Coronado Elem

Coronado Elem is a K-5 school of reasonably sized scale in Salina, Kansas, run under Salina, serveing 389 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 24% above the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 313 students.

Salina runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 6,441 students. Coronado Elem is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Coronado Elem logs that White students make up the majority at 57%. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Saline County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Coronado Elem logs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Saline County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Coronado Elem tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.6%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Saline County put the typical household earns roughly $65,422 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Saline County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,580 students), Coronado Elem is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Salina High South, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Coronado Elem comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 32.0%.

Coronado Elem operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Coronado Elem has declined 5%, going from 411 students in 2018 to 389 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 64% to 57% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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