Enrollment
55
Elementary
DISTRICT 44 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOWLER·NCES 200621000103
Fowler Elem
100 E 8th Ave, Fowler, KS 67844 · (620) 646-5234 · Meade County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL55 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 57% of Kansas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
9.2:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
33 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 6 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 6 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 10 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 5 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 3 | 5% |
| Grade 4 | 9 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 7 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 9 | 16% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
Fowler Elem→Fowler High
Based on grade levels within Fowler. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
51.9%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
40.7%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 | 51.9% | 40.7% |
| 2023-24 | 45.2% | 41.9% |
% 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
44.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Fowler Elem
Fowler Elem's state test result (44.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fowler Elem this school | 55 | 60.0% | 44.9% |
| Golden Plains Elem Selden | 71 | 63.4% | 28.8% |
| Rolla Elem (PreK-5) Rolla | 58 | 69.0% | 56.3% |
| Washington Elem Wellington | 86 | 62.8% | 49.1% |
| Burrton Elem Burrton | 63 | 52.4% | 22.6% |
| Cedar Vale Elem Cedar Vale | 65 | 55.4% | 44.6% |
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 Fowler Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 55 | #700 of 714 |
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
55
-12 (-18%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 110
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 8.4:1
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 | 55 | 6 | 9.2:1 | 60% (33) |
| 2023-24 | 50 | 4.3 | 11.6:1 | 64% (32) |
| 2022-23 | 40 | 5 | 8.0:1 | 65% (26) |
| 2020-21 | 67 | 8 | 8.4:1 | 39% (26) |
| 2017-18 | 90 | 9.5 | 9.5:1 | 42% (38) |
| 2015-16 | 88 | 11 | 8.0:1 | 56% (49) |
| 2010-11 | 97 | 9 | 10.8:1 | 61% (59) |
| 2000-01 | 80 | 8 | 10.0:1 | 45% (36) |
| 1990-91 | 110 | 10 | 11.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fowler Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 39% (90 to 55); teachers down 37% (9.5 to 6).
About Fowler Elem
Fowler Elem operates as a very small elementary school in Fowler, Kansas. The school covers pre-K through 6 and reported 55 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 82% below the 313-student average for elementary schools in Kansas.
Fowler serves 87 students across 2 schools.
More than half of the students at Fowler Elem are White (69%). Beyond that, enrollment is 27% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 45%.
Based on 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, Fowler Elem has a ratio of 9.2:1. Compared with the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas, this school's ratio is lower. Fowler Elem counts 60% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Fowler Elem holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 57% of Kansas public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Fowler Elem is 11.5 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Kansas schools.
In Meade County, median household income comes to about $71,852, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county's public schools total 5, with about 530 students.
Fowler Elem's closest public school neighbor is Fowler High, less than a tenth of a mile away. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Fowler Elem ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Remote: in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment decreased by 18% across 4 years, from 67 in 2020-21 to 55 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Fowler Elem is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Meade County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,903
Census ACS
Median income
$71,852
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
530 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Fowler Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Fowler Elementary. Fowler Elem is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Fowler Elementary SchoolWICHITA FALLS, TX · 490 students
- Fowler Elementary SchoolPHOENIX, AZ · 370 students
- Fowler Elementary SchoolFOWLER, CO · 183 students
Nearby schools
- Fowler High0.1 mi · 32
- Meade Elem10.3 mi · 243
- Meade High10.5 mi · 87
- Minneola High10.6 mi · 71
- Minneola Elem10.6 mi · 173
- South Gray High19.9 mi · 59
Frequently asked questions
About Fowler ElemHow large is Fowler Elem?
Fowler Elem enrolls approximately 55 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Fowler Elem serve?
Fowler Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Fowler Elem?
Approximately 9.2:1 students per teacher at Fowler Elem.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fowler Elem?
At Fowler Elem, the student body is approximately 69% White, 27% Hispanic, 4% Two or more.
Is Fowler Elem public or private?
Fowler Elem is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fowler.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.