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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