Enrollment
261
Elementary
DISTRICT 217 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RUSSELL COUNTY·NCES 201131000942
Bickerdyke Elem
348 N Maple St, Russell, KS 67665 · (785) 483-6066 · Russell County
GRADES 02–06ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL261 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of Kansas public elementary schools
- CTest 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
11.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
141 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 57 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 23% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
Bickerdyke Elem→Russell Junior-Senior High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Russell County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
41.7%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
34.7%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 | 41.7% | 34.7% |
| 2023-24 | 32.5% | 33.1% |
% 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
35.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Bickerdyke Elem
Bickerdyke Elem's state test result (35.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bickerdyke Elem this school | 261 | 54.0% | 35.8% |
| Oskaloosa Elem Oskaloosa | 255 | 54.5% | 42.9% |
| Central Heights Elem Richmond | 239 | 52.7% | 54.1% |
| Medicine Lodge Grade School Medicine Lodge | 253 | 53.0% | 41.1% |
| Smith Center Elem Smith Center | 253 | 52.2% | 51.4% |
| Parker Elem Parker | 229 | 55.0% | 51.7% |
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 Bickerdyke Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #428 of 625 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #413 of 625 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #427 of 625 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 261 | #444 of 714 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #79 of 539 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.5% | #488 of 540 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.0% | #329 of 658 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.3% | #334 of 377 |
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
261
-5 (-2%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 251
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 261 | 22.5 | 11.6:1 | 54% (141) |
| 2023-24 | 220 | 18 | 12.2:1 | 55% (120) |
| 2022-23 | 228 | 18 | 12.7:1 | 55% (125) |
| 2020-21 | 266 | 20 | 13.3:1 | 53% (140) |
| 2017-18 | 270 | 20.1 | 13.4:1 | 62% (167) |
| 2015-16 | 256 | 18 | 14.2:1 | 59% (152) |
| 2010-11 | 191 | 17 | 11.2:1 | 60% (115) |
| 2000-01 | 219 | 19 | 11.5:1 | 39% (86) |
| 1990-91 | 251 | 20 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bickerdyke Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (270 to 261); teachers up 12% (20.1 to 22.5).
About Bickerdyke Elem
Bickerdyke Elem is a public small elementary school in Russell, Kansas. It teaches 261 students in grades 2 through 6.
Russell County is the local district for Bickerdyke Elem. It runs 4 schools with 950 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Bickerdyke Elem is White, at 89%. The rest of enrollment is 5% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. Among Russell County residents, the White share is about 90%. The diversity index for Bickerdyke Elem is 21%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Bickerdyke Elem comes to 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.6:1. The school's 11.6:1 compares with an average of 13.2:1 for elementary schools in Kansas. On the income side, 54% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Bickerdyke Elem lands at C, ahead of 25% of Kansas public elementary schools.
Bickerdyke Elem sits between the top and bottom 10% of Kansas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 35.8% and a predicted 36.3%.
Census data for Russell County show median household income comes to about $62,392, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 5 public schools and about 1,075 students.
Ruppenthal Middle sits about 0.2 miles from Bickerdyke Elem. Bickerdyke Elem has 3 other public schools within five miles. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Bickerdyke Elem ranks 4th on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Remote, or in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 261, close to the 266 recorded in 2020-21. The ratio was 13.3:1 in 2020-21 and 11.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Russell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
6,679
Census ACS
Median income
$62,392
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
1,075 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Russell County
- Russell Junior-Senior HighHigh · 328 students
- Ruppenthal MiddleMiddle · 188 students
- Simpson ElemElementary · 173 students
Other schools in Russell
- Russell Junior-Senior HighHigh · 328 students
- Ruppenthal MiddleMiddle · 188 students
- Simpson ElemElementary · 173 students
Nearby schools
- Ruppenthal Middle0.2 mi · 188
- Russell Junior-Senior High0.6 mi · 328
- Simpson Elem0.7 mi · 173
- Victoria Junior-Senior High School15.4 mi · 110
- Victoria Elementary15.7 mi · 153
- Lucas/Sylvan Elementary Unified21.2 mi · 125
Frequently asked questions
About Bickerdyke ElemWhat is the total enrollment at Bickerdyke Elem?
Bickerdyke Elem enrolls approximately 261 students in grades 02-06.
Is Bickerdyke Elem an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bickerdyke Elem is an elementary school covering grades 02-06.
How many students per teacher at Bickerdyke Elem?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at Bickerdyke Elem.
How diverse is Bickerdyke Elem?
Bickerdyke Elem reports a student body of 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Bickerdyke Elem?
Bickerdyke Elem is overseen by Russell County in Russell County.
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