Abilene Elem

Abilene Elem is one of the close-knit elementary campuss in Valley Center, Kansas, one of the schools within Valley Center Pub Sch, with 254 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 3.

Valley Center Pub Sch runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,177 students. Abilene Elem is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Abilene Elem logs that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 20% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Abilene Elem has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Sedgwick County's rate of about 63%.

After controlling for student poverty, Abilene Elem sits in the top 10% of Kansas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 38.3%; actual is 72.9%, +34.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Sedgwick County shows the typical household earns roughly $69,365 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sedgwick County's 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 84,569 students), Abilene Elem is one campus in the mix.

Valley Center Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Abilene Elem. On composite proficiency, Abilene Elem comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 41.7%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Abilene Elem's enrollment has declined 19% since 2018, when it stood at 315 (now 254). White enrollment moved from 82% to 69% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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