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Baxter Springs High

PublicHighGrades 7–12

100 N Military, Baxter Springs, KS 66713 · (620) 856-3366 · Part of Baxter Springs Unified School District 508

Baxter Springs’ School Grade B better than 61% of Kansas school districts

Directions
Students
361
Students per teacher
11:1
Free or reduced lunch
57%
Setting
Rural
Grades
7–12
The gist

What stands out about Baxter Springs High

  • Its own letter, C+: better results than 39% of Kansas’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 8 pts below the state
  • Small classes: 11 students per teacher
  • Enrollment down 21.5% since 2020–21

On the path

Where Baxter Springs kids come from and go next. The whole path →

3–6Central Elem223 students
7–12Baxter Springs HighYou are here

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency20%
State average 27.9%
Reading / language arts31%
State average 35.5%

Its own letter, C+, places these results among Kansas’s 1,221 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

100 N Military, Baxter Springs

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 755
Grade 856
Grade 965
Grade 1064
Grade 1167
Grade 1252
Ungraded2
Enrollment over time
460’20
396’21
389’22
371’23
361’24

Down 21.5% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 75%American Indian/Alaska Native 10%Two or more races 9%Hispanic 4%Black 1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 1%Asian <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Baxter Springs High from Baxter Springs families.

Other schools in Baxter Springs Unified School District 508

The district →
Lincoln Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Baxter Springs
245 students15:1
Central Elem
Elementary · Grades 3–6 · Baxter Springs
A−
223 students12:1
USD 508 eAcademy
High · Grades 7–12 · Baxter Springs
36 students

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Kansas’s other public schools; Baxter Springs’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.