Enrollment
286
Elementary
DISTRICT 298 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DURHAM-HILLSBORO-LEHIGH·NCES 200729000960
Hillsboro Elem
812 East A Street, Hillsboro, KS 67063 · (620) 947-3184 · Marion County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL286 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 80% of Kansas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
12.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
125 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 43 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Hillsboro Elem→Hillsboro Middle/High School
Based on grade levels within Durham-Hillsboro-Lehigh. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
63.8%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
64.6%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 | 63.8% | 64.6% |
| 2023-24 | 44.4% | 51.8% |
% 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
54.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Hillsboro Elem
Hillsboro Elem's state test result (54.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsboro Elem this school | 286 | 43.7% | 54.7% |
| Lecompton Elem Lecompton | 298 | 42.6% | 46.8% |
| Soderstrom Elem Lindsborg | 318 | 41.5% | 61.3% |
| Inman Elem Inman | 260 | 41.2% | 44.5% |
| R L Wright Elem Sedgwick | 283 | 40.3% | 52.4% |
| Sterling Grade School Sterling | 268 | 41.8% | 75.2% |
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 Hillsboro Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #155 of 625 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.6% | #80 of 625 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #125 of 625 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 286 | #397 of 714 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #187 of 539 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.4% | #477 of 540 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.7% | #437 of 658 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #247 of 377 |
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
286
+17 (+6%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 322
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 286 | 22.4 | 12.8:1 | 44% (125) |
| 2023-24 | 306 | 19.1 | 16.0:1 | 50% (153) |
| 2022-23 | 313 | 19.1 | 16.4:1 | 49% (152) |
| 2020-21 | 269 | 20 | 13.4:1 | 39% (105) |
| 2017-18 | 317 | 18.1 | 17.5:1 | 46% (147) |
| 2015-16 | 289 | 20 | 14.4:1 | 47% (136) |
| 2010-11 | 269 | 20 | 13.4:1 | 51% (136) |
| 2000-01 | 313 | 19 | 16.5:1 | 32% (99) |
| 1990-91 | 322 | 14 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hillsboro Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (317 to 286); teachers up 24% (18.1 to 22.4).
About Hillsboro Elem
Located in Hillsboro, Kansas, Hillsboro Elem is a mid-sized elementary school. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 286 students in 2024-25.
Durham-Hillsboro-Lehigh includes 2 schools. Together they enroll 596 students.
By race and ethnicity, Hillsboro Elem is 88% White. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 22, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hillsboro Elem is 12.8:1, based on 22.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Kansas is about 13.2:1. Hillsboro Elem counts 44% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 44% average for public schools in Marion County.
Among Kansas public elementary schools, Hillsboro Elem outscored 80%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Hillsboro Elem is 13.4 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Kansas schools.
Marion County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $64,695, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Marion County's 11 public schools enroll about 2,153 students and include Hillsboro Elem.
Measured in a straight line, Hillsboro Middle/High School is about 0.2 miles from Hillsboro Elem. The ten-mile area around Hillsboro Elem holds 3 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 35.7% proficiency; Hillsboro Elem posts 54.7%.
Hillsboro Elem is in rural territory far from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Remote.
Enrollment increased by 6% across 4 years, from 269 in 2020-21 to 286 in 2024-25.
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Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
11,754
Census ACS
Median income
$64,695
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
2,153 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Durham-Hillsboro-Lehigh
- Hillsboro Middle/High SchoolHigh · 310 students
Other Hillsboro Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Hillsboro Elementary. Hillsboro Elem is the 4th largest of the 8.
- Hillsboro Elementary SchoolHILLSBORO, TX · 649 students
- HILLSBORO ELEM.HILLSBORO, MO · 459 students
- Hillsboro ElementaryHillsboro, TN · 424 students
- HILLSBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHillsboro, ND · 254 students
- Hillsboro Elementary SchoolHillsboro, KY · 224 students
Nearby schools
- Hillsboro Middle/High School0.2 mi · 310
- Marion Middle9.8 mi · 119
- Marion High9.8 mi · 159
- Marion Elem10.2 mi · 238
- Goessel Elem10.7 mi · 118
- Goessel High11.1 mi · 154
Frequently asked questions
About Hillsboro ElemHow many students attend Hillsboro Elem?
Hillsboro Elem enrolls approximately 286 students in grades PK-05.
Is Hillsboro Elem an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hillsboro Elem is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hillsboro Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hillsboro Elem is approximately 12.8:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hillsboro Elem?
Student demographics at Hillsboro Elem are roughly 88% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Hillsboro Elem?
Hillsboro Elem is overseen by Durham-Hillsboro-Lehigh in Marion County.
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