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Enrollment
410
Elementary
DISTRICT 380 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DERBY·NCES 200546001630
Derby Hills Elem
2230 North Woodlawn, Derby, KS 67037 · (316) 788-8540 · Sedgwick County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL410 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
178 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 51%
Community
4
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 | 40 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 35% larger than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
48.6%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
41.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 | 48.6% | 41.4% |
| 2023-24 | 40.2% | 40.8% |
% 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
44.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Derby Hills Elem
Derby Hills Elem's state test result (44.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derby Hills Elem this school | 410 | 43.4% | 44.4% |
| Lansing Intermediate School Lansing | 370 | 40.8% | 44.2% |
| Clark Davidson Elem Goddard | 462 | 40.5% | 50.5% |
| Tecumseh South Elem Tecumseh | 464 | 42.9% | 46.8% |
| Northern Hills Elementary Topeka | 408 | 44.6% | 40.8% |
| Valley Center Intermediate School Valley Center | 443 | 47.2% | 51.9% |
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 Derby Hills Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #306 of 625 | #33 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #318 of 625 | #31 of 92 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #334 of 625 | #37 of 92 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 410 | #174 of 714 | #45 of 98 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #323 of 539 | #50 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.3% | #246 of 540 | #67 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.4% | #443 of 658 | #74 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.4% | #53 of 377 | #11 of 67 |
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
410
+52 (+15%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 575
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 410 | 29.5 | 13.9:1 | 43% (178) |
| 2023-24 | 376 | 25.5 | 14.8:1 | 47% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 384 | 26 | 14.8:1 | 43% (166) |
| 2020-21 | 358 | 24 | 14.9:1 | 36% (128) |
| 2017-18 | 557 | 31 | 18.0:1 | 25% (139) |
| 2015-16 | 490 | 27 | 18.1:1 | 30% (147) |
| 2010-11 | 382 | 25 | 15.3:1 | 26% (101) |
| 2000-01 | 431 | 25 | 17.2:1 | 8% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 575 | 27 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Derby Hills Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (557 to 410); teachers down 5% (31 to 29.5).
About Derby Hills Elem
Derby Hills Elem is a medium-sized elementary school in Derby, Kansas, (ZIP code 67037). Its 410 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 31% above the 313 average for elementary schools in Kansas.
The Derby system has 13 schools and 7,416 students.
By race and ethnicity, Derby Hills Elem is 68% White. After that, the student body is 19% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Black. For comparison, Sedgwick County is about 69% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Derby Hills Elem belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 49%.
Federal staffing data show 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Derby Hills Elem and a ratio of 13.9:1. That ratio is over the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 43% of students. The rate at public schools in Sedgwick County averages 63%, higher than here.
Compared with Kansas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Derby Hills Elem's results are 3.0 points above predicted: 44.4% against 41.4%.
County data help place the school in context: in Sedgwick County, median household income is about $69,365, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The public schools of Sedgwick County number 160 and enroll about 84,569.
The school nearest to Derby Hills Elem is Stone Creek Elementary, at a distance of about 0.8 miles. Within five miles of Derby Hills Elem, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Derby Hills Elem is 5th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Federal data place Derby Hills Elem in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 15%, from 358 to 410. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 13.9:1, from 14.9:1.
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Sedgwick County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
528,226
Census ACS
Median income
$69,365
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
84,569 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Derby
- Derby High SchoolHigh · 2,172 students
- Derby Middle SchMiddle · 923 students
- Derby North Middle SchoolMiddle · 832 students
- Tanglewood ElemElementary · 607 students
- Stone Creek ElementaryElementary · 451 students
- Wineteer ElemElementary · 397 students
Other schools in Derby
- Derby High SchoolHigh · 2,172 students
- Derby Middle SchMiddle · 923 students
- Derby North Middle SchoolMiddle · 832 students
- Tanglewood ElemElementary · 607 students
- Stone Creek ElementaryElementary · 451 students
- Park Hill ElementaryElementary · 392 students
Nearby schools
- Stone Creek Elementary0.8 mi · 451
- El Paso Elem1.2 mi · 288
- Derby North Middle School1.5 mi · 832
- Tanglewood Elem1.6 mi · 607
- Derby Virtual School1.6 mi · 65
- Derby Middle Sch1.7 mi · 923
Frequently asked questions
About Derby Hills ElemWhat is the total enrollment at Derby Hills Elem?
Derby Hills Elem enrolls approximately 410 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Derby Hills Elem serve?
Derby Hills Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Derby Hills Elem have?
Derby Hills Elem employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Derby Hills Elem?
Student demographics at Derby Hills Elem are roughly 68% White, 19% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Derby Hills Elem in?
Derby Hills Elem is part of Derby.
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