Enrollment
146
Elementary
DISTRICT 126 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONWAY SPRINGS·NCES 200513000734
Conway Springs Kyle Trueblood
111 N. Highland, Conway Springs, KS 67031 · (620) 456-2966 · Sumner County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL146 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% 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
12.8:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
57 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 20 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 26% |
| Grade 1 | 14 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 12 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 23 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 124% larger than its 5th grade class (17).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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 Conway Springs. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
55.3%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
40.4%
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 40 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 | 55.3% | 40.4% |
| 2023-24 | 36.2% | 27.6% |
% 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
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Conway Springs Kyle Trueblood
Conway Springs Kyle Trueblood's state test result (41.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conway Springs Kyle Trueblood this school | 146 | 39.0% | 41.0% |
| Lucas/Sylvan Elementary Unified Lucas | 125 | 38.4% | 48.4% |
| Washington Elem Ellis | 182 | 40.7% | 53.4% |
| Lebo Elem Lebo | 159 | 43.4% | 60.7% |
| Axtell Elementary School Axtell | 113 | 38.1% | 46.7% |
| Pike Valley Elem Courtland | 163 | 44.2% | 52.9% |
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 Conway Springs Kyle Trueblood ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sumner County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #347 of 625 | #3 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #329 of 625 | #3 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #223 of 625 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 146 | #602 of 714 | #4 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.0% | #484 of 658 | #7 of 8 |
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
146
-22 (-13%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 219
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 146 | 11.4 | 12.8:1 | 39% (57) |
| 2023-24 | 150 | 12.8 | 11.7:1 | 45% (67) |
| 2022-23 | 179 | 13.3 | 13.5:1 | 41% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 168 | 11 | 15.3:1 | 34% (57) |
| 2017-18 | 160 | 11.8 | 13.6:1 | 44% (71) |
| 2015-16 | 209 | 13 | 16.1:1 | 41% (85) |
| 2010-11 | 218 | 13 | 16.8:1 | 43% (94) |
| 2000-01 | 209 | 13 | 16.1:1 | 26% (55) |
| 1990-91 | 219 | 13 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Conway Springs Kyle Trueblood.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (160 to 146); teachers down 3% (11.8 to 11.4).
About Conway Springs Kyle Trueblood
Conway Springs Kyle Trueblood is a small elementary school in Conway Springs, Kansas, one of the schools in Conway Springs. The school's 146 students are in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Kansas average about 313 students each.
Conway Springs counts 3 schools and 379 students, including Conway Springs Kyle Trueblood.
Conway Springs Kyle Trueblood enrolls a student body that is 90% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 2% Native American. The White share in Sumner County as a whole is similar, at about 90%. The chance that two students picked at random at Conway Springs Kyle Trueblood belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 18%.
The school employs the equivalent of 11.4 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 12.8:1. Elementary schools in Kansas average about 13.2:1, a similar figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 39%. For comparison, public schools in Sumner County average 53%.
The allk12 Grade for Conway Springs Kyle Trueblood is C. Compared with Kansas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 32% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with Conway Springs Kyle Trueblood's lunch-eligibility share in Kansas is predicted to score 43.5%. Conway Springs Kyle Trueblood scores 41.0%, 2.5 points below that line.
County data help place the school in context: in Sumner County, median household income is about $63,951, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The public schools of Sumner County number 23 and enroll about 3,436.
Nearest public school: Conway Springs Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Conway Springs Kyle Trueblood holds 2 other public schools. Local comparison: Conway Springs Kyle Trueblood ranks 5th of 9 nearby schools, at 41.0% versus a 38.1% average.
Conway Springs Kyle Trueblood has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
The number of students declined from 168 to 146 over 4 years. Students per teacher fell from 15.3 in 2020-21 to 12.8 in 2024-25.
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Sumner County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
22,353
Census ACS
Median income
$63,951
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
3,436 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Conway Springs
- Conway Springs High SchoolHigh · 144 students
- Conway Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 89 students
Other schools in Conway Springs
- Conway Springs High SchoolHigh · 144 students
- Conway Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 89 students
Nearby schools
- Conway Springs Middle School0.1 mi · 89
- Conway Springs High School0.2 mi · 144
- Argonia High10.4 mi · 84
- Argonia Elem10.6 mi · 65
- Clearwater Elementary West11.2 mi · 329
- Clearwater Intermediate - Middle School11.4 mi · 405
Frequently asked questions
About Conway Springs Kyle TruebloodWhat is the total enrollment at Conway Springs Kyle Trueblood?
Conway Springs Kyle Trueblood enrolls approximately 146 students in grades PK-05.
Is Conway Springs Kyle Trueblood an elementary, middle, or high school?
Conway Springs Kyle Trueblood is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Conway Springs Kyle Trueblood?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Conway Springs Kyle Trueblood is approximately 12.8:1 (11 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Conway Springs Kyle Trueblood?
Conway Springs Kyle Trueblood reports a student body of 90% White, 3% Hispanic, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Conway Springs Kyle Trueblood?
Conway Springs Kyle Trueblood is overseen by Conway Springs in Sumner County.
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