Enrollment
182
Elementary
DISTRICT 146 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ERIE-GALESBURG·NCES 200600001946
Erie Elementary
410 W 3rd St, Erie, KS 66733 · (620) 244-5161 · Neosho County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL182 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of Kansas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
113 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 22% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (28).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 58% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Erie-Galesburg. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
50.9%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
38.6%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.9% | 38.6% |
| 2023-24 | 39.8% | 37.9% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Erie Elementary
Erie Elementary's state test result (40.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erie Elementary this school | 182 | 62.1% | 40.7% |
| Crest Elementary Colony | 185 | 61.1% | 33.6% |
| Rock Hills Elementary School Mankato | 187 | 61.0% | 38.4% |
| Swenson Early Childhood Education Center Osawatomie | 172 | 59.9% | N/A |
| Anthony Elem Anthony | 210 | 62.4% | 52.3% |
| Stockton Elem Stockton | 199 | 58.8% | 39.2% |
Matched among Kansas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Erie Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #356 of 625 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #359 of 625 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #298 of 625 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 182 | #563 of 714 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.1% | #229 of 658 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.6% | #51 of 377 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
182
-9 (-5%) vs 2020
-28% since 2010-11, when it was 254
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 13.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 182 | 18.7 | 9.8:1 | 62% (113) |
| 2023-24 | 219 | 16 | 13.7:1 | 65% (143) |
| 2022-23 | 208 | 13.6 | 15.3:1 | 59% (123) |
| 2020-21 | 191 | 14 | 13.6:1 | 54% (103) |
| 2017-18 | 248 | 16 | 15.5:1 | 64% (159) |
| 2015-16 | 250 | 17 | 14.7:1 | 68% (170) |
| 2010-11 | 254 | 18 | 14.1:1 | 66% (167) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Erie Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (248 to 182); teachers up 17% (16 to 18.7).
About Erie Elementary
Erie Elementary is a small elementary school with an address in Erie, Kansas. It serves 182 students in pre-K through 4. The average among elementary schools in Kansas is roughly 313 students; this school is 42% smaller than that.
Across its 3 schools, Erie-Galesburg enrolls 438 students. Erie Elementary is one of those schools.
Erie Elementary's enrollment is 89% White. Next come 5% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. County-wide, about 92% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 20%, meaning two students picked at random have a 20% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Erie Elementary employs 18.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 9.8:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. Erie Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 62%.
Measured against Kansas public elementary schools, Erie Elementary receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Erie Elementary is 8.3 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 40.7% actual, 32.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Kansas.
Erie Elementary is located in Neosho County, where the median household income is $56,618, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Besides Erie Elementary, Neosho County has 9 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Erie Elementary to another public school is about 1.3 miles, to Erie High School. Counting only straight-line distance, 5 other public schools are within ten miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Erie Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Rural: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment declined 5% from its 2020-21 level of 191. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 13.6:1 to 9.8:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Erie Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Neosho County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,656
Census ACS
Median income
$56,618
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
2,406 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Erie-Galesburg
- Erie High SchoolHigh · 144 students
- Galesburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 112 students
Other Erie Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Erie Elementary. Erie Elementary is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Erie Elementary SchoolERIE, CO · 486 students
- Erie Elementary SchoolCLINTON TWP, MI · 474 students
- Erie Elementary SchoolErie, IL · 242 students
Nearby schools
- Erie High School1.3 mi · 144
- St. Paul Middle School5.7 mi · 58
- St. Paul Elementary School5.7 mi · 148
- St. Paul High School5.7 mi · 56
- Galesburg Middle School8.7 mi · 112
- Thayer Schools13.4 mi · 137
Frequently asked questions
About Erie ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Erie Elementary?
Erie Elementary enrolls approximately 182 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Erie Elementary serve?
Erie Elementary serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Erie Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Erie Elementary is approximately 9.8:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Erie Elementary?
At Erie Elementary, the student body is approximately 89% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Erie Elementary public or private?
Erie Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Erie-Galesburg.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.