Holcomb Elem 3-5

Set in Holcomb, Kansas, Holcomb Elem 3-5 is a close-knit K-5 school, one of the schools within Holcomb. It works with 187 students across grades 3 through 5. That puts it 40% below the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 313 students.

Holcomb Elem 3-5 is one of 5 schools operated by Holcomb, a district that educates 907 students overall.

On the resource side, Holcomb Elem 3-5 lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. Roughly 55% of students at Holcomb Elem 3-5 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Finney County runs at roughly 73%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Holcomb Elem 3-5 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.1%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Finney County) reports that median household earnings sit near $73,009, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Holcomb Elem 3-5 is one of 23 public schools in Finney County (combined enrollment of about 7,939 students).

Wiley Elem is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Holcomb Elem 3-5. On composite proficiency, Holcomb Elem 3-5 comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 25.8%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 17%: 224 students in 2018 compared to 187 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

On allk12, members of the Holcomb Elem 3-5 community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.