Chanute Elementary School

Chanute Elementary School is an elementary-level community of big scale in Chanute, Kansas, run under Chanute Public Schools, works with 652 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 108% larger than the state mean of about 313.

Within Chanute Public Schools, which oversees 3 schools and 1,569 students, Chanute Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Chanute Elementary School lists that 80% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 92%.

On the resource side, On paper, Chanute Elementary School has 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Chanute Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Neosho County (around 58%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Chanute Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.9%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Neosho County) logs that median household earnings sit near $56,618, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Neosho County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,406 students), of which Chanute Elementary School is one.

Royster Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Chanute Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Chanute Elementary School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 29.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Chanute Elementary School has decreased 17%, going from 787 students in 2018 to 652 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 85% to 80% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

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