Enrollment
311
Elementary
DISTRICT 287 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JAYHAWK·NCES 200775000695
Jayhawk Elementary
415 S 6th St, Mound City, KS 66056 · (913) 795-2519 · Linn County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL311 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
185 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Jayhawk Elementary→Jayhawk-Linn High
Based on grade levels within Jayhawk. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
53.6%
KS avg 44.5% . +14.4pp since 2023
Math
46.4%
KS avg 38.8% . +1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
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
46.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.7%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
311
-36 (-10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 14.7:1
% White
89%
was 95%
% Hispanic
4%
was 3%
% Black
2%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Jayhawk Elementary
Set in Mound City, Kansas, Jayhawk Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus, run under Jayhawk. It instructs 311 students across grades pre-K through 6.
Jayhawk runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 574 students. Jayhawk Elementary is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, Jayhawk Elementary shows that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.
On the resource side, Jayhawk Elementary logs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 59% of students at Jayhawk Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Jayhawk Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.7%; this one delivers 46.5%.
Around the school, Linn County reports that median household earnings sit near $59,069, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Linn County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,839 students), Jayhawk Elementary is one campus in the mix.
Jayhawk-Linn High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jayhawk Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 30.7%.
Jayhawk Elementary operates from a low-density location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jayhawk Elementary has fell 10%, going from 347 students in 2018 to 311 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 95% to 89%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.
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Linn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,767
Census ACS
Median income
$59,069
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
1,839 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Jayhawk-Linn High0.9 mi · 263
- Pleasanton Elem5.7 mi · 200
- Pleasanton High5.7 mi · 162
- HUME HIGH12.9 mi · 51
- HUME ELEM.12.9 mi · 67
- Prairie View Middle14.3 mi · 195
Frequently asked questions
About Jayhawk ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Jayhawk Elementary?
Jayhawk Elementary enrolls approximately 311 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Jayhawk Elementary serve?
Jayhawk Elementary serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Jayhawk Elementary?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Jayhawk Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Jayhawk Elementary?
Student demographics at Jayhawk Elementary are roughly 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Jayhawk Elementary in?
Jayhawk Elementary is part of Jayhawk.
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