Axtell Elementary School

Set in Axtell, Kansas, Axtell Elementary School is a tiny K-5 school, run under Prairie Hills. It caters to 113 students across grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 313 students per school, that is 64% leaner than typical.

Prairie Hills runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 953 students. Axtell Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Axtell Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%); the rest reads as 4% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Marshall County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. Roughly 38% of students at Axtell 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, Axtell Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.7%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Marshall County put median household income runs about $68,419, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Marshall County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,643 students), Axtell Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Axtell High, around 0.0 miles off. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Axtell Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 49.6%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Axtell Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 10% since 2018, when it stood at 125 (now 113). The White share of enrollment edged up from 89% to 95% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.