Enrollment
261
Elementary
DISTRICT 232 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARKANSAS CITY·NCES 200345001234
Jefferson Elem
131 Osage Ave, Arkansas City, KS 67005 · (620) 441-2060 · Cowley County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL261 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% of Kansas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
15.5:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
189 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 36 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Based on grade levels within Arkansas City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
39.3%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
37.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 | 39.3% | 37.3% |
| 2023-24 | 31.9% | 36.1% |
% 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
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Jefferson Elem
Jefferson Elem's state test result (34.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elem this school | 261 | 72.4% | 34.5% |
| Hutchinson Magnet School at Allen Hutchinson | 249 | 70.3% | 33.0% |
| Graber Elementary Hutchinson | 311 | 76.5% | 24.4% |
| Benton Elem Wichita | 273 | 70.7% | 32.4% |
| I X L Elem Arkansas City | 200 | 74.0% | 26.7% |
| Northridge Elementary Newton | 345 | 71.9% | 28.0% |
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 Jefferson Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Cowley County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #442 of 625 | #7 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #376 of 625 | #6 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #461 of 625 | #7 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 261 | #443 of 714 | #3 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #460 of 539 | #7 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.3% | #176 of 540 | #4 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.4% | #160 of 658 | #6 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.4% | #286 of 377 | #5 of 6 |
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
261
-5 (-2%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 277
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 261 | 16.8 | 15.5:1 | 72% (189) |
| 2023-24 | 282 | 14.8 | 19.1:1 | 78% (219) |
| 2022-23 | 269 | 15.8 | 17.0:1 | 73% (197) |
| 2020-21 | 266 | 17 | 15.7:1 | 71% (188) |
| 2017-18 | 282 | 16.1 | 17.5:1 | 75% (211) |
| 2015-16 | 257 | 15 | 17.1:1 | 70% (181) |
| 2010-11 | 240 | 15 | 16.0:1 | 62% (149) |
| 2000-01 | 251 | 14 | 17.9:1 | 42% (106) |
| 1990-91 | 277 | 12 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (282 to 261); teachers up 4% (16.1 to 16.8).
About Jefferson Elem
In Arkansas City, Kansas, part of Cowley County, Jefferson Elem is an elementary school. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 261 students.
A total of 8 schools make up Arkansas City, with 2,902 students enrolled.
The share of White students at Jefferson Elem is 58%, a majority. After that, the student body is 29% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 5% multiracial. Census figures show Cowley County is about 80% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 57, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 16.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.5 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Kansas, the average ratio is 13.2:1. Jefferson Elem has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 72%. The gap from the 59% average for public schools in Cowley County is 13 points.
Among Kansas public elementary schools, Jefferson Elem outscored 40%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Jefferson Elem is +7.0 points: 34.5% actual, 27.5% predicted.
Census data for Cowley County show the median household earns about $57,878 a year, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Jefferson Elem, Cowley County has 22 public schools.
Arkansas City Middle Sch is the nearest public school to Jefferson Elem, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 7 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Jefferson Elem ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Jefferson Elem is coded as Town: Distant in federal locale data.
Jefferson Elem had 266 students in 2020-21 and 261 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
The discussion board for Jefferson Elem is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Cowley County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
34,411
Census ACS
Median income
$57,878
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
5,714 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Arkansas City
- Arkansas City HighHigh · 885 students
- Arkansas City Middle SchMiddle · 628 students
- Adams ElemElementary · 306 students
- Frances Willard ElemElementary · 281 students
- Roosevelt ElemElementary · 219 students
- I X L ElemElementary · 200 students
Other schools in Arkansas City
- Arkansas City HighHigh · 885 students
- Arkansas City Middle SchMiddle · 628 students
- Adams ElemElementary · 306 students
- Frances Willard ElemElementary · 281 students
- Roosevelt ElemElementary · 219 students
- I X L ElemElementary · 200 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elem is the 118th largest of the 144.
- Jefferson ElemWichita, KS · 381 students
- Jefferson ElemGreat Bend, KS · 297 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolJefferson, GA · 1,011 students
- Jefferson ElementaryRiverside, CA · 886 students
- Jefferson ElementaryLennox, CA · 716 students
Nearby schools
- Arkansas City Middle Sch0.3 mi · 628
- Adams Elem0.8 mi · 306
- Arkansas City High0.9 mi · 885
- Roosevelt Elem1.1 mi · 219
- Frances Willard Elem1.2 mi · 281
- C 4 Elem4.3 mi · 122
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson ElemWhat is the total enrollment at Jefferson Elem?
Jefferson Elem enrolls approximately 261 students in grades PK-05.
Is Jefferson Elem an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jefferson Elem is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Jefferson Elem have?
Jefferson Elem employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Jefferson Elem?
Student demographics at Jefferson Elem are roughly 58% White, 29% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Jefferson Elem?
Jefferson Elem is overseen by Arkansas City in Cowley County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.