Eisenhower Elementary

Eisenhower Elementary operates as a low-enrollment elementary campus in McPherson, Kansas, operated by McPherson. Current enrollment sits at 239 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 24% below the state mean of about 313.

McPherson runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,117 students. Eisenhower Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Eisenhower Elementary lists that nearly all students (82%) are White. The remainder looks like 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 92%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Eisenhower Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Eisenhower Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.4%, the actual is 52.1%, a residual of +6.7 points.

In the area at large, McPherson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $78,851 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, McPherson County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,829 students), of which Eisenhower Elementary is one.

Lincoln Elem is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Eisenhower Elementary at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 38.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Eisenhower Elementary has ticked down 21%, going from 303 students in 2018 to 239 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

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