Eisenhower Elem

Set in Wellington, Kansas, Eisenhower Elem is a middle-of-the-pack primary school, overseen by Wellington. It serves 277 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Wellington comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 1,439 students; Eisenhower Elem is among them.

On the student-mix side, Eisenhower Elem shows that 75% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

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 33.7%, the actual is 40.8%, a residual of +7.2 points.

In the broader community, Sumner County reports that median household earnings sit near $63,951, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sumner County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,436 students), of which Eisenhower Elem is one.

Nearest neighbor: Washington Elem, around 0.7 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Eisenhower Elem ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 30.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 283 students in 2018 compared to 277 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 88% to 75% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

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