El Paso Elem

Set in Derby, Kansas, El Paso Elem is a mid-sized K-5 school, overseen by Derby. It hosts 288 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Derby runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 7,416 students. El Paso Elem is one of those campuses.

On demographics, El Paso Elem lists that 74% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, El Paso Elem logs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Sedgwick County (around 63%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, El Paso Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.9%, the actual is 48.2%, a residual of +11.3 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Sedgwick County indicate median household income runs about $69,365, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Sedgwick County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 84,569 students), of which El Paso Elem is one.

The closest other public school is Derby Middle Sch, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts El Paso Elem at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 44.0%.

El Paso Elem operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 5%: 273 students in 2018 compared to 288 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 9% to 16% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.