Grinnell Grade School

Grinnell Grade School is one of the micro-enrollment primary schools in Grinnell, Kansas, operated by Grinnell Public Schools, with 43 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 86% below the state mean of about 313.

Grinnell Public Schools comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 65 students; Grinnell Grade School is among them.

On demographics, Grinnell Grade School shows that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 9% Hispanic. Compared to Gove County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Grinnell Grade School records 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Grinnell Grade School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Grinnell Grade School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.9%; this one delivers 53.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Gove County indicate median household income runs about $66,029, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 1%. Across Gove County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 473 students), Grinnell Grade School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Grinnell Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Grinnell Grade School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 37.7%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 19%: 36 students in 2018 compared to 43 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 6.3:1 in 2018 to 7.8:1 in 2025.

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