Frank V Bergman Elem

Located at 3430 Lombard, in Manhattan, Kansas, Frank V Bergman Elem is a substantial primary school that works with 568 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Manhattan-Ogden. That puts it 81% larger than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 313 students.

Manhattan-Ogden runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 7,204 students. Frank V Bergman Elem is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Frank V Bergman Elem shows that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 8% Black, 7% Asian. By comparison, Riley County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Frank V Bergman Elem logs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Frank V Bergman Elem higher than the state norm the norm. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Frank V Bergman Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.4%, the actual is 50.0%, a residual of +11.6 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Riley County indicate median household earnings sit near $61,098, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Frank V Bergman Elem is one of 18 public schools in Riley County (combined enrollment of about 8,145 students).

Susan B Anthony Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Frank V Bergman Elem comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 48.8%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 13%: 503 students in 2018 compared to 568 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 65% to 52%. Class-load math has rose: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.