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Enrollment
287
Elementary
DISTRICT 387 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KANSAS CITY·NCES 200795001397
John Fiske Elem
625 S Valley, Kansas City, KS 66105 · (913) 627-4850 · Wyandotte County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL287 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% of Kansas public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
14.1:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
273 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
27%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
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
17.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
10.0%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 | 17.0% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 10.1% | 9.7% |
% 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
13.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 John Fiske Elem
John Fiske Elem's state test result (13.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Fiske Elem this school | 287 | 95.1% | 13.9% |
| Abe Hubert Elementary School Garden City | 285 | 94.0% | 23.6% |
| Ortiz Elementary School Wichita | 323 | 92.9% | 18.2% |
| Meadowlark Elementary School Liberal | 362 | 97.5% | 10.8% |
| Sunnyside Elem Dodge City | 365 | 96.2% | 14.7% |
| Central Elem Dodge City | 381 | 95.0% | 13.6% |
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 John Fiske Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Wyandotte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.9% | #608 of 625 | #33 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #603 of 625 | #31 of 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #621 of 625 | #33 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 287 | #396 of 714 | #25 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #346 of 539 | #20 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.2% | #431 of 540 | #35 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.1% | #12 of 658 | #4 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -72.2% | #1 of 377 | #1 of 30 |
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
287
-237 (-45%) vs 2020
+60% since 1990-91, when it was 179
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 22.8:1
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 | 287 | 20.3 | 14.1:1 | 95% (273) |
| 2023-24 | 292 | 22.3 | 13.1:1 | 97% (282) |
| 2022-23 | 1,908 | 25.5 | 74.8:1 | 64% (1,216) |
| 2020-21 | 524 | 23 | 22.8:1 | 64% (335) |
| 2017-18 | 1,033 | 25.3 | 40.8:1 | 80% (831) |
| 2015-16 | 551 | 19 | 29.0:1 | 78% (429) |
| 2010-11 | 1,221 | 26 | 47.0:1 | 79% (964) |
| 2000-01 | 587 | 42 | 14.0:1 | 82% (481) |
| 1990-91 | 179 | 10 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John Fiske Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 72% (1,033 to 287); teachers down 20% (25.3 to 20.3).
About John Fiske Elem
John Fiske Elem is a medium-sized elementary school based in Kansas City, Kansas. The school reports 287 students in kindergarten through 5.
Besides John Fiske Elem, Kansas City runs 42 other schools. The district enrolls 21,538 students.
Most students at John Fiske Elem are Hispanic: 85% of enrollment. The remaining students are 9% White and 5% Black. Census figures show Wyandotte County is about 34% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at John Fiske Elem belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 27%.
The school has about 14.1 students per teacher and 20.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Kansas is 13.2:1, lower than at this school. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 75% average for public schools in Wyandotte County.
The allk12 Grade for John Fiske Elem is F. Compared with Kansas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 4% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
John Fiske Elem's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (13.9%) and its predicted rate (16.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Kansas schools.
In Wyandotte County (population about 167,654), median household income is about $63,631, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 62 public schools operate in Wyandotte County, serving about 30,713 students.
The shortest distance from John Fiske Elem to another public school is about 0.8 miles, to Whittier Elem. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, John Fiske Elem is 6th on average proficiency.
John Fiske Elem falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The 2020-21 count was 524 students and the 2024-25 count was 287. A difference that large may reflect a change in which grades the school serves. Federal data show the ratio falling from 22.8:1 to 14.1:1.
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Wyandotte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
167,654
Census ACS
Median income
$63,631
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
62
30,713 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kansas City
- Wyandotte HighHigh · 1,903 students
- Silver City ElemElementary · 1,495 students
- J C Harmon HighHigh · 1,285 students
- Washington HighHigh · 1,180 students
- Sumner Academy of Arts & ScienceHigh · 1,045 students
- F L Schlagle HighHigh · 841 students
Other schools in Kansas City
- Wyandotte HighHigh · 1,903 students
- Silver City ElemElementary · 1,495 students
- J C Harmon HighHigh · 1,285 students
- Washington HighHigh · 1,180 students
- Turner HighHigh · 1,147 students
- Sumner Academy of Arts & ScienceHigh · 1,045 students
Nearby schools
- Whittier Elem0.8 mi · 502
- Central Middle0.8 mi · 687
- Argentine Middle1.2 mi · 519
- Emerson Elem1.4 mi · 171
- M E Pearson Elem1.5 mi · 606
- Silver City Elem1.6 mi · 1,495
Frequently asked questions
About John Fiske ElemHow many students attend John Fiske Elem?
John Fiske Elem enrolls approximately 287 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does John Fiske Elem serve?
John Fiske Elem serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at John Fiske Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at John Fiske Elem is approximately 14.1:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at John Fiske Elem?
Student demographics at John Fiske Elem are roughly 9% White, 85% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is John Fiske Elem public or private?
John Fiske Elem is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kansas City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.