Heusner Elem

Heusner Elem, a medium-sized elementary campus in Salina, Kansas, run under Salina, educates 392 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 25% larger than the state mean of about 313.

Across the 13 schools in Salina (6,441 students total), Heusner Elem accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Heusner Elem records that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Saline County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 69% of students at Heusner Elem qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Saline County (around 58%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Heusner Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.0%, the actual is 35.2%, a residual of +6.3 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Saline County put the typical household earns roughly $65,422 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Heusner Elem is one of 17 public schools in Saline County (combined enrollment of about 7,580 students).

Nearest neighbor: Salina High Central, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Heusner Elem ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 30.8%.

Heusner Elem operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 11%: 438 students in 2018 compared to 392 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 16% to 23%.

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