Enrollment
311
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUTCHINSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 200762000532
Graber Elementary
1600 N Cleveland, Hutchinson, KS 67501 · (620) 615-5050 · Reno County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL311 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Kansas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
14.3:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
238 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (43).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
33.7%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
21.9%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 | 33.7% | 21.9% |
| 2023-24 | 20.0% | 21.4% |
% 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
24.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Graber Elementary
Graber Elementary's state test result (24.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graber Elementary this school | 311 | 76.5% | 24.4% |
| Sunset Elem Salina | 380 | 76.8% | 24.2% |
| Jefferson Elem Arkansas City | 261 | 72.4% | 34.5% |
| Northridge Elementary Newton | 345 | 71.9% | 28.0% |
| Frances Willard Elem Arkansas City | 281 | 77.2% | 17.0% |
| Eisenhower Elem Great Bend | 343 | 80.5% | 16.4% |
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 Graber Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Reno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #541 of 625 | #11 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #532 of 625 | #10 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #517 of 625 | #12 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 311 | #355 of 714 | #8 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #365 of 539 | #7 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.5% | #136 of 540 | #1 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.5% | #131 of 658 | #3 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #232 of 377 | #4 of 7 |
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
311
+26 (+9%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 356
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 311 | 21.7 | 14.3:1 | 77% (238) |
| 2023-24 | 277 | 20 | 13.9:1 | 72% (200) |
| 2022-23 | 267 | 21.4 | 12.4:1 | 69% (183) |
| 2020-21 | 285 | 22 | 12.9:1 | 71% (202) |
| 2017-18 | 348 | 24 | 14.5:1 | 67% (232) |
| 2015-16 | 368 | 22 | 16.7:1 | 61% (223) |
| 2010-11 | 360 | 21 | 17.1:1 | 64% (230) |
| 2000-01 | 300 | 20 | 15.0:1 | 32% (96) |
| 1990-91 | 356 | 20 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Graber Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (348 to 311); teachers down 10% (24 to 21.7).
About Graber Elementary
Graber Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in Hutchinson, Kansas. It covers pre-K through 6, with a total enrollment of 311 students.
Hutchinson Public Schools enrolls 3,957 students, and its 10 schools include Graber Elementary.
White students are the majority at Graber Elementary, with 53% of enrollment. The school is also 30% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 4% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 85%. The school's diversity index is 61%, meaning two students picked at random have a 61% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 21.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Graber Elementary and a ratio of 14.3:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 77% of enrollment. That is higher than the 55% average for public schools in Reno County.
Graber Elementary is graded D by allk12, scoring above 11% of Kansas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Graber Elementary, the prediction is 25.6% and the result is 24.4%.
Census estimates describe Reno County this way: the median household income is $60,645, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Graber Elementary, Reno County has 32 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, Hutchinson Virtual School is the closest, at about 0.1 miles. Graber Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 24.4%, lower than Graber Elementary's 24.4%.
Graber Elementary has an NCES locale of Town: Distant.
Enrollment has grown by 26 students since 2020-21, to 311. The school's ratio rose from 12.9:1 to 14.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
To ask about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes, start a discussion on this page. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Reno County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
61,553
Census ACS
Median income
$60,645
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
8,909 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hutchinson Public Schools
- Hutchinson High SchoolHigh · 1,214 students
- Morgan ElementaryElementary · 388 students
- McCandless ElementaryElementary · 346 students
- Wiley ElementaryElementary · 322 students
- Hutchinson Virtual SchoolCombined · 300 students
- Hutchinson Middle School 7Middle · 284 students
Other schools in Hutchinson
- Hutchinson High SchoolHigh · 1,214 students
- Prairie Hills MiddleMiddle · 532 students
- Plum Creek ElementaryElementary · 448 students
- Union Valley ElemElementary · 435 students
- Morgan ElementaryElementary · 388 students
- McCandless ElementaryElementary · 346 students
Nearby schools
- Hutchinson Virtual School0.1 mi · 300
- Hutchinson High School0.3 mi · 1,214
- Faris Elementary0.7 mi · 279
- McCandless Elementary0.8 mi · 346
- Hutchinson Middle School 81.0 mi · 264
- Morgan Elementary1.3 mi · 388
Frequently asked questions
About Graber ElementaryHow large is Graber Elementary?
Graber Elementary enrolls approximately 311 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Graber Elementary serve?
Graber Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does Graber Elementary have?
Graber Elementary employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Graber Elementary?
Student demographics at Graber Elementary are roughly 53% White, 30% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Graber Elementary public or private?
Graber Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hutchinson Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.