Eisenhower Elem

Set in Great Bend, Kansas, Eisenhower Elem is a moderately sized elementary school, one of the schools within Great Bend. It serves 343 students across grades pre-K through 6.

Great Bend comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 2,876 students; Eisenhower Elem is among them.

In terms of who attends, Eisenhower Elem lists that White students make up the majority at 59%; the rest breaks down as 35% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Eisenhower Elem has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Barton County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Eisenhower Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.7%, the actual is 16.4%, a residual of -7.3 points.

In the broader community, census data for Barton County shows median household earnings sit near $58,851, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Barton County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,179 students), Eisenhower Elem is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Great Bend Middle School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Eisenhower Elem. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Eisenhower Elem ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 36.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. Eisenhower Elem's enrollment has rose 12% since 2018, when it stood at 305 (now 343). White enrollment moved from 71% to 59% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.