USD 297 serves 640 square miles around St. Francis. The St. Francisschool district has 36 teachers with a 13 to 1 student/teacher ratio.Students in the district consistently record above average scores instate tests. Daily attendance averages 97% and the schools have lessthan a 1% annual dropout rate. Ninety-three percent of the district'shigh school graduates continue their studies in either a college orvo-tech school.
The St. Francis school is a class 2A school and is a member of the 8-schoolNorthwest Kansas League. USD 297 provides a full range of co-curricularand athletic activities for both boys and girls, grades 7-12:
- Year Round: speech and drama activities ; marching and stage band;performing vocal groups; journalism, yearbook and school newspaper
- Fall Athletics: football and volleyball
- Winter Athletics: basketball and wrestling
- Spring Athletics: track
- Open-gym recreation program during summer months
USD 297 District Offices
- Phone: (785)332-8182 FAX: (785) 332-8177
Superintendent: Carl Werner
100 College Street, PO Box 1110
St. Francis, KS 67756High School
- 100 College Street Phone: (785) 332-8153
Principal: Scott CarmichaelGrade School
- 307 E. Webster Phone: (785) 332-8143
Principal: Larry Gabel