Atchison Elementary School

Atchison Elementary School is a K-5 school of sizable scale in Atchison, Kansas, run under Atchison Public Schools, hosting 693 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 313 students per school, that is 121% larger than typical.

Atchison Elementary School is one of 4 schools operated by Atchison Public Schools, a district that educates 1,450 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Atchison Elementary School lists that 72% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 15% multiracial, 7% Black, 6% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

On the income-and-resources front, Atchison Elementary School lists 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Atchison Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.9%.

In the broader community, census data for Atchison County shows median household earnings sit near $61,112, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Atchison County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,948 students), of which Atchison Elementary School is one.

Atchison High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Atchison Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 34.0%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 18%: 843 students in 2018 compared to 693 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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