Enrollment
318
Elementary
DISTRICT 197 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MORRIS COUNTY·NCES 200528000986
Council Grove Elementary School
706 East Main Street, Council Grove, KS 66846 · (620) 767-6851 · Morris County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL318 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% of Kansas public elementary schools
- CTest 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
11.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
176 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 29 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 30 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 45% smaller than its 6th grade class (55).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
Council Grove Elementary School→Council Grove Junior Senior High School
Based on grade levels within Morris County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
41.8%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
29.9%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 | 41.8% | 29.9% |
| 2023-24 | 33.1% | 28.3% |
% 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
35.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.7%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Council Grove Elementary School
Council Grove Elementary School's state test result (35.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Council Grove Elementary School this school | 318 | 55.3% | 35.0% |
| Sunflower Elementary School Ottawa | 333 | 55.0% | 49.1% |
| Lincoln Elem Augusta | 300 | 54.3% | 36.6% |
| Osage City Elem Osage City | 340 | 59.4% | 50.6% |
| Humboldt Elementary School Humboldt | 342 | 51.5% | 36.2% |
| Bickerdyke Elem Russell | 261 | 54.0% | 35.8% |
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 Council Grove Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #437 of 625 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #465 of 625 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #424 of 625 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 318 | #342 of 714 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #87 of 539 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.0% | #452 of 540 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.3% | #311 of 658 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.2% | #203 of 377 |
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
318
-23 (-7%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 479
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 318 | 27.2 | 11.7:1 | 55% (176) |
| 2023-24 | 338 | 21.7 | 15.6:1 | 58% (196) |
| 2022-23 | 352 | 26.2 | 13.4:1 | 56% (198) |
| 2020-21 | 341 | 24 | 14.2:1 | 55% (186) |
| 2017-18 | 362 | 24.4 | 14.9:1 | 51% (186) |
| 2015-16 | 343 | 23 | 14.9:1 | 58% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 412 | 33 | 12.5:1 | 48% (196) |
| 2000-01 | 442 | 32 | 13.8:1 | 40% (178) |
| 1990-91 | 479 | 29 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Council Grove Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (362 to 318); teachers up 12% (24.4 to 27.2).
About Council Grove Elementary School
Students in Council Grove, Kansas, attend Council Grove Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 318 students in pre-K through 6.
Morris County runs Council Grove Elementary School along with 2 other schools, enrolling 762 students in total.
Roughly 86% of students at Council Grove Elementary School are White. Enrollment also includes 7% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Council Grove Elementary School scores 25%.
Council Grove Elementary School reports a ratio of 11.7 students per teacher, from 27.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas is 1.5 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Council Grove Elementary School, 55% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Kansas public elementary schools, Council Grove Elementary School outscored 23%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Council Grove Elementary School would be expected to post about 35.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 35.0%.
The school is in Morris County, where median household income comes to about $58,686, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Morris County counts 4 public schools with about 876 students.
Measured in a straight line, Council Grove Junior Senior High School is about 0.6 miles from Council Grove Elementary School. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Council Grove Elementary School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Council Grove Elementary School is Rural: Remote, which covers schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment was 318 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 341. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 14.2:1 in 2020-21 to 11.7:1 in 2024-25.
The Council Grove Elementary School discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Morris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,340
Census ACS
Median income
$58,686
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
876 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Morris County
- Council Grove Junior Senior High SchoolHigh · 368 students
- Prairie Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 76 students
Other schools in Council Grove
- Council Grove Junior Senior High SchoolHigh · 368 students
Other Council Grove Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Council Grove Elementary. Council Grove Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Council Grove Elementary SchoolOklahoma City, OK · 413 students
Nearby schools
- Council Grove Junior Senior High School0.6 mi · 368
- Prairie Heights Elementary School14.0 mi · 76
- NLC Elementary School15.7 mi · 223
- White City High16.6 mi · 50
- White City Elem16.6 mi · 140
- Northern Heights17.7 mi · 102
Frequently asked questions
About Council Grove Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Council Grove Elementary School?
Council Grove Elementary School enrolls approximately 318 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Council Grove Elementary School serve?
Council Grove Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Council Grove Elementary School?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Council Grove Elementary School.
How diverse is Council Grove Elementary School?
Council Grove Elementary School reports a student body of 86% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Council Grove Elementary School?
Council Grove Elementary School is overseen by Morris County in Morris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.