Summary:
The city of Kensington, Kansas is home to two schools: Thunder Ridge High School and Thunder Ridge Elementary, both part of the Thunder Ridge Schools district. While the high school has a relatively diverse student population, the elementary school is predominantly white. Both schools face challenges, with the high school seeing a decline in performance and both having high rates of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch.
Thunder Ridge High School has a small enrollment of 67 students and a diverse student population, with 85% white, 3% African American, 6% Hispanic, and 4.5% two or more races. However, the school's performance on state assessments has declined, dropping from a 4-star rating in 2021-2022 to a 2-star rating in 2022-2023. While the school performs above the state average in Mathematics, it struggles in English Language Arts, with only 12.5% proficiency compared to the state's 26.7%. Additionally, half of the school's students (50.8%) receive free or reduced-price lunch.
In contrast, Thunder Ridge Elementary has an even smaller enrollment of 46 students and a predominantly white student population (97.8%). The school performs well in Mathematics, with 68.8% proficiency compared to the state's 50.4%, but struggles in English Language Arts, with only 18.8% proficiency compared to the state's 38.1%. Like the high school, a significant portion of the elementary school's students (45.7%) receive free or reduced-price lunch.
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