Elkhart Elem

As a modestly sized primary school in Elkhart, Kansas, Elkhart Elem enrolls 171 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Elkhart. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 313 students each, so Elkhart Elem sits 45% leaner than that benchmark.

Elkhart comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,580 students; Elkhart Elem is among them.

On the student-mix side, Elkhart Elem lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 43% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 77% of students at Elkhart Elem qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Morton County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Elkhart Elem sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.5%; this one delivers 36.3%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Morton County indicate median household income runs about $66,447, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Elkhart Elem is one of 7 public schools in Morton County (combined enrollment of about 1,688 students).

Elkhart Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Elkhart Elem at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 34.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Elkhart Elem has remained close to its prior level, going from 168 students in 2018 to 171 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 58% to 43% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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