Caldwell Elem

Caldwell Elem, an intimate elementary school in Caldwell, Kansas, operated by Caldwell, teaches 136 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 313 students each, so Caldwell Elem sits 57% smaller than that benchmark.

Caldwell comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 248 students; Caldwell Elem is among them.

In terms of who attends, Caldwell Elem logs that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Caldwell Elem higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 62% of students at Caldwell Elem qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Sumner County's rate of about 53%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Caldwell Elem ranks in the top 10% of Kansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 32.6%; Caldwell Elem posts 51.4%, +18.8 points above that line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Sumner County indicate the typical household earns roughly $63,951 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Sumner County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,436 students), Caldwell Elem is one campus in the mix.

Caldwell Secondary School-Chisholm Trail eLea is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Caldwell Elem at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 30.3%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Caldwell Elem's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 135 (now 136). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 87% to 82%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Caldwell Elem community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.