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Enrollment
399
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANHATTAN-OGDEN·NCES 200918001639
Amanda Arnold Elem
1435 Hudson, Manhattan, KS 66503 · (785) 587-2020 · Riley County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL399 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
117 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
68.3%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
67.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 | 68.3% | 67.3% |
| 2023-24 | 60.2% | 69.4% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
67.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.2%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Kansas's top 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 Amanda Arnold Elem
Amanda Arnold Elem's state test result (67.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amanda Arnold Elem this school | 399 | 29.3% | 67.2% |
| Rhein Benninghoven Elem Shawnee | 423 | 28.8% | 62.1% |
| Briarwood Elem Olathe | 315 | 28.9% | 54.4% |
| Marlatt Elem Manhattan | 454 | 29.5% | 60.5% |
| Ravenwood Elementary Olathe | 418 | 30.6% | 58.5% |
| Scarborough Elem Olathe | 307 | 33.2% | 51.2% |
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 Amanda Arnold Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Riley County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #45 of 625 | #1 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #51 of 625 | #1 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #83 of 625 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 399 | #191 of 714 | #6 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #344 of 539 | #6 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.6% | #221 of 540 | #8 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.3% | #555 of 658 | #10 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.2% | #19 of 377 | 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
399
-171 (-30%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 606
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 399 | 28.4 | 14.1:1 | 29% (117) |
| 2023-24 | 419 | 28.5 | 14.7:1 | 27% (114) |
| 2022-23 | 439 | 33.4 | 13.1:1 | 24% (107) |
| 2020-21 | 570 | 38 | 15.0:1 | 20% (115) |
| 2017-18 | 606 | 36.1 | 16.8:1 | 21% (125) |
| 2015-16 | 560 | 34 | 16.5:1 | 21% (117) |
| 2010-11 | 544 | 35 | 15.5:1 | 21% (115) |
| 2000-01 | 334 | 29 | 11.5:1 | 10% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 606 | 33 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Amanda Arnold Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (606 to 399); teachers down 21% (36.1 to 28.4).
About Amanda Arnold Elem
Amanda Arnold Elem is a medium-sized elementary school for students in Manhattan, Kansas. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 399 students. The average for elementary schools in Kansas is about 313 students, so this school is 27% bigger than average.
Manhattan-Ogden, which runs Amanda Arnold Elem, has 14 schools and 7,204 students.
Amanda Arnold Elem is 67% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 10% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 8% Black, and 5% Asian. That compares with about 77% White among all Riley County residents. The school's diversity index is 53%, meaning two students picked at random have a 53% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Amanda Arnold Elem is 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.1:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. About 29% of students, or 117, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Riley County average 44%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Amanda Arnold Elem beats its 48.2% prediction with 67.2%, a top-10% result in Kansas.
Within Riley County, the median household income is $61,098, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Besides Amanda Arnold Elem, Riley County has 17 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Amanda Arnold Elem to another public school is about 1.1 miles, to Marlatt Elem. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 47.7%, lower than Amanda Arnold Elem's 67.2%.
NCES assigns Amanda Arnold Elem the locale City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over 4 years, Amanda Arnold Elem's enrollment declined 30%, to 399.
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Riley County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
71,946
Census ACS
Median income
$61,098
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
8,145 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Manhattan-Ogden
- Manhattan High SchoolHigh · 2,087 students
- Susan B Anthony Middle SchoolMiddle · 775 students
- Dwight D Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 730 students
- Frank V Bergman ElemElementary · 568 students
- Theo Roosevelt ElemElementary · 468 students
- Marlatt ElemElementary · 454 students
Other schools in Manhattan
- Manhattan High SchoolHigh · 2,087 students
- Susan B Anthony Middle SchoolMiddle · 775 students
- Dwight D Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 730 students
- Frank V Bergman ElemElementary · 568 students
- Theo Roosevelt ElemElementary · 468 students
- Marlatt ElemElementary · 454 students
Nearby schools
- Marlatt Elem1.1 mi · 454
- Frank V Bergman Elem1.2 mi · 568
- Susan B Anthony Middle School1.6 mi · 775
- Lee Elem1.9 mi · 299
- Manhattan Virtual Academy2.2 mi · 153
- Manhattan High School2.2 mi · 2,087
Frequently asked questions
About Amanda Arnold ElemHow large is Amanda Arnold Elem?
Amanda Arnold Elem enrolls approximately 399 students in grades KG-05.
Is Amanda Arnold Elem an elementary, middle, or high school?
Amanda Arnold Elem is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Amanda Arnold Elem have?
Amanda Arnold Elem employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Amanda Arnold Elem?
Student demographics at Amanda Arnold Elem are roughly 67% White, 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Amanda Arnold Elem in?
Amanda Arnold Elem is part of Manhattan-Ogden.
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