Name: Kansas schools in decline · enrollment loss 2017–2024
Creator: allk12
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Kansas schools in decline

Kansas public schools with the largest enrollment loss from 2017-18 to 2024-25.

Schools in this report

steepest declines in state

Largest drop

-77%

500 Reach

Range

-77% to -31%

2017-18 → 2024-25

TOP 50 KS PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY ENROLLMENT LOSS · 2017-18 → 2024-25

School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% change ↑
500 Reach	KANSAS CITY	Kansas City	328	76	-76.8%
John Fiske Elem	KANSAS CITY	Kansas City	1,033	287	-72.2%
Centre	LOST SPRINGS	Centre	556	183	-67.1%
Burrton MS/HS	BURRTON	Burrton	119	46	-61.3%
Spring Hill Middle School	SPRING HILL	Spring Hill	681	288	-57.7%
Henry Leavenworth	LEAVENWORTH	Leavenworth	611	297	-51.4%
Burrton Elem	BURRTON	Burrton	120	63	-47.5%
Scott City Lower Elem	SCOTT CITY	Scott County	425	230	-45.9%
Woodrow Wilson Elem	MANHATTAN	Manhattan-Ogden	371	207	-44.2%
Quincy Elem	TOPEKA	Topeka Public Schools	249	142	-43.0%
Meade High	MEADE	Meade	152	87	-42.8%
Maize South Middle School	WICHITA	Maize	866	501	-42.1%
Cedar Creek Elem	OLATHE	Olathe	636	370	-41.8%
Eisenhower Elem	FORT LEAVENWORTH	Fort Leavenworth	535	317	-40.7%
Northview Elem	MANHATTAN	Manhattan-Ogden	614	364	-40.7%
Richard Warren Middle School	LEAVENWORTH	Leavenworth	716	427	-40.4%
Elkhart Middle School	ELKHART	Elkhart	135	81	-40.0%
Iola Middle School	IOLA	Iola	392	238	-39.3%
Nickerson Elem	NICKERSON	Nickerson	301	183	-39.2%
Fairview Elem	OLATHE	Olathe	401	244	-39.2%
Lee Elem	MANHATTAN	Manhattan-Ogden	490	299	-39.0%
Plains Elem	PLAINS	Kismet-Plains	185	113	-38.9%
Jefferson School	INDEPENDENCE	Independence	579	356	-38.5%
Mueller Aerospace/Engineering Discovery Magne	WICHITA	Wichita	481	304	-36.8%
Anthony Elementary	LEAVENWORTH	Leavenworth	433	274	-36.7%
L'Ouverture Computer Technology Magnet	WICHITA	Wichita	366	232	-36.6%
Chetopa High	CHETOPA	Chetopa-St. Paul	115	73	-36.5%
South Central Elementary School	PROTECTION	Comanche County	190	121	-36.3%
McCollom Elem	WICHITA	Wichita	450	288	-36.0%
West Elem	VALLEY CENTER	Valley Center Pub Sch	409	264	-35.5%
Moscow High	MOSCOW	Moscow Public Schools	102	66	-35.3%
Cottonwood Elementary School	SALINA	Salina	502	326	-35.1%
Humboldt High School	HUMBOLDT	Humboldt	271	176	-35.1%
Otis-Bison Elementary	OTIS	Otis-Bison	111	73	-34.2%
Amanda Arnold Elem	MANHATTAN	Manhattan-Ogden	606	399	-34.2%
Onaga Elem	ONAGA	Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton	249	164	-34.1%
Ashland Elem	ASHLAND	Ashland	125	83	-33.6%
Georgia Matthews Elem	GARDEN CITY	Garden City	168	112	-33.3%
Peterson Elem	WICHITA	Wichita	477	321	-32.7%
Lansing Elementary School	LANSING	Lansing	1,126	758	-32.7%
Grandview Elem	JUNCTION CITY	Geary County Schools	123	83	-32.5%
Yates Center Elem	YATES CENTER	Woodson	369	249	-32.5%
Banneker Elem	KANSAS CITY	Kansas City	396	268	-32.3%
Kennedy Elem	WELLINGTON	Wellington	186	126	-32.3%
Westview Elem	OLATHE	Olathe	242	164	-32.2%
Winfield Scott Elem	FORT SCOTT	Fort Scott	457	311	-31.9%
Eisenhower Elem	INDEPENDENCE	Independence	472	323	-31.6%
Kingman Middle School	KINGMAN	Kingman - Norwich	130	89	-31.5%
Griffith Elem	WICHITA	Wichita	538	370	-31.2%
South Barber Pre-K-6	KIOWA	South Barber	161	111	-31.1%

50 of 50 rows · Brick-and-mortar only. Virtual, online, and cyber schools excluded. Schools must have had ≥100 students in 2017-18 and be open in both school years.↓ Download schools-in-decline-by-state-ks.csv

How this list was built

Every Kansas public school that reported total enrollment in both the NCES SY 2017-18 and SY 2024-25 vintages was scored on percent change in enrollment. Schools needed at least 100 students in 2017-18 to qualify, and must have been open in both school years. Schools that closed entirely are tracked in the separate school closures report. Virtual academies, cyber charters, and online schools are excluded so the list reflects neighborhood schools that families have moved away from rather than program-design changes.

Enrollment loss is not a verdict on a school. Schools shrink because catchment populations shrink, because new schools open nearby, because a magnet program elsewhere pulls transfers, because districts redraw boundaries, or because the building physically aged out. Use this list as a starting point for understanding which Kansas schools are operating with substantially fewer students than they were seven years ago.

Source data

NCES Common Core of Data, EDGE_ADMINDATA_PUBLICSCH MapServer, vintages 2017-18 and 2024-25. Refreshed yearly when NCES publishes a new admin-data release. School names, slugs, and current district affiliation come from the 2024-25 snapshot.

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