Central Plains Elementary School - Holyrood

Central Plains Elementary School - Holyrood is one of the cozy primary schools in Holyrood, Kansas, one of the schools within Central Plains, with 229 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 313 students each, so Central Plains Elementary School - Holyrood sits 27% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in Central Plains (1,225 students total), Central Plains Elementary School - Holyrood accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Central Plains Elementary School - Holyrood shows that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Central Plains Elementary School - Holyrood has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Central Plains Elementary School - Holyrood sits in the top 10% of Kansas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 46.5%; actual is 64.7%, +18.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Ellsworth County) logs that median household earnings sit near $65,560, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ellsworth County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,702 students), of which Central Plains Elementary School - Holyrood is one.

The closest other public school is Central Plains Jr. Sr. High School, roughly 8.1 miles away. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Central Plains Elementary School - Holyrood ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 34.1%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Central Plains Elementary School - Holyrood has climbed 51%, going from 152 students in 2018 to 229 in 2025.

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