9th thru 12th grades
Student:Teacher Ratio 12:1
Academic Performance: Our state
Assessment scores and average
yearly progress are above
standard. Students exhibit solid
reading performances and English
language learning.
Continued Education: A high
number of our high school students
go on to college. A number of
advanced courses offered at the high school are available for college credit through Garden City Community College.
Extracurricular: Our high school students show a high level of participation in sports and other extracurricular activities. Many students are active in more than one area. Activities offered include:
Cross Country
Football
Volleyball
Basketball
Wrestling
Track
Golf
Baseball
Cheerleading
Music
Band
Scholar Bowl
Science Olympiad
Forensics and Debate
Art Club
Kays
FFA
Student Council
Safety and Wellbeing: Ensuring safe schools is important to us. Our high standard of discipline results in low levels of disciplinary problems. Our newly established Wellness Policy for health awareness includes access to healthy food vending machines.
In February of 2007, Wichita County High School was awarded the Governor's Achievement Award. To earn the award, schools' test scores must be among the top 5 percent in Kansas, and they must meet the following criteria:
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Achieve the Standard of Excellence in both reading and math for the spring 2006 Kansas State Assessments. This award goes to high schools where at least 15 percent of students score at the "exemplary" level, the highest possible score, and where no more than 15 percent of students are on "academic warning", the lowest score. At WCHS, 45.4 percent of students scored "exemplary" in reading and 27.5 percent in math.
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Make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in reading and math for 2006. As part of the federal No Child Left Behind Act, schools must make AYP by meeting incrementally increasing targets for the percentage of students who score "meets standard" or higher on the assessments. At WCHS, 93.8 percent of students reached at least "meets standard" in reading, and 72.2 percent in math.
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Show a strong graduation rate. WCHS's rate in 2006 was 95.1 percent.
