Bonner Springs Elementary

Located at 212 S Neconi, in Bonner Springs, Kansas, Bonner Springs Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community that works with 351 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Bonner Springs.

Within Bonner Springs, which oversees 5 schools and 2,437 students, Bonner Springs Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Bonner Springs Elementary shows that White students make up the majority at 62%. The remainder consists of 21% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Wyandotte County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Bonner Springs Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.9%; this one delivers 44.5%.

In the broader community, census data for Wyandotte County shows median household income runs about $63,631, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Bonner Springs Elementary is one of 62 public schools in Wyandotte County (combined enrollment of about 30,713 students).

The closest other public school is Bonner Springs High, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Bonner Springs Elementary comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bonner Springs Elementary has shrank 13%, going from 405 students in 2018 to 351 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment rose from 5% to 9% over that span.

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