Farley Elementary

Located at 6701 SW 33rd Street, in Topeka, Kansas, Farley Elementary is a heavily attended elementary campus that hosts 596 students (grades pre-K through 6), operated by Auburn-Washburn. Compared to the state average of about 313 students per school, that is 90% above typical.

Across the 9 schools in Auburn-Washburn (5,866 students total), Farley Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Farley Elementary lists that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 14% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 5% Black. By comparison, Shawnee County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Shawnee County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Farley Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.5%; this one delivers 50.3%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Shawnee County put median household earnings sit near $67,104, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Shawnee County runs 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,294 students), of which Farley Elementary is one.

Indian Hills Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Farley Elementary at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 35.3%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Farley Elementary's enrollment has expanded 5% since 2018, when it stood at 567 (now 596). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 69% to 62%.

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