Ewalt Elementary

Set in Augusta, Kansas, Ewalt Elementary is an average-sized K-5 school, operated by Augusta. It caters to 310 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Augusta runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,905 students. Ewalt Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Ewalt Elementary lists that 78% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 12% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Ewalt Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 52% of students at Ewalt Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Butler County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Ewalt Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.2%; this one delivers 40.2%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Butler County indicate median household income runs about $81,610, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ewalt Elementary is one of 42 public schools in Butler County (combined enrollment of about 18,052 students).

Nearest neighbor: Augusta Sr High, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Ewalt Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ewalt Elementary at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 39.9%.

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

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 7%: 290 students in 2018 compared to 310 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 88% to 78% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

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