Chaparral High School is a

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in rural Harper County,

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, United States, and located approximately halfway between the cities of

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and

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. The school is operated by Chaparral USD 361 school district, and serves students of grades 7 to 12.

Overview

The school was established in 1971. Its building was designed by Schaefer, Schirmer & Eflin of Wichita.

Students

Chaparral High School made

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(AYP) in 2009. (Under

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, a school makes AYP if it achieves the minimum levels of improvement determined by the state of

in terms of student performance and other accountability measures.) In 2008, Chaparral High School had 13 students for every

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teacher. The Kansas average is 13 students per full-time equivalent teacher. The Anthony-Harper School District spends $11,031 per pupil in current expenditures. The district spent 59% on instruction, 15% on administration, instructional, and student support services, 11% on operations and maintenance, 7% on transportation, 4% on food services, and 4% on debt services in the 2014-15 school year. As of 2023 there are 350 students enrolled at this high school with 79% being

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, 15% being

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, 5% being

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,1% being American Indian, and .5% being

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Extracurricular activities

Chaparral High School also offers various extracurricular activities other than athletics including: Chess team, Debate and Forensics, Distinguished Graduates, Future Business Leaders of America,

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Future Farmers of America The National FFA Organization or FFA is an American nonprofit career and technical student organization, which offers middle and high school classes that promote and support agricultural education. Future Farmers of Virginia (FFV) was founded in ...

Key Club Key Club International, also called Key Club, is an international service organization for high school students. Key Club International is the high school branch of the Kiwanis International family, classified as a Service Leadership Program ...

National Honor Society The National Honor Society (NHS) is one of the oldest, largest, and most widely recognized cocurricular student organizations in American high schools, with 1.4 million members. The purpose of the NHS is to create enthusiasm for scholarship, to ...

, Pep Club, Roadrunner Bands, Student Counsel, Teens as Teachers, Scholars Bowl, and

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References

External links

Chaparral Schools Website

USD 361 School District Boundary Map
KDOT {{Authority control Schools in Harper County, Kansas Public high schools in Kansas 1971 establishments in Kansas

Overview

Students

Extracurricular activities

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