Belleville East Elementary

Belleville East Elementary is one of the mid-tier K-5 schools in Belleville, Kansas, operated by Republic County, with 273 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Belleville East Elementary is one of 2 schools operated by Republic County, a district that educates 518 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Belleville East Elementary reports that nearly all students (92%) are White. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Republic County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Belleville East Elementary has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Republic County (around 53%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Belleville East Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.7%; this one delivers 40.0%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Republic County) shows that median household earnings sit near $56,833, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Republic County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 762 students), Belleville East Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Republic County Jr./Sr. High School, around 0.4 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Belleville East Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 38.0%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 6%: 258 students in 2018 compared to 273 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share increased from 86% to 92%.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.