Bluemont Elementary School

Located at 714 Bluemont Ave., in Manhattan, Kansas, Bluemont Elementary School is a small elementary school that caters to 207 students (grades K through 5), run under Manhattan-Ogden. Compared to the state average of about 313 students per school, that is 34% smaller than typical.

Within Manhattan-Ogden, which oversees 14 schools and 7,204 students, Bluemont Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Bluemont Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 55%. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 9% multiracial, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Bluemont Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 49% of students at Bluemont Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bluemont Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.9%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Riley County indicate the typical household earns roughly $61,098 per year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Riley County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,145 students), Bluemont Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Woodrow Wilson Elem, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bluemont Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 45.3%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bluemont Elementary School has shrank 23%, going from 269 students in 2018 to 207 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share ticked up from 3% to 12%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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