Enrollment
241
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUHLER·NCES 200420000564
Buhler Grade School
808 N Main, Buhler, KS 67522 · (620) 543-2240 · Reno County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL241 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of Kansas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
15.1:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
126 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (37).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
Based on grade levels within Buhler. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
64.4%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
59.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 | 64.4% | 59.4% |
| 2023-24 | 48.5% | 51.4% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
60.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.2%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in Kansas's top 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 Buhler Grade School
Buhler Grade School's state test result (60.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buhler Grade School this school | 241 | 52.3% | 60.5% |
| Marion Elem Marion | 238 | 50.8% | 50.5% |
| Meade Elem Meade | 243 | 51.9% | 36.7% |
| Lacygne Elem LaCygne | 221 | 51.1% | 44.5% |
| McLouth Elem McLouth | 221 | 54.8% | 43.5% |
| Bentley Primary School Bentley | 200 | 53.5% | 44.4% |
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 Buhler Grade School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Reno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #106 of 625 | #2 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #124 of 625 | #1 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #119 of 625 | #1 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 241 | #478 of 714 | #11 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #428 of 539 | #8 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.2% | #428 of 540 | #9 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.3% | #347 of 658 | #9 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #199 of 377 | #2 of 7 |
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
241
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 374
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 241 | 16 | 15.1:1 | 52% (126) |
| 2023-24 | 244 | 16.5 | 14.8:1 | 46% (113) |
| 2022-23 | 257 | 16.5 | 15.6:1 | 49% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 244 | 16 | 15.3:1 | 41% (100) |
| 2017-18 | 275 | 18.1 | 15.2:1 | 44% (121) |
| 2015-16 | 305 | 18 | 16.9:1 | 43% (132) |
| 2010-11 | 334 | 21 | 15.9:1 | 45% (151) |
| 2000-01 | 302 | 18 | 16.8:1 | 38% (114) |
| 1990-91 | 374 | 18 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Buhler Grade School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (275 to 241); teachers down 12% (18.1 to 16).
About Buhler Grade School
Buhler Grade School is a public small elementary school in Buhler, Kansas. It serves 241 students in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Kansas average about 313 students.
The 7 schools of Buhler, including Buhler Grade School, enroll 2,512 students.
Buhler Grade School enrolls a student body that is 84% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 13% Hispanic and 2% Black. The White share in Reno County as a whole is similar, at about 85%. By the diversity index, Buhler Grade School comes in at 27%.
Dividing enrollment by its 16 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 15.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Kansas is 13.2:1, lower than at this school. Buhler Grade School reports 52% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Buhler Grade School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 92% of Kansas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In Kansas, Buhler Grade School is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 60.5% compared with a predicted 37.2%.
In the county around the school, Reno County, median household income is about $60,645, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Buhler Grade School is among the 33 public schools in Reno County.
The closest other public school is Buhler High, about 0.2 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within ten miles. Its average proficiency rate of 60.5% is above the 40.1% average for nearby schools.
NCES assigns Buhler Grade School the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (244) to 2024-25 (241).
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Reno County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
61,553
Census ACS
Median income
$60,645
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
8,909 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Buhler
- Buhler HighHigh · 674 students
- Prairie Hills MiddleMiddle · 532 students
- Plum Creek ElementaryElementary · 448 students
- Union Valley ElemElementary · 435 students
- Ad Astra Virtual AcademyCombined · 171 students
- Ad Astra Alternative AcademyHigh · 11 students
Nearby schools
- Buhler High0.2 mi · 674
- Inman Jr/Sr High School5.8 mi · 188
- Inman Elem6.2 mi · 260
- Prairie Hills Middle6.4 mi · 532
- Union Valley Elem7.4 mi · 435
- Ad Astra Virtual Academy7.8 mi · 171
Frequently asked questions
About Buhler Grade SchoolHow many students attend Buhler Grade School?
Buhler Grade School enrolls approximately 241 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Buhler Grade School serve?
Buhler Grade School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Buhler Grade School?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Buhler Grade School.
What is the student diversity at Buhler Grade School?
Student demographics at Buhler Grade School are roughly 84% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black.
What district is Buhler Grade School in?
Buhler Grade School is part of Buhler.
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