Enrollment
336
Elementary
DISTRICT 458 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUBURN-WASHBURN·NCES 200320001066
Auburn Elementary
810 N Commercial, Auburn, KS 66402 · (785) 339-4400 · Shawnee County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL336 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% of Kansas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
11.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
112 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 22 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 31 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 42% smaller than its 6th grade class (53).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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 Auburn-Washburn. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
47.5%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
40.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 | 47.5% | 40.4% |
| 2023-24 | 38.9% | 41.6% |
% 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
44.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Auburn Elementary
Auburn Elementary's state test result (44.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn Elementary this school | 336 | 33.3% | 44.8% |
| West Elem Wamego | 353 | 32.0% | 62.5% |
| Central Elem Wamego | 357 | 33.3% | N/A |
| Jefferson West Elementary School Meriden | 320 | 34.4% | 60.9% |
| Oak Street Elementary School K-4 Goddard | 343 | 34.4% | 47.7% |
| Rose Hill Intermediate Rose Hill | 328 | 36.0% | 45.6% |
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 Auburn Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Shawnee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #294 of 625 | #13 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #328 of 625 | #13 of 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #349 of 625 | #12 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 336 | #314 of 714 | #23 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #48 of 539 | #3 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.1% | #411 of 540 | #27 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.3% | #524 of 658 | #23 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.6% | #106 of 377 | #2 of 22 |
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
336
-41 (-11%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 360
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 336 | 30 | 11.2:1 | 33% (112) |
| 2023-24 | 348 | 32.6 | 10.7:1 | 34% (118) |
| 2022-23 | 377 | 32.7 | 11.5:1 | 34% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 377 | 34 | 11.1:1 | 33% (124) |
| 2017-18 | 423 | 29 | 14.6:1 | 36% (151) |
| 2015-16 | 409 | 29 | 14.1:1 | 33% (134) |
| 2010-11 | 428 | 29 | 14.8:1 | 33% (140) |
| 2000-01 | 402 | 31 | 13.0:1 | 16% (66) |
| 1990-91 | 360 | 27 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Auburn Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (423 to 336); teachers up 4% (29 to 30).
About Auburn Elementary
Auburn Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Auburn, Kansas. The school serves pre-K through 6. Enrollment is 336 students.
District-wide, Auburn-Washburn has 9 schools and 5,866 students.
Auburn Elementary is 84% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 2% Black. In Shawnee County overall, about 75% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Auburn Elementary scores 29%.
The school's 30 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1. Elementary schools in Kansas average 13.2:1, 2.0 more students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 33% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Shawnee County average 54%.
Among Kansas public elementary schools, Auburn Elementary outscored 37%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Auburn Elementary is 1.5 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 44.8% actual, 46.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Kansas.
In Shawnee County, median household income comes to about $67,104, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county's public schools total 54, with about 26,294 students.
Among nearby public schools, Washburn Rural High is closest at about 4.7 miles. In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of Auburn Elementary. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Auburn Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Auburn Elementary as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 336, from 377 in 2020-21.
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Shawnee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
178,025
Census ACS
Median income
$67,104
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
26,294 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Auburn-Washburn
- Washburn Rural HighHigh · 1,878 students
- Washburn Rural Middle SchoolMiddle · 966 students
- Farley ElementaryElementary · 596 students
- Jay Shideler ElementaryElementary · 492 students
- Wanamaker ElemElementary · 475 students
- Indian Hills ElementaryElementary · 440 students
Other Auburn Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 8 states are named Auburn Elementary. Auburn Elementary is the 7th largest of the 9.
- Auburn Elementary SchoolAuburn, KY · 760 students
- Auburn Elementary SchoolAuburn, GA · 678 students
- Auburn Elementary SchoolSalem, OR · 592 students
- Auburn ElementaryRiner, VA · 544 students
- Auburn ElementaryAuburn, CA · 501 students
Nearby schools
- Washburn Rural High4.7 mi · 1,878
- Washburn Rural Middle School5.0 mi · 966
- Jay Shideler Elementary5.7 mi · 492
- Pauline South Intermediate6.4 mi · 277
- Pauline Central Primary7.1 mi · 406
- Farley Elementary7.2 mi · 596
Frequently asked questions
About Auburn ElementaryHow many students attend Auburn Elementary?
Auburn Elementary enrolls approximately 336 students in grades PK-06.
Is Auburn Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Auburn Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Auburn Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Auburn Elementary is approximately 11.2:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Auburn Elementary?
At Auburn Elementary, the student body is approximately 84% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Auburn Elementary?
Auburn Elementary is overseen by Auburn-Washburn in Shawnee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.