Enrollment
312
Elementary
DISTRICT 282 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CIMARRON-ENSIGN·NCES 200480000009
Cimarron Elem
600 N 2nd, Cimarron, KS 67835 · (620) 855-3343 · Gray County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL312 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% 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.
- C-Beats 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
11.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
145 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 27 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 8% smaller than its 6th grade class (50).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
Cimarron Elem→Cimarron High
Based on grade levels within Cimarron-Ensign. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
40.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
36.7%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 | 40.0% | 36.7% |
| 2023-24 | 32.2% | 31.2% |
% 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
39.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Cimarron Elem
Cimarron Elem's state test result (39.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cimarron Elem this school | 312 | 46.5% | 39.3% |
| Timmerman Elementary Emporia | 370 | 45.4% | 48.2% |
| Coronado Elem Salina | 389 | 49.4% | 38.6% |
| Wichita County Elementary Leoti | 221 | 51.6% | 63.3% |
| Starside Elem De Soto | 428 | 52.1% | 39.3% |
| Scott City Lower Elem Scott City | 230 | 53.9% | N/A |
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 Cimarron Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #372 of 625 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #387 of 625 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #448 of 625 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 312 | #352 of 714 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #42 of 539 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.2% | #261 of 540 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.5% | #411 of 658 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.7% | #134 of 377 |
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
312
-40 (-11%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 316
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 312 | 28.3 | 11.0:1 | 46% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 328 | 25 | 13.2:1 | 42% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 322 | 27.7 | 11.6:1 | 45% (144) |
| 2020-21 | 352 | 27 | 13.0:1 | 50% (175) |
| 2017-18 | 379 | 28.9 | 13.1:1 | 48% (182) |
| 2015-16 | 398 | 29 | 13.7:1 | 49% (197) |
| 2010-11 | 447 | 27 | 16.6:1 | 45% (200) |
| 2000-01 | 339 | 23 | 14.7:1 | 27% (90) |
| 1990-91 | 316 | 16 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cimarron Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (379 to 312); teachers down 2% (28.9 to 28.3).
About Cimarron Elem
Cimarron Elem is an elementary school in Cimarron, Kansas, reachable at (620) 855-3343. The school offers pre-K through 6 and enrolls 312 students.
Across its 2 schools, Cimarron-Ensign enrolls 563 students. Cimarron Elem is one of those schools.
At Cimarron Elem, 64% of students are White. After that, the student body is 33% Hispanic. Census figures show Gray County is about 90% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Cimarron Elem scores 48%.
Staffing at Cimarron Elem comes to 28.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.0:1. Elementary schools in Kansas average 13.2:1, 2.2 more students per teacher than here. Cimarron Elem counts 46% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Cimarron Elem earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 30% of Kansas public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Cimarron Elem, the prediction is 40.0% and the result is 39.3%.
In Gray County, median household income comes to about $79,122, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Gray County counts 9 public schools with about 1,002 students.
Cimarron Elem's closest public school neighbor is Cimarron High, about 0.2 miles away. A ten-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. Nearby schools average 35.7% on proficiency, and Cimarron Elem is above that at 39.3%.
The school's locale code, Rural: Remote, means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment fell 11% over 4 years, reaching 312 in 2024-25. The ratio was 13.0:1 in 2020-21 and 11.0:1 in 2024-25.
Cimarron Elem has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Gray County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,701
Census ACS
Median income
$79,122
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
1,002 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Cimarron Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Cimarron Elementary. Cimarron Elem is the 5th largest of the 7.
- Cimarron Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 669 students
- Cimarron ElementaryPalmdale, CA · 497 students
- Cimarron Elementary SchoolKATY, TX · 495 students
- Cimarron Elementary SchoolAURORA, CO · 393 students
- Cimarron Elementary SchoolLahoma, OK · 134 students
Nearby schools
- Cimarron High0.2 mi · 251
- Ingalls High School/Junior High5.9 mi · 114
- Ingalls Elem5.9 mi · 111
- South Gray High15.9 mi · 59
- Montezuma Elem15.9 mi · 83
- Dodge City High School16.5 mi · 2,178
Frequently asked questions
About Cimarron ElemHow large is Cimarron Elem?
Cimarron Elem enrolls approximately 312 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Cimarron Elem serve?
Cimarron Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Cimarron Elem?
Approximately 11.0:1 students per teacher at Cimarron Elem.
How diverse is Cimarron Elem?
Cimarron Elem reports a student body of 64% White, 33% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Cimarron Elem in?
Cimarron Elem is part of Cimarron-Ensign.
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