Jefferson West Elementary School

Jefferson West Elementary School is one of the moderately sized elementary schools in Meriden, Kansas, one of the schools within Jefferson West, with 320 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4.

Jefferson West comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,711 students; Jefferson West Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Jefferson West Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Jefferson West Elementary School reports 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Jefferson West Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Kansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 45.8%; Jefferson West Elementary School posts 60.9%, +15.2 points above that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) shows that median household earnings sit near $81,278, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Jefferson West Elementary School is one of 14 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 3,123 students).

Jefferson West Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jefferson West Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 40.1%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Jefferson West Elementary School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 322 (now 320). The White share of enrollment contracted from 93% to 87% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

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