Jay Shideler Elementary

Set in Topeka, Kansas, Jay Shideler Elementary is a big elementary campus, one of the schools within Auburn-Washburn. It educates 492 students across grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 57% larger than the state mean of about 313.

Auburn-Washburn runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 5,866 students. Jay Shideler Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Jay Shideler Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 80% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Jay Shideler Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Shawnee County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Jay Shideler Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.9%, the actual is 62.3%, a residual of +7.4 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Shawnee County indicate the typical household earns roughly $67,104 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Jay Shideler Elementary is one of 54 public schools in Shawnee County (combined enrollment of about 26,294 students).

Washburn Rural High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jay Shideler Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 35.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Jay Shideler Elementary's enrollment has contracted 9% since 2018, when it stood at 538 (now 492). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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