Cheney Elem

Cheney Elem is one of the moderately sized primary schools in Cheney, Kansas, run under Cheney, with 395 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 313 students per school, that is 26% above typical.

Across the 3 schools in Cheney (823 students total), Cheney Elem accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Cheney Elem reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Sedgwick County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Cheney Elem higher than the state norm the norm. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Sedgwick County (around 63%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cheney Elem ranks in the top 10% of Kansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 46.1%; Cheney Elem posts 68.0%, +21.9 points above that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Sedgwick County) logs that median household income runs about $69,365, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Cheney Elem is one of 160 public schools in Sedgwick County (combined enrollment of about 84,569 students).

Nearest neighbor: Cheney Middle School 6-8, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cheney Elem ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 47.8%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Cheney Elem's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 392 (now 395). Class-load math has tightened: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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