Eugene Ware Elem

Eugene Ware Elem, an average-sized primary school in Fort Scott, Kansas, part of Fort Scott, serves 361 students, covering grades 3 through 5.

Fort Scott comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,731 students; Eugene Ware Elem is among them.

In terms of who attends, Eugene Ware Elem logs that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Black.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Eugene Ware Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.5%, the actual is 39.1%, a residual of +4.7 points.

Across the wider county, Bourbon County reports that the typical household earns roughly $59,238 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Eugene Ware Elem is one of 7 public schools in Bourbon County (combined enrollment of about 2,172 students).

Fort Scott Preschool Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Eugene Ware Elem. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Eugene Ware Elem at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 41.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. Eugene Ware Elem's enrollment has fell 18% since 2018, when it stood at 438 (now 361). Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.