Enrollment
306
Elementary
DISTRICT 232 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARKANSAS CITY·NCES 200345001232
Adams Elem
1201 N 10th, Arkansas City, KS 67005 · (620) 441-2040 · Cowley County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL306 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Kansas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
232 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 61 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 58% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Arkansas City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
33.3%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
22.6%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.3% | 22.6% |
| 2023-24 | 19.8% | 18.9% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
23.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.9%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Adams Elem
Adams Elem's state test result (23.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Elem this school | 306 | 75.8% | 23.6% |
| Park Elem Great Bend | 304 | 73.4% | 29.0% |
| Frances Willard Elem Arkansas City | 281 | 77.2% | 17.0% |
| Roosevelt Elem Arkansas City | 219 | 74.0% | 28.9% |
| O K Elem Wichita | 262 | 79.0% | 29.9% |
| Eisenhower Elem Great Bend | 343 | 80.5% | 16.4% |
Matched among Kansas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Adams Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Cowley County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #547 of 625 | #12 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #522 of 625 | #11 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #521 of 625 | #11 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 306 | #363 of 714 | #1 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #263 of 539 | #4 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.3% | #202 of 540 | #6 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.8% | #138 of 658 | #2 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.9% | #97 of 151 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
306
+27 (+10%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 328
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 306 | 23 | 13.3:1 | 76% (232) |
| 2023-24 | 296 | 18 | 16.5:1 | 83% (246) |
| 2022-23 | 297 | 18 | 16.6:1 | 80% (239) |
| 2020-21 | 279 | 21 | 13.3:1 | 80% (222) |
| 2017-18 | 289 | 20.8 | 13.9:1 | 78% (225) |
| 2015-16 | 260 | 17 | 15.3:1 | 84% (218) |
| 2010-11 | 279 | 18 | 15.5:1 | 80% (224) |
| 2000-01 | 269 | 17 | 15.8:1 | 60% (162) |
| 1990-91 | 328 | 14 | 23.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Adams Elem.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (289 to 306); teachers up 10% (20.8 to 23).
About Adams Elem
The public elementary school Adams Elem is located in Arkansas City, Kansas. The school had 306 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Arkansas City has 2,902 students in 8 schools, and Adams Elem is one of those schools.
Adams Elem has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 48%. Beyond that, enrollment is 46% Hispanic. In Cowley County overall, about 80% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 55% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1 at Adams Elem, with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 76% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Cowley County report 59%.
allk12 grades Adams Elem a D. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with Adams Elem's lunch-eligibility share in Kansas is predicted to score 25.9%. Adams Elem scores 23.6%, 2.3 points below that line.
Cowley County has about 34,411 residents, and the median household income is $57,878, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Besides Adams Elem, Cowley County has 21 other public schools.
The school nearest to Adams Elem is Arkansas City High, at a distance of about 0.8 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes 7 other public schools. By average proficiency, Adams Elem is 7th among 9 schools close by.
Under the NCES locale system, Adams Elem is Town: Distant.
Enrollment at Adams Elem grew 10% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 279 to 306 students.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Adams Elem. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Cowley County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
34,411
Census ACS
Median income
$57,878
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
5,714 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Arkansas City
- Arkansas City HighHigh · 885 students
- Arkansas City Middle SchMiddle · 628 students
- Frances Willard ElemElementary · 281 students
- Jefferson ElemElementary · 261 students
- Roosevelt ElemElementary · 219 students
- I X L ElemElementary · 200 students
Other schools in Arkansas City
- Arkansas City HighHigh · 885 students
- Arkansas City Middle SchMiddle · 628 students
- Frances Willard ElemElementary · 281 students
- Jefferson ElemElementary · 261 students
- Roosevelt ElemElementary · 219 students
- I X L ElemElementary · 200 students
Other Adams Elementary schools
40 other US public schools in 20 states are named Adams Elementary. Adams Elem is the 27th largest of the 41.
- Adams ElemWichita, KS · 446 students
- ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLINCOLN, NE · 767 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolARLINGTON, TX · 743 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 667 students
- Adams ElementaryCary, NC · 655 students
Nearby schools
- Arkansas City High0.8 mi · 885
- Jefferson Elem0.8 mi · 261
- Frances Willard Elem0.9 mi · 281
- Arkansas City Middle Sch1.0 mi · 628
- Roosevelt Elem1.1 mi · 219
- I X L Elem4.3 mi · 200
Frequently asked questions
About Adams ElemHow many students attend Adams Elem?
Adams Elem enrolls approximately 306 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Adams Elem serve?
Adams Elem serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Adams Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Adams Elem is approximately 13.3:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Adams Elem?
At Adams Elem, the student body is approximately 48% White, 46% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Adams Elem public or private?
Adams Elem is a public K-12 school, overseen by Arkansas City.
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