Eisenhower Elem

Eisenhower Elem is an elementary campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in Norton, Kansas, run under Norton Community Schools, works with 424 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 35% above the state mean of about 313.

Across the 3 schools in Norton Community Schools (701 students total), Eisenhower Elem accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Eisenhower Elem records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). The remainder is composed of 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Norton County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Eisenhower Elem higher than the state norm the norm. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Eisenhower Elem tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.8%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Norton County shows the typical household earns roughly $54,050 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Norton County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 820 students), of which Eisenhower Elem is one.

Norton Jr High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Eisenhower Elem. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Eisenhower Elem ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 38.7%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Eisenhower Elem has rose 14%, going from 372 students in 2018 to 424 in 2025.

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