Enrollment
210
Elementary
DISTRICT 233 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHAPARRAL SCHOOLS·NCES 200339000747
Anthony Elem
215 S Springfield, Anthony, KS 67003 · (620) 842-3743 · Harper County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL210 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
131 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Anthony Elem→Chaparral Jr/Sr High
Based on grade levels within Chaparral Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
52.4%
KS avg 44.5% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
59.0%
KS avg 38.8% . +4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
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
52.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 32% 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 20 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
210
-52 (-20%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 15.2:1
% White
85%
was 86%
% Hispanic
6%
was 5%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Anthony Elem
As a close-knit elementary school in Anthony, Kansas, Anthony Elem enrolls 210 students from grades pre-K through 6, one of the schools within Chaparral Schools. That puts it 33% below the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 313 students.
Chaparral Schools comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 829 students; Anthony Elem is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Anthony Elem shows that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Anthony Elem shows 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 62% of students at Anthony Elem qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, Anthony Elem ranks in the top 10% of Kansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 32.3%; Anthony Elem posts 52.3%, +20.0 points above that line.
Around the school, census data for Harper County shows the typical household earns roughly $53,488 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Harper County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 998 students), of which Anthony Elem is one.
Nearest neighbor: Chaparral Virtual School, around 4.8 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Anthony Elem ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.1%.
The campus sits in a rural setting.
Five-year trend. Anthony Elem's enrollment has edged down 20% since 2018, when it stood at 262 (now 210). Class-load math has tightened: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.
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Harper County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,400
Census ACS
Median income
$53,488
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
998 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chaparral Schools
- Chaparral Jr/Sr HighHigh · 348 students
- Harper ElemElementary · 255 students
- Chaparral Virtual SchoolHigh · 16 students
Other schools in Anthony
- Chaparral Jr/Sr HighHigh · 348 students
- Chaparral Virtual SchoolHigh · 16 students
Nearby schools
- Chaparral Virtual School4.8 mi · 16
- Chaparral Jr/Sr High4.8 mi · 348
- Harper Elem9.2 mi · 255
- Puls Elem12.9 mi · 122
- Attica High12.9 mi · 47
- Argonia Elem16.6 mi · 65
Frequently asked questions
About Anthony ElemHow many students attend Anthony Elem?
Anthony Elem enrolls approximately 210 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Anthony Elem serve?
Anthony Elem serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Anthony Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Anthony Elem is approximately 11.4:1 (18 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Anthony Elem?
Anthony Elem reports a student body of 85% White, 6% Hispanic, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Anthony Elem?
Anthony Elem is overseen by Chaparral Schools in Harper County.
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