Enrollment
242
Elementary
DISTRICT 387 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KANSAS CITY·NCES 200795001410
Eugene Ware Elem
4820 Oakland, Kansas City, KS 66102 · (913) 627-5950 · Wyandotte County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL242 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of Kansas public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
220 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 40 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
16.8%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
9.2%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 | 16.8% | 9.2% |
| 2023-24 | 11.4% | 16.3% |
% 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
15.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Eugene Ware Elem
Eugene Ware Elem's state test result (15.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eugene Ware Elem this school | 242 | 90.9% | 15.6% |
| Mark Twain Elem Kansas City | 222 | 92.3% | 25.0% |
| Gertrude Walker Elem Garden City | 186 | 90.9% | 26.3% |
| Jefferson Elem Wichita | 381 | 91.9% | 17.5% |
| Douglass Elem Kansas City | 285 | 83.5% | 11.9% |
| McKinley Elementary School Kansas City | 243 | 92.6% | 21.3% |
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 Eugene Ware Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Wyandotte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.6% | #601 of 625 | #29 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.2% | #611 of 625 | #33 of 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.8% | #622 of 625 | #34 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 242 | #477 of 714 | #32 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #154 of 539 | #10 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.9% | #181 of 540 | #19 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.9% | #42 of 658 | #12 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #177 of 377 | #16 of 30 |
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
242
-5 (-2%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 300
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 242 | 19.5 | 12.4:1 | 91% (220) |
| 2023-24 | 244 | 19.8 | 12.3:1 | 93% (226) |
| 2022-23 | 246 | 22.9 | 10.8:1 | 92% (227) |
| 2020-21 | 247 | 22 | 11.2:1 | 92% (228) |
| 2017-18 | 283 | 22 | 12.9:1 | 87% (246) |
| 2015-16 | 316 | 19 | 16.6:1 | 75% (237) |
| 2010-11 | 324 | 21 | 15.4:1 | 95% (307) |
| 2000-01 | 329 | 16 | 20.6:1 | 75% (248) |
| 1990-91 | 300 | 18 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eugene Ware Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (283 to 242); teachers down 11% (22 to 19.5).
About Eugene Ware Elem
At 4820 Oakland in Kansas City, Kansas, Eugene Ware Elem operates as a small elementary school. It educates 242 students in kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 23% smaller than the 313 average for elementary schools in Kansas.
Kansas City enrolls 21,538 students in 43 schools, including Eugene Ware Elem.
By race and ethnicity, Eugene Ware Elem is 62% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 20% Black, 8% Asian, 7% White, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Wyandotte County is about 34% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Eugene Ware Elem belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 57%.
The school employs the equivalent of 19.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 12.4:1. Among elementary schools in Kansas, the typical ratio is 13.2:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 91%. For comparison, public schools in Wyandotte County average 75%.
The allk12 Grade for Eugene Ware Elem is D. Compared with Kansas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 5% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with Kansas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Eugene Ware Elem's results are 3.1 points below predicted: 15.6% against 18.6%.
County data help place the school in context: in Wyandotte County, median household income is about $63,631, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. The public schools of Wyandotte County number 62 and enroll about 30,713.
West Park Elementary School is located about 0.9 miles from Eugene Ware Elem. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 14.9% proficiency; Eugene Ware Elem posts 15.6%.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2020-21, Eugene Ware Elem enrolled 247; in 2024-25, 242. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 12.4:1, from 11.2:1.
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Wyandotte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
167,654
Census ACS
Median income
$63,631
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
62
30,713 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in Kansas City
- Wyandotte HighHigh · 1,903 students
- Silver City ElemElementary · 1,495 students
- J C Harmon HighHigh · 1,285 students
- Washington HighHigh · 1,180 students
- Turner HighHigh · 1,147 students
- Sumner Academy of Arts & ScienceHigh · 1,045 students
Other Eugene Ware Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Eugene Ware Elementary. Eugene Ware Elem is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Eugene Ware ElemFort Scott, KS · 361 students
Nearby schools
- West Park Elementary School0.9 mi · 534
- Lindbergh Elem1.3 mi · 216
- Frances Willard Elem1.4 mi · 434
- Welborn Elem1.6 mi · 504
- F L Schlagle High1.7 mi · 841
- Chelsea Elem1.7 mi · 557
Frequently asked questions
About Eugene Ware ElemHow large is Eugene Ware Elem?
Eugene Ware Elem enrolls approximately 242 students in grades KG-05.
Is Eugene Ware Elem an elementary, middle, or high school?
Eugene Ware Elem is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Eugene Ware Elem have?
Eugene Ware Elem employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
How diverse is Eugene Ware Elem?
Eugene Ware Elem reports a student body of 7% White, 62% Hispanic, 20% Black, 8% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Eugene Ware Elem?
Eugene Ware Elem is overseen by Kansas City in Wyandotte County.
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