Total enrollment
1,756
-80 (-4%) vs SY 2020-21
6 schools in El Dorado
Kansas · 1,756 students · 1 city
Within El Dorado, 6 public K-12 schools serve about 1,756 students, an average of 293 per school.
4-year change in El Dorado
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
6
+1 (+20%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How El Dorado ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Kansas | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #110 of 124 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,756 | #49 of 156 | #4,876 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 6 | #42 of 156 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #106 of 154 | #3,988 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 66.9% | #19 of 156 | #2,172 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.9% | #48 of 85 | #4,241 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside El Dorado
State test results across the district's 5 scored schools run from Grandview Elem at 41.2% proficient to El Dorado High at 15.8%, a gap of 25.4 points. That is the 38th widest gap among 60 Kansas districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 4 district schools that reported both years went from 1,571 to 1,431 students (down 9%) and from 100 to 106 full-time teachers (up 6%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Dorado High | El Dorado | High | 09-12 | 543 |
| El Dorado Middle | El Dorado | Middle | 06-08 | 370 |
| Blackmore Elementary | El Dorado | Elementary | PK-05 | 303 |
| Skelly Elementary School | El Dorado | Elementary | PK-05 | 266 |
| Grandview Elem | El Dorado | Elementary | PK-05 | 252 |
| El Dorado Virtual School | El Dorado | Combined | KG-12 | 22 |
About El Dorado
Across 6 schools, El Dorado educates about 1,756 students in Kansas. By footprint it is a low-population district.
On the school-mix side, El Dorado is built around 3 elementary, 1 middle, 1 high school, and 1 combined or other.
Per-school enrollment averages around 293 in this district, noticeably below the Kansas typical of 355.
Trend over the past 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment shrank 4%: 1,836 students in SY 2020-21 versus 1,756 in SY 2024-25. Over that span, El Dorado gained 1 school, going from 5 to 6.
Within the allk12 community for this area, the community for El Dorado discusses enrollment trends, district policy changes, and bus-route updates. Parents, students, and educators in the area can post or comment.