Cordley Elem

Set in Lawrence, Kansas, Cordley Elem is an average-sized elementary school, overseen by Lawrence. It caters to 348 students across grades K through 5.

Lawrence comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 10,380 students; Cordley Elem is among them.

On demographics, Cordley Elem records that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 22% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 5% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Douglas County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Douglas County (around 40%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cordley Elem tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.2%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Douglas County indicate median household earnings sit near $69,746, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Cordley Elem is one of 30 public schools in Douglas County (combined enrollment of about 13,766 students).

The closest other public school is Lawrence High, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Cordley Elem comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 32.8%.

Cordley Elem operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Cordley Elem's enrollment has climbed 44% since 2018, when it stood at 241 (now 348). Over the same period, the Asian share contracted from 8% to 3%.

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