Eisenhower Elem

Eisenhower Elem, a moderately sized elementary school in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, part of Fort Leavenworth, works with 317 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Fort Leavenworth comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,542 students; Eisenhower Elem is among them.

In terms of who attends, Eisenhower Elem records that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 7% Black, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Eisenhower Elem tighter than the state norm the norm. About 11% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Leavenworth County (around 34%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Eisenhower Elem sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.9%; this one delivers 67.1%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Leavenworth County indicate median household earnings sit near $89,218, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Leavenworth County runs 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,185 students), of which Eisenhower Elem is one.

Nearest neighbor: Patton Jr High, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Eisenhower Elem comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 45.3%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Eisenhower Elem has contracted 41%, going from 535 students in 2018 to 317 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 67% to 57% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

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