Enrollment
274
Elementary
DISTRICT 294 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CIRCLE·NCES 201230000804
Circle Oil Hill Elementary
2700 W 6th Ave, El Dorado, KS 67042 · (316) 321-9515 · Butler County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL274 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% 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
13.7:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
134 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 16 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 40 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 8% smaller than its 6th grade class (40).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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 Circle. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
48.2%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
32.2%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 | 48.2% | 32.2% |
| 2023-24 | 36.4% | 34.5% |
% 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
37.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Circle Oil Hill Elementary
Circle Oil Hill Elementary's state test result (37.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Circle Oil Hill Elementary this school | 274 | 48.9% | 37.0% |
| Garfield Elem Augusta | 256 | 48.4% | 56.2% |
| Minneapolis Elementary Minneapolis | 298 | 50.0% | 38.9% |
| Circle Towanda Elementary Towanda | 278 | 51.4% | 32.4% |
| Leonard C Seal Elem Douglass | 263 | 48.3% | 53.6% |
| Lyndon Elem Lyndon | 294 | 46.9% | 38.8% |
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 Circle Oil Hill Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Butler County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #400 of 625 | #13 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #441 of 625 | #15 of 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #340 of 625 | #13 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 274 | #423 of 714 | #13 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #304 of 539 | #9 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.2% | #489 of 540 | #15 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.9% | #386 of 658 | #6 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.6% | #110 of 151 | #8 of 11 |
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
274
+46 (+20%) vs 2020
+88% since 1990-91, when it was 146
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 274 | 20 | 13.7:1 | 49% (134) |
| 2023-24 | 273 | 18 | 15.2:1 | 44% (121) |
| 2022-23 | 247 | 18 | 13.7:1 | 45% (112) |
| 2020-21 | 228 | 17 | 13.4:1 | 39% (88) |
| 2017-18 | 262 | 16.5 | 15.9:1 | 41% (107) |
| 2015-16 | 271 | 17 | 15.9:1 | 43% (117) |
| 2010-11 | 242 | 17 | 14.2:1 | 36% (86) |
| 2000-01 | 159 | 10 | 15.9:1 | 35% (55) |
| 1990-91 | 146 | 8 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Circle Oil Hill Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (262 to 274); teachers up 21% (16.5 to 20).
About Circle Oil Hill Elementary
Circle Oil Hill Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in El Dorado, Kansas, (ZIP code 67042). The school counted 274 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 6.
Circle, which runs Circle Oil Hill Elementary, has 6 schools and 2,091 students.
Circle Oil Hill Elementary is 89% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 5% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is in line with Butler County, where about 87% of residents are White. The diversity index for Circle Oil Hill Elementary is 20%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Circle Oil Hill Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1, with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Kansas is similar, at 13.2:1. Income data for the school show 49% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Butler County is 37%.
Circle Oil Hill Elementary holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 25% of Kansas public elementary schools.
Circle Oil Hill Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (37.0%) and its predicted rate (38.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Kansas schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Butler County show that the median household earns about $81,610 a year, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Butler County, 42 public schools serve about 18,052 students.
Circle Oil Hill Elementary's nearest public school is Blackmore Elementary (about 1.4 miles). There are 6 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Circle Oil Hill Elementary ranks 2nd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Circle Oil Hill Elementary is Town: Distant.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 46 students, from 228 to 274.
This page collects posts and questions about Circle Oil Hill Elementary, such as open houses, carpools, and field trips. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Butler County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
68,287
Census ACS
Median income
$81,610
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
18,052 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Circle
- Circle HighHigh · 604 students
- Circle Greenwich ElementaryElementary · 337 students
- Circle Middle SchoolMiddle · 312 students
- Circle Benton ElementaryElementary · 286 students
- Circle Towanda ElementaryElementary · 278 students
Other schools in El Dorado
- El Dorado HighHigh · 543 students
- El Dorado MiddleMiddle · 370 students
- Blackmore ElementaryElementary · 303 students
- Skelly Elementary SchoolElementary · 266 students
- Grandview ElemElementary · 252 students
- El Dorado Virtual SchoolCombined · 22 students
Nearby schools
- Blackmore Elementary1.4 mi · 303
- Skelly Elementary School1.6 mi · 266
- El Dorado Virtual School2.0 mi · 22
- El Dorado High3.0 mi · 543
- El Dorado Middle3.3 mi · 370
- Grandview Elem3.5 mi · 252
Frequently asked questions
About Circle Oil Hill ElementaryHow large is Circle Oil Hill Elementary?
Circle Oil Hill Elementary enrolls approximately 274 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Circle Oil Hill Elementary serve?
Circle Oil Hill Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Circle Oil Hill Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Circle Oil Hill Elementary is approximately 13.7:1 (20 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Circle Oil Hill Elementary?
Circle Oil Hill Elementary reports a student body of 89% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Circle Oil Hill Elementary?
Circle Oil Hill Elementary is overseen by Circle in Butler County.
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