Glasco Elem

Glasco Elem is a tiny combined-grade school in Glasco, Kansas, one of the schools within Southern Cloud. The school teaches 24 students in grades pre-K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 353 students per school, that is 93% below typical.

Southern Cloud comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 108 students; Glasco Elem is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Glasco Elem records that White students make up the majority at 79%. Other groups include 13% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. By comparison, Cloud County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 4.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 49.0:1, putting Glasco Elem tighter than the state norm the norm. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cloud County (around 58%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Glasco Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 20.3%, the actual is 20.4%, a residual of +0.1 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Cloud County indicate median household earnings sit near $58,770, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Glasco Elem is one of 8 public schools in Cloud County (combined enrollment of about 1,361 students).

Nearest neighbor: Glasco High, around 0.0 miles off. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Glasco Elem at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 38.4%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Glasco Elem's enrollment has declined 56% since 2018, when it stood at 55 (now 24). The White share of enrollment edged down from 98% to 79% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 6.2:1 in 2018 to 4.2:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Glasco Elem community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.