Burlingame Elementary

As a low-enrollment elementary school in Burlingame, Kansas, Burlingame Elementary teaches 142 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Burlingame Public School. That puts it 55% below the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 313 students.

Burlingame Public School comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 293 students; Burlingame Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Burlingame Elementary logs that nearly all students (88%) are White. Other groups include 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Burlingame Elementary reports 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Burlingame Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.3%; this one delivers 33.3%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Osage County indicate the typical household earns roughly $74,467 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Osage County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,587 students), Burlingame Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Burlingame Junior/Senior High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Burlingame Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 34.6%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Burlingame Elementary has edged down 5%, going from 149 students in 2018 to 142 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 96% to 88% across the same window.

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