Enrollment
139
Elementary
DISTRICT 113 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DIGHTON·NCES 200555001294
Dighton Elem
320 E James, Dighton, KS 67839 · (620) 397-5319 · Lane County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL139 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.1:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
68 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Dighton Elem→Dighton High
Based on grade levels within Dighton. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
55.3%
KS avg 44.5% . -5.2pp since 2023
Math
64.7%
KS avg 38.8% . +9.1pp since 2023
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 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
56.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 39% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Kansas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
139
-7 (-5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 17.4:1
% White
88%
was 84%
% Hispanic
10%
was 15%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Dighton Elem
Dighton Elem is an elementary school of tight-knit scale in Dighton, Kansas, part of Dighton, enrolling 139 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 56% smaller than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 313 students.
Within Dighton, which oversees 2 schools and 225 students, Dighton Elem is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, Dighton Elem lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). Beyond that, the school reports 10% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
After controlling for student poverty, Dighton Elem sits in the top 10% of Kansas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 38.8%; actual is 56.2%, +17.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Zooming out to the county, Lane County reports that the typical household earns roughly $54,526 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lane County runs 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 227 students), of which Dighton Elem is one.
The closest other public school is Dighton High, roughly 0.3 miles away. On composite proficiency, Dighton Elem comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.4%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dighton Elem has edged down 5%, going from 146 students in 2018 to 139 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment decreased from 15% to 10% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.
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Lane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,461
Census ACS
Median income
$54,526
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
227 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Dighton High0.3 mi · 86
- Healy Elem11.7 mi · 2
- Scott City Lower Elem23.7 mi · 230
- Scott City High23.9 mi · 302
- Scott Community Learning Center24.0 mi · 4
- Scott City Middle24.5 mi · 409
Frequently asked questions
About Dighton ElemHow large is Dighton Elem?
Dighton Elem enrolls approximately 139 students in grades PK-06.
Is Dighton Elem an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dighton Elem is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dighton Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dighton Elem is approximately 10.7:1 (13 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Dighton Elem?
Dighton Elem reports a student body of 88% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Dighton Elem?
Dighton Elem is overseen by Dighton in Lane County.
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