Enrollment
282
Elementary
DISTRICT 125 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHAPMAN·NCES 200462001247
Chapman Elem
500 Irish Drive, Chapman, KS 67431 · (785) 922-7171 · Dickinson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL282 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Kansas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.8:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
100 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 | 39 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
Based on grade levels within Chapman. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
54.5%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
41.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 | 54.5% | 41.3% |
| 2023-24 | 34.6% | 30.8% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.2%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kansas's top nor bottom 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 Chapman Elem
Chapman Elem's state test result (40.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapman Elem this school | 282 | 35.5% | 40.5% |
| Baldwin Elementary Intermediate Center Baldwin City | 276 | 34.4% | 51.7% |
| Jefferson West Elementary School Meriden | 320 | 34.4% | 60.9% |
| Trego Grade School WaKeeney | 285 | 37.2% | 32.8% |
| Valley Falls Elem Valley Falls | 262 | 32.8% | 30.5% |
| North Fairview Topeka | 278 | 37.1% | 52.3% |
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 Chapman Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Dickinson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #361 of 625 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #322 of 625 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #242 of 625 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 282 | #405 of 714 | #2 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #308 of 539 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.9% | #483 of 540 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.5% | #504 of 658 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #278 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
282
+6 (+2%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 301
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 282 | 20.5 | 13.8:1 | 35% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 289 | 19 | 15.2:1 | 36% (104) |
| 2022-23 | 290 | 20 | 14.5:1 | 31% (91) |
| 2020-21 | 276 | 19 | 14.5:1 | 33% (90) |
| 2017-18 | 307 | 18 | 17.1:1 | 34% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 297 | 18 | 16.5:1 | 46% (136) |
| 2010-11 | 252 | 17 | 14.8:1 | 42% (106) |
| 2000-01 | 211 | 14 | 15.1:1 | 29% (62) |
| 1990-91 | 301 | 17 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chapman Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (307 to 282); teachers up 14% (18 to 20.5).
About Chapman Elem
At 500 Irish Drive in Chapman, Kansas, Chapman Elem operates as a medium-sized elementary school. It enrolled 282 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
Chapman has 6 schools and 1,134 students, and Chapman Elem is one of those schools.
White students are the large majority at Chapman Elem, with 88% of enrollment. Other groups make up 9% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 91% White, within a few points of the school. Chapman Elem has a diversity index of 22%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Chapman Elem employs 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.8:1. Across elementary schools in Kansas, the average ratio is about 13.2:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 35%. It compares with 49% for public schools in Dickinson County.
Chapman Elem is graded C by allk12, scoring above 26% of Kansas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Chapman Elem's lunch-eligibility share in Kansas is predicted to score 45.2%. Chapman Elem scores 40.5%, 4.8 points below that line.
Across Dickinson County, median household income is about $68,417, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Dickinson County number 19 and enroll about 3,530.
Chapman Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. Chapman Elem's average proficiency of 40.5% compares with 39.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, Chapman Elem is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment at Chapman Elem was 276 in 2020-21 and 282 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
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Dickinson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,445
Census ACS
Median income
$68,417
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
3,530 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chapman
- Chapman HighHigh · 383 students
- Chapman Middle SchoolMiddle · 250 students
- Enterprise ElemElementary · 86 students
- Blue Ridge ElemElementary · 71 students
- Rural Center ElemElementary · 62 students
Other schools in Chapman
- Chapman HighHigh · 383 students
- Chapman Middle SchoolMiddle · 250 students
Other Chapman Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Chapman Elementary. Chapman Elem is the 6th largest of the 7.
- Chapman Elementary SchoolStrongsville, OH · 446 students
- Chapman Elementary SchoolROCKWOOD, MI · 434 students
- Chapman ElementaryGardena, CA · 406 students
- Chapman Elementary SchoolPortland, OR · 353 students
- Chapman ElementaryChico, CA · 311 students
Nearby schools
- Chapman Middle School0.6 mi · 250
- Chapman High0.7 mi · 383
- Blue Ridge Elem5.5 mi · 71
- Enterprise Elem7.4 mi · 86
- Spring Valley Elementary8.1 mi · 400
- Junction City Sr High8.3 mi · 1,713
Frequently asked questions
About Chapman ElemHow many students attend Chapman Elem?
Chapman Elem enrolls approximately 282 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Chapman Elem serve?
Chapman Elem serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Chapman Elem have?
Chapman Elem employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Chapman Elem?
Student demographics at Chapman Elem are roughly 88% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Chapman Elem in?
Chapman Elem is part of Chapman.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.