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What's something Berryton Elem does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
560
Elementary
DISTRICT 472 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHAWNEE HEIGHTS·NCES 201218001133
Berryton Elem
2921 SE 69th Street, Berryton, KS 66409 · (785) 861-1300 · Shawnee County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL560 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
193 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 51%
Community
5
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 | 30 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 81 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 19% smaller than its 6th grade class (81).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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 Shawnee Heights. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
50.5%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
49.2%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 | 50.5% | 49.2% |
| 2023-24 | 42.5% | 45.6% |
% 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
47.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.7%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% 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 Berryton Elem
Berryton Elem's state test result (47.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berryton Elem this school | 560 | 34.5% | 47.9% |
| Madison Elementary Gardner | 521 | 33.8% | 46.5% |
| Spring Hill Elementary School Spring Hill | 600 | 28.2% | 48.7% |
| Apollo Elementary School Goddard | 544 | 29.0% | 68.0% |
| Deerfield Elem Lawrence | 433 | 32.1% | 50.7% |
| Plum Creek Elementary Hutchinson | 448 | 35.5% | 47.0% |
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 Berryton Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Shawnee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #246 of 625 | #9 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #216 of 625 | #8 of 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #305 of 625 | #10 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 560 | #39 of 714 | #4 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #408 of 539 | #27 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.3% | #323 of 540 | #21 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.5% | #512 of 658 | #22 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.2% | #39 of 151 | #1 of 7 |
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
560
+88 (+19%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 564
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 560 | 37.8 | 14.8:1 | 34% (193) |
| 2023-24 | 538 | 35.4 | 15.2:1 | 35% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 511 | 35.1 | 14.6:1 | 31% (160) |
| 2020-21 | 472 | 33 | 14.3:1 | 32% (151) |
| 2017-18 | 482 | 30.5 | 15.8:1 | 33% (161) |
| 2015-16 | 495 | 29 | 17.1:1 | 33% (164) |
| 2010-11 | 499 | 30 | 16.6:1 | 25% (127) |
| 2000-01 | 399 | 30 | 13.3:1 | 11% (42) |
| 1990-91 | 564 | 31 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Berryton Elem.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (482 to 560); teachers up 24% (30.5 to 37.8).
About Berryton Elem
Berryton Elem is a large elementary school in Berryton, Kansas. In all, 560 students attend the school in pre-K through 6. That is 79% above the average of about 313 students for elementary schools in Kansas.
Shawnee Heights enrolls 3,646 students, and its 6 schools include Berryton Elem.
The share of White students at Berryton Elem is 75%, a majority. After that, the student body is 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, and 5% Black. Census estimates put Shawnee County at about 75% White, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 41, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 37.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.8:1. The gap from the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas is 1.7 students per teacher. The school reported 34% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Among public schools in Shawnee County, the average eligibility rate is 54%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Berryton Elem falls in the middle 80% of Kansas schools: 47.9% actual against 45.7% predicted.
The school is in Shawnee County, where median household income comes to about $67,104, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Shawnee County counts 54 public schools with about 26,294 students.
Pauline Central Primary, about 3.7 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 7 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Berryton Elem ranks 1st in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Berryton Elem is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 19% rise, from 472 to 560.
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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 Shawnee Heights
- Shawnee Heights HighHigh · 1,218 students
- Shawnee Heights MiddleMiddle · 540 students
- Tecumseh South ElemElementary · 464 students
- Tecumseh North ElemElementary · 435 students
- Shawnee Heights ElemElementary · 429 students
Nearby schools
- Pauline Central Primary3.7 mi · 406
- Pauline South Intermediate4.1 mi · 277
- Topeka Virtual School4.4 mi · 384
- Avondale Academy4.4 mi · 23
- Eisenhower Middle School4.7 mi · 440
- Ross Elementary4.7 mi · 563
Frequently asked questions
About Berryton ElemWhat is the total enrollment at Berryton Elem?
Berryton Elem enrolls approximately 560 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Berryton Elem serve?
Berryton Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Berryton Elem?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Berryton Elem.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Berryton Elem?
At Berryton Elem, the student body is approximately 75% White, 9% Hispanic, 5% Black, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Berryton Elem?
Berryton Elem is overseen by Shawnee Heights in Shawnee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.