Enrollment
239
Elementary
DISTRICT 270 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL HEIGHTS·NCES 200001400454
Central Heights Elem
3521 Ellis Road, Richmond, KS 66080 · (785) 869-3355 · Franklin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL239 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Kansas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
126 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (38).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 58% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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
Central Heights Elem→Central Heights High
Based on grade levels within Central Heights. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
59.7%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
50.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.7% | 50.4% |
| 2023-24 | 46.1% | 46.0% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
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
54.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% 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 17 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 →
Schools most like Central Heights Elem
Central Heights Elem's state test result (54.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Heights Elem this school | 239 | 52.7% | 54.1% |
| Lincoln Elementary Fredonia | 242 | 50.8% | 40.6% |
| Bickerdyke Elem Russell | 261 | 54.0% | 35.8% |
| Smith Center Elem Smith Center | 253 | 52.2% | 51.4% |
| Oskaloosa Elem Oskaloosa | 255 | 54.5% | 42.9% |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary Abilene | 218 | 54.1% | 35.2% |
Matched among Kansas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Central Heights Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #159 of 625 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #207 of 625 | #2 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #175 of 625 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 239 | #481 of 714 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #96 of 539 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.4% | #499 of 540 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.7% | #342 of 658 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.8% | #158 of 377 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
239
-4 (-2%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 329
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 12.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 239 | 20.2 | 11.8:1 | 53% (126) |
| 2023-24 | 242 | 18.2 | 13.3:1 | 55% (132) |
| 2022-23 | 247 | 19.2 | 12.9:1 | 54% (133) |
| 2020-21 | 243 | 20 | 12.2:1 | 44% (106) |
| 2017-18 | 284 | 23.5 | 12.1:1 | 58% (166) |
| 2015-16 | 262 | 22 | 11.9:1 | 61% (160) |
| 2010-11 | 256 | 18 | 14.2:1 | 65% (167) |
| 2000-01 | 323 | 27 | 12.0:1 | 29% (95) |
| 1990-91 | 329 | 19 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Heights Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (284 to 239); teachers down 14% (23.5 to 20.2).
About Central Heights Elem
Central Heights Elem is a small elementary school in Kansas, with an address in Richmond. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 239 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Kansas enroll about 313 students on average.
Central Heights Elem belongs to Central Heights, a district of 2 schools and 539 students.
White students are 90% of those enrolled at Central Heights Elem. Other reported shares: 5% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. That is in line with Franklin County, where about 91% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 19%.
Its ratio of 11.8:1 is based on 20.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Kansas have an average ratio of 13.2:1. In all, 53% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 52% average for public schools in Franklin County.
Central Heights Elem earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 83% of Kansas public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations places Central Heights Elem in the top 10% of Kansas schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 17.1 points above it (54.1% actual, 37.0% predicted).
For Franklin County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $77,207 a year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Franklin County number 15, with about 4,187 students.
Central Heights Elem's closest public school neighbor is Central Heights High, less than a tenth of a mile away. A ten-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Central Heights Elem at 1st of 7.
In the federal locale system, Central Heights Elem is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (243) and 2024-25 (239).
The allk12 page for Central Heights Elem lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,106
Census ACS
Median income
$77,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
4,187 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Central Heights Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Central Heights Elementary. Central Heights Elem is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Central Heights Elementary SchoolNACOGDOCHES, TX · 477 students
- Central Heights ElementaryBlountville, TN · 234 students
Nearby schools
- Central Heights High0.0 mi · 300
- Greeley Elem7.7 mi · 52
- Sunflower Elementary School9.8 mi · 333
- Garfield Elem10.1 mi · 368
- Ottawa Middle School10.4 mi · 456
- Ottawa Sr High10.5 mi · 681
Frequently asked questions
About Central Heights ElemHow large is Central Heights Elem?
Central Heights Elem enrolls approximately 239 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Central Heights Elem serve?
Central Heights Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Central Heights Elem?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Central Heights Elem.
How diverse is Central Heights Elem?
Central Heights Elem reports a student body of 90% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Central Heights Elem?
Central Heights Elem is overseen by Central Heights in Franklin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.