▸ LocallyKS sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Alfred Fairfax Academy, School for Deaf High, School for Blind High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 1% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
Federal Title I context
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Your state's public flagship
University of Kansas
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $18,059/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -5.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 76 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Fairfax Academy Kansas City |
Public | 1.0 | 52 | -16.1% |
| School for Deaf High Olathe |
Public | 17.3 | 44 | — |
| School for Blind High Kansas City |
Public | 6.4 | 21 | — |
| McLouth High McLouth |
Public | 24.8 | 125 | -21.4% |
| Pleasant Ridge High Easton |
Public | 22.7 | 168 | -9.7% |
| Jefferson Co North High Winchester |
Public | 30.6 | 117 | -10.0% |
| Central School Atchison |
Public | 35.8 | 40 | — |
| Troy High and Middle School Troy |
Public | 48.7 | 94 | -2.1% |