Enrollment
348
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAWRENCE·NCES 200840001365
Cordley Elem
204 West 19th Street, Lawrence, KS 66044 · (785) 832-5640 · Douglas County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL348 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% of Kansas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
11.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
208 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
54.8%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
44.0%
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 44 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 | 54.8% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.5% | 44.8% |
% 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
46.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Cordley Elem
Cordley Elem's state test result (46.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cordley Elem this school | 348 | 59.8% | 46.2% |
| Ruth Clark Elementary K-5 Wichita | 316 | 63.0% | 32.6% |
| Peterson Elem Wichita | 321 | 60.4% | 45.0% |
| South Breeze Elementary Newton | 316 | 62.0% | 29.1% |
| Geo E Nettels Elem Pittsburg | 343 | 64.1% | 43.5% |
| Schwegler Elem Lawrence | 434 | 61.5% | 37.4% |
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 Cordley Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #275 of 625 | #8 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #289 of 625 | #5 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #236 of 625 | #7 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 348 | #290 of 714 | #12 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #100 of 539 | #2 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.8% | #94 of 540 | #4 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.8% | #262 of 658 | #3 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +44.4% | #6 of 151 | #2 of 9 |
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
348
+141 (+68%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 276
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 348 | 29.4 | 11.9:1 | 60% (208) |
| 2023-24 | 333 | 28.6 | 11.6:1 | 54% (181) |
| 2022-23 | 275 | 23.7 | 11.6:1 | 51% (139) |
| 2020-21 | 207 | 18 | 11.5:1 | 40% (82) |
| 2017-18 | 241 | 20.4 | 11.8:1 | 43% (103) |
| 2015-16 | 278 | 22 | 12.6:1 | 44% (122) |
| 2010-11 | 295 | 19 | 15.5:1 | 41% (120) |
| 2000-01 | 264 | 19 | 13.9:1 | 39% (102) |
| 1990-91 | 276 | 22 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cordley Elem.
Since 2017-18: students up 44% (241 to 348); teachers up 44% (20.4 to 29.4).
About Cordley Elem
Among the schools in Lawrence, Kansas, is Cordley Elem, a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 348 students in kindergarten through 5.
Lawrence oversees Cordley Elem and 17 other schools, with 10,380 students in total.
A majority of students at Cordley Elem, 53%, are White. Next come 22% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 5% Black, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 78% White. Cordley Elem has a diversity index of 65%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dividing enrollment by its 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 11.9:1. Among elementary schools in Kansas, the typical ratio is 13.2:1. Eligible students account for 60% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. On average, public schools in Douglas County report 40%.
The allk12 Grade for Cordley Elem is B+. Compared with Kansas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 65% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Cordley Elem posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 46.2%, compared with a predicted 33.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Kansas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Across Douglas County, median household income is about $69,746, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The public schools of Douglas County number 30 and enroll about 13,766.
The closest public school to Cordley Elem is Lawrence High, about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Cordley Elem ranks 1st on proficiency.
The federal government classifies Cordley Elem's location as City: Small.
Federal records list enrollment at Cordley Elem as 207 in 2020-21 and 348 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students.
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Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
120,302
Census ACS
Median income
$69,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
13,766 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lawrence
- Lawrence Free State HighHigh · 1,774 students
- Lawrence HighHigh · 1,454 students
- Lawrence West Middle SchoolMiddle · 648 students
- Lawrence Southwest Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Langston Hughes ElemElementary · 560 students
- Lawrence Virtual SchoolCombined · 543 students
Other schools in Lawrence
- Lawrence Free State HighHigh · 1,774 students
- Lawrence HighHigh · 1,454 students
- Lawrence West Middle SchoolMiddle · 648 students
- Lawrence Southwest Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Langston Hughes ElemElementary · 560 students
- Lawrence Virtual SchoolCombined · 543 students
Nearby schools
- Lawrence High0.3 mi · 1,454
- Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School0.5 mi · 386
- Billy Mills Middle School1.1 mi · 494
- New York Elem1.1 mi · 415
- Schwegler Elem1.2 mi · 434
- Hillcrest Elem1.5 mi · 393
Frequently asked questions
About Cordley ElemHow large is Cordley Elem?
Cordley Elem enrolls approximately 348 students in grades KG-05.
Is Cordley Elem an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cordley Elem is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Cordley Elem?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at Cordley Elem.
How diverse is Cordley Elem?
Cordley Elem reports a student body of 53% White, 22% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Who oversees Cordley Elem?
Cordley Elem is overseen by Lawrence in Douglas County.
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