Bradley Elem

Set in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Bradley Elem is a moderately sized elementary-level community, overseen by Fort Leavenworth. It works with 412 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 32% bigger than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 313 students.

Within Fort Leavenworth, which oversees 4 schools and 1,542 students, Bradley Elem is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Bradley Elem lists that 64% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 16% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 6% Black, 4% Asian. By comparison, Leavenworth County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Bradley Elem reports 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 6% of students at Bradley Elem qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Leavenworth County's rate of about 34%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bradley Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.2%, the actual is 71.8%, a residual of +12.6 points.

Around the school, census data for Leavenworth County shows the typical household earns roughly $89,218 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Leavenworth County runs 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,185 students), of which Bradley Elem is one.

Nearest neighbor: Patton Jr High, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bradley Elem. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bradley Elem at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 44.5%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bradley Elem has fell 19%, going from 510 students in 2018 to 412 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 11% to 16%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.