Appanoose Elementary School

Set in Pomona, Kansas, Appanoose Elementary School is a cozy primary school, one of the schools within West Franklin. It teaches 191 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 313 students per school, that is 39% below typical.

Across the 4 schools in West Franklin (642 students total), Appanoose Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Appanoose Elementary School lists that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 45% of students at Appanoose Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Appanoose Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.8%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Franklin County indicate the typical household earns roughly $77,207 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Franklin County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,187 students), of which Appanoose Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: West Franklin Middle School, around 5.9 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Appanoose Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 30.7%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 188 students in 2018 compared to 191 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

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