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
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
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
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% . +15.9pp since 2023
Math
59.4%
KS avg 38.8% . +8.0pp since 2023
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. Reading and writing scores are up about 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
241
-34 (-12%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 15.2:1
% White
84%
was 87%
% Hispanic
13%
was 11%
% Black
2%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Buhler Grade School
Buhler Grade School is a close-knit elementary campus in Buhler, Kansas, part of Buhler. The school works with 241 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 313 students each, so Buhler Grade School sits 23% smaller than that benchmark.
Buhler runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,512 students. Buhler Grade School is one of those campuses.
Demographically, Buhler Grade School logs that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 13% Hispanic, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
After controlling for student poverty, Buhler Grade School sits in the top 10% of Kansas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 37.2%; actual is 60.5%, +23.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.
In the broader community, Reno County reports that the typical household earns roughly $60,645 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Reno County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,909 students), Buhler Grade School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Buhler High, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Buhler Grade School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 40.1%.
Buhler Grade School operates from a small-town location.
Over the past 7-year window. Buhler Grade School's enrollment has ticked down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 275 (now 241).
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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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