Central Elem

Central Elem is an elementary-level community of mid-tier scale in Wamego, Kansas, overseen by Wamego, works with 357 students in grades pre-K through 2.

Central Elem is one of 5 schools operated by Wamego, a district that works with 1,617 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Central Elem records that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Pottawatomie County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Central Elem shows 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Across the wider county, census data for Pottawatomie County shows median household income runs about $92,325, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Pottawatomie County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,283 students), of which Central Elem is one.

Wamego High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Central Elem.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 7%: 385 students in 2018 compared to 357 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.