Enrollment
90
Elementary
DISTRICT 62 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BREWSTER·NCES 200408000569
Brewster Elem
127 Kansas Avenue, Brewster, KS 67732 · (785) 694-2236 · Thomas County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL90 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
25 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Brewster Elem→Brewster High
Based on grade levels within Brewster. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
31.1%
KS avg 44.5% . +10.2pp since 2023
Math
31.1%
KS avg 38.8% . +12.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.9%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
90
+4 (+5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
was 10.5:1
% White
97%
was 87%
% Hispanic
1%
was 10%
% Black
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Brewster Elem
As a micro-enrollment elementary campus in Brewster, Kansas, Brewster Elem instructs 90 students from grades pre-K through 8, part of Brewster. Compared to the state average of about 313 students per school, that is 71% below typical.
Brewster runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 124 students. Brewster Elem is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, Brewster Elem lists that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority.
Looking at school resources, The school reports having 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.9:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Thomas County (around 37%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Brewster Elem falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 48.9%; this one comes in at 26.7%, -22.2 points off the demographic line.
Zooming out to the county, Thomas County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,325 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Thomas County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,169 students), of which Brewster Elem is one.
Brewster High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Brewster Elem ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 28.6%.
Brewster Elem operates from an outlying location.
Looking at the recent track record. Brewster Elem's enrollment has rose 5% since 2018, when it stood at 86 (now 90). Over the same period, the White share increased from 87% to 97%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 8.9:1 in 2025.
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Thomas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,885
Census ACS
Median income
$71,325
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,169 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Brewster High0.0 mi · 34
- Colby Middle School17.4 mi · 293
- Colby Elem17.4 mi · 369
- North Elementary17.5 mi · 254
- Colby Senior High17.5 mi · 296
- Goodland Jr-Sr. High School17.7 mi · 388
Frequently asked questions
About Brewster ElemHow many students attend Brewster Elem?
Brewster Elem enrolls approximately 90 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Brewster Elem serve?
Brewster Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Brewster Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Brewster Elem is approximately 8.9:1 (10 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Brewster Elem?
Brewster Elem reports a student body of 97% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black.
Who oversees Brewster Elem?
Brewster Elem is overseen by Brewster in Thomas County.
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