North High

Summary:

North High is a public high school located in Wichita, Kansas, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 2,074 students. Unfortunately, this school has consistently ranked in the bottom 10-15% of Kansas high schools over the past decade, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

North High significantly underperforms the state and Wichita district averages in standardized test scores across all subjects and grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, only 13.92% of North High students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 33.55% statewide and 19.95% in the Wichita district. The school's math and science proficiency rates are also well below the state and district averages. North High's performance is particularly concerning for certain student subgroups, ranking in the bottom 25% of Kansas high schools for Asian, African American, Hispanic, and Multi-racial students, as well as for English Language Learners and Special Education students.

North High has a very high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with over 86% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, significantly higher than the district and state averages. The school's per-student spending of $9,100 in 2018-2019 was also lower than the district average for other Northwest High and East High schools in Wichita. These factors suggest that North High may not be receiving the same level of funding and resources as its peers, which could be a contributing factor to the school's persistent low performance and the significant achievement gaps between its diverse student population and the state/district averages.


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Public 9-12

 1437 Rochester
       Wichita, KS  67203


(316) 973-6300

District: Wichita

SchoolDigger Rank:
300th of 318 Kansas High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,100 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  15.9 Help
Number of students:  2,074

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
71.1%
White:
15.4%
African American:
7.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  86.6% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details North High ranks worse than 94.3% of high schools in Kansas. It also ranks 4th among 10 ranked high schools in the Wichita School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 10.08. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at North High who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
Student Body
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Compare Details North High has the largest high school student body size in the Wichita School District.  (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at North High is $9,100, which is the lowest among 10 high schools in the Wichita School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

North High:

SchoolDigger ranks North High 300th of 318 Kansas public high schools. (See North High in the ranking list.)

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Wichita:

SchoolDigger ranks Wichita 252nd of 266 Kansas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for North High

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Rank History for all students at North High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 5.49 251st 262 4.2%
2007 11.58 260th 280 7.1%
2008 16.91 250th 267 6.4%
2009 0.76 285th 291 2.1%
2010 0.29 298th 302 1.3%
2011 2.97 291st 298 2.3%
2012 4.21 306th 317 3.5%
2013 12.02 308th 323 4.6%
2015 15.73 307th 326 5.8%
2016 11.99 285th 313 8.9%
2017 12.93 287th 316 9.2%
2018 10.47 291st 314 7.3%
2019 8.75 307th 325 5.5%
2021 12.20 297th 320 7.2%
2022 8.73 309th 324 4.6%
2023 9.10 307th 327 6.1%
2024 10.08 300th 318 5.7%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at North High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 19.45 43rd 49 12.2%
2019 17.87 51st 58 12.1%
2021 20.05 49th 55 10.9%
2022 16.91 52nd 57 8.8%
2023 19.83 59th 64 7.8%
2024 17.89 59th 67 11.9%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at North High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.56 33rd 47 29.8%
2019 34.45 36th 49 26.5%
2021 43.87 15th 41 63.4%
2022 38.64 18th 36 50.0%
2023 34.85 29th 42 31.0%
2024 30.45 28th 39 28.2%
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Rank History for Special Education students at North High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.52 81st 110 26.4%
2019 35.67 72nd 111 35.1%
2021 33.52 76th 115 33.9%
2022 27.56 106th 117 9.4%
2023 26.89 90th 122 26.2%
2024 20.94 117th 124 5.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at North High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.06 206th 228 9.6%
2019 17.37 216th 229 5.7%
2021 19.76 190th 213 10.8%
2022 13.74 212th 223 4.9%
2023 15.41 229th 250 8.4%
2024 20.02 225th 249 9.6%
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Rank History for Homeless students at North High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 53.61 3rd 10 70.0%
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Rank History for Female students at North High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 8.07 237th 248 4.4%
2019 9.48 238th 249 4.4%
2021 12.54 231st 250 7.6%
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Rank History for Disabled students at North High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.52 81st 110 26.4%
2019 35.67 72nd 111 35.1%
2021 33.52 76th 115 33.9%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at North High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 30.58 31st 37 16.2%
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Rank History for Male students at North High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 12.19 227th 248 8.5%
2019 7.82 246th 252 2.4%
2021 13.36 237th 258 8.1%
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Rank History for Asian students at North High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 24.97 25th 32 21.9%
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Rank History for African American students at North High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 14.48 45th 47 4.3%
2019 19.87 41st 46 10.9%
2021 32.90 35th 48 27.1%
2022 17.63 45th 50 10.0%
2023 46.94 25th 53 52.8%
2024 31.63 36th 50 28.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at North High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 16.90 77th 89 13.5%
2019 17.80 82nd 92 10.9%
2021 20.68 84th 99 15.2%
2022 18.05 91st 102 10.8%
2023 19.32 99th 110 10.0%
2024 24.01 87th 105 17.1%
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Rank History for White students at North High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.60 210th 296 29.1%
2019 46.60 155th 306 49.3%
2021 51.36 134th 302 55.6%
2022 20.29 269th 307 12.4%
2023 23.85 259th 309 16.2%
2024 19.99 259th 295 12.2%
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Data source: test scores: Kansas State Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

North High Test Scores
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Data source: Kansas State Department of Education

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Enrollment information for North High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 791 259 125 240 13 n/a n/a 0 1428
1989 1038 313 118 253 19 n/a n/a 0 1741
1990 987 283 112 283 30 n/a n/a 0 1695
1991 951 271 128 305 24 n/a n/a 0 1679
1992 932 266 131 321 29 n/a n/a 0 1679
1993 858 230 142 340 26 n/a n/a 0 1596
1994 791 228 126 397 24 n/a n/a 0 1566
1995 754 270 96 433 30 n/a n/a 0 1583
1996 754 270 96 433 30 n/a n/a 0 1583
1997 717 282 113 461 35 n/a n/a 0 1608
1998 670 306 103 494 41 n/a n/a 0 1614
1999 676 299 100 511 32 n/a n/a 0 1618
2000 695 286 103 578 29 n/a n/a 0 1691
2001 687 261 70 631 29 n/a n/a 0 1678
2002 630 283 56 657 31 n/a n/a 0 1657
2003 630 283 56 657 31 n/a n/a 0 1657
2004 590 267 48 700 32 n/a n/a 1 1638
2005 584 271 52 720 34 n/a n/a 9 1670
2006 598 251 26 716 31 n/a n/a 36 1658
2007 627 246 37 816 44 n/a n/a 0 1770
2008 598 233 38 882 44 n/a n/a 0 1795
2009 540 232 36 933 27 n/a n/a 107 1875
2010 479 190 37 1090 14 2 54 0 1866
2011 494 210 34 1121 28 2 71 0 1960
2012 450 198 33 1195 19 0 77 0 1972
2013 465 175 28 1246 30 1 96 0 2041
2014 474 168 27 1277 32 1 88 0 2067
2015 481 184 27 1365 29 2 92 0 2180
2016 440 190 21 1385 30 2 93 0 2161
2017 366 181 18 1460 23 3 84 0 2135
2018 373 152 25 1526 18 1 81 0 2176
2019 317 176 29 1545 20 0 86 0 2173
2020 306 177 25 1515 20 0 72 0 2115
2021 312 168 20 1516 20 0 73 0 2109
2022 321 168 21 1533 15 0 91 0 2149
2023 320 154 30 1474 7 1 88 0 2074

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at North High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1428 67.0 21.3 0
1989 1741 91.0 19.1 n/a
1990 1695 88.2 19.2 0
1991 1679 90.1 18.6 n/a
1992 1679 91.6 18.3 39.5
1993 1596 96.2 16.6 36.3
1994 1566 97.8 16.0 36.1
1995 1583 86.0 18.4 46.5
1996 1583 86.0 18.4 46.5
1997 1608 84.5 19.0 53.6
1998 1614 86.7 18.6 56.4
1999 1618 87.8 18.4 57.3
2000 1691 96.5 17.5 56.1
2001 1678 104.1 16.1 57.9
2002 1657 97.6 17.0 65.6
2003 1657 97.6 17.0 65.6
2004 1638 101.7 16.1 71.1
2005 1670 100.5 16.6 73
2006 1658 102.9 16.1 73.2
2007 1770 114.8 15.4 70.2
2008 1795 95.9 18.7 70.9
2009 1875 93.1 20.1 81.1
2010 1866 98.5 18.9 78.7
2011 1960 94.1 20.8 81.3
2012 1972 99.1 19.8 83.7
2013 2041 101.6 20.0 83.3
2014 2067 103.0 20.0 84.2
2015 2180 108.0 20.1 81.1
2016 2161 125.0 17.2 76.7
2017 2135 124.8 17.1 78.3
2018 2176 122.7 17.7 78.9
2019 2173 128.0 16.9 86
2020 2115 124.0 17.0 86.3
2021 2109 127.8 16.4 86.6
2022 2149 126.4 17.0 84
2023 2074 129.8 15.9 86.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio North High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1428 67.0 21.3 0
1989 1741 91.0 19.1 n/a
1990 1695 88.2 19.2 0
1991 1679 90.1 18.6 n/a
1992 1679 91.6 18.3 39.5
1993 1596 96.2 16.6 36.3
1994 1566 97.8 16.0 36.1
1995 1583 86.0 18.4 46.5
1996 1583 86.0 18.4 46.5
1997 1608 84.5 19.0 53.6
1998 1614 86.7 18.6 56.4
1999 1618 87.8 18.4 57.3
2000 1691 96.5 17.5 56.1
2001 1678 104.1 16.1 57.9
2002 1657 97.6 17.0 65.6
2003 1657 97.6 17.0 65.6
2004 1638 101.7 16.1 71.1
2005 1670 100.5 16.6 73
2006 1658 102.9 16.1 73.2
2007 1770 114.8 15.4 70.2
2008 1795 95.9 18.7 70.9
2009 1875 93.1 20.1 81.1
2010 1866 98.5 18.9 78.7
2011 1960 94.1 20.8 81.3
2012 1972 99.1 19.8 83.7
2013 2041 101.6 20.0 83.3
2014 2067 103.0 20.0 84.2
2015 2180 108.0 20.1 81.1
2016 2161 125.0 17.2 76.7
2017 2135 124.8 17.1 78.3
2018 2176 122.7 17.7 78.9
2019 2173 128.0 16.9 86
2020 2115 124.0 17.0 86.3
2021 2109 127.8 16.4 86.6
2022 2149 126.4 17.0 84
2023 2074 129.8 15.9 86.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for North High

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $2,067 (22.7%) $7,033 (77.3%) $9,100

Data source: Kansas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on North High

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 307th of 325 High schoolsRanks 307th of 327 High schools
 0.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
10th Grade English Language Arts (North High)11.79.2
 2.5%
   10th Grade English Language Arts (Wichita)18.213.7
 4.5%
   10th Grade English Language Arts (Kansas)28.526.7
 1.7%
10th Grade Mathematics (North High)6.75
 1.8%
   10th Grade Mathematics (Wichita)13.59.3
 4.2%
   10th Grade Mathematics (Kansas)24.521
 3.5%
11th Grade Science (North High)1210.9
 1.2%
   11th Grade Science (Wichita)17.313.8
 3.6%
   11th Grade Science (Kansas)32.428.9
 3.5%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students21732074
 4.6%
African American176154
 12.5%
American Indian207
 65%
Asian2930
 3.4%
Hispanic15451474
 4.6%
Pacific Islander01
White317320
 0.9%
Two or More Races8688
 2.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients86%86.6%
 0.6%


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North High ranks in the bottom 5.7% of Kansas high schools.

In the 2022-23 school year, 2,074 students attended North High.

Students at North High are 71% Hispanic, 15% White, 7% African American, 4% Two or more races, 1% Asian.


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