Frank Layden Elem

Frank Layden Elem operates as a large elementary school in Frontenac, Kansas. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 489 students. It has 56% more students than the average for elementary schools in Kansas (about 313).

The district, Frontenac Public Schools, has 1,006 students enrolled across 3 schools.

Of every 100 students at Frank Layden Elem, about 82 are White. Smaller groups are 8% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 31%.

Staffing at Frank Layden Elem comes to 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.8:1. It is about the same as the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. On the income side, 43% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 62% average among public schools in Crawford County.

Schools in Kansas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 41.5%. Frank Layden Elem scores 53.4%.

In Crawford County, median household income comes to about $52,844, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Crawford County counts 17 public schools with about 6,146 students.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Frontenac Jr. High, is less than a tenth of a mile. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Frank Layden Elem places 1st of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.

Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Distant.

Enrollment figures show a increase of 22 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.1:1 to 13.8:1 over the same years.

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