Enrollment
126
Elementary
DISTRICT 157 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WELLINGTON·NCES 201284000723
Kennedy Elem
501 N Woodlawn, Wellington, KS 67152 · (620) 326-4350 · Sumner County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL126 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% of Kansas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
9.6:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
108 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 26 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 20 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 16 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 19 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 37% larger than its 5th grade class (19).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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 Wellington. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
41.4%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
15.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 | 41.4% | 15.5% |
| 2023-24 | 35.6% | 15.0% |
% 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
27.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.1%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Kennedy Elem
Kennedy Elem's state test result (27.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy Elem this school | 126 | 85.7% | 27.9% |
| Lincoln Elem Wellington | 137 | 86.9% | 39.2% |
| Sunset Elementary Newton | 199 | 77.4% | 27.1% |
| Lyons Central Elementary Lyons | 132 | 78.0% | 32.1% |
| Herington Elem Herington | 186 | 74.2% | 49.7% |
| Enterprise Elem Enterprise | 86 | 74.4% | 31.1% |
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 Kennedy Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sumner County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #510 of 625 | #8 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.5% | #573 of 625 | #8 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #432 of 625 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 126 | #628 of 714 | #7 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.7% | #79 of 658 | #2 of 8 |
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
126
-18 (-12%) vs 2020
-58% since 1990-91, when it was 300
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 9.0:1
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 | 126 | 13.1 | 9.6:1 | 86% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 136 | 13.2 | 10.3:1 | 86% (117) |
| 2022-23 | 129 | 13.5 | 9.6:1 | 83% (107) |
| 2020-21 | 144 | 16 | 9.0:1 | 69% (99) |
| 2017-18 | 186 | 16.6 | 11.2:1 | 75% (140) |
| 2015-16 | 197 | 17 | 11.6:1 | 81% (159) |
| 2010-11 | 206 | 17 | 12.1:1 | 70% (145) |
| 2000-01 | 213 | 14 | 15.2:1 | 56% (120) |
| 1990-91 | 300 | 15 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kennedy Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (186 to 126); teachers down 21% (16.6 to 13.1).
About Kennedy Elem
Kennedy Elem is a public small elementary school in Wellington, Kansas. The school counts 126 students across kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Kansas is about 313 students.
Wellington has 7 schools; together they serve 1,439 students.
White students are the majority at Kennedy Elem, with 68% of enrollment. The school is also 20% Hispanic and 10% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 90%. Kennedy Elem's diversity index is 49%, against a US figure of 70%.
At Kennedy Elem, 13.1 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 9.6:1. That is lower than the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. Roughly 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Sumner County is 53%.
allk12 grades Kennedy Elem a C. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Kansas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Kennedy Elem's results are 6.8 points above predicted: 27.9% against 21.1%.
Among Sumner County residents, the median household income is $63,951, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Besides Kennedy Elem, Sumner County has 22 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, Wellington High School is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. Kennedy Elem has 6 other public schools within five miles. Kennedy Elem comes in 5th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Kennedy Elem the locale Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Federal data show a 12% enrollment decrease, from 144 in 2020-21 to 126 in 2024-25.
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Sumner County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
22,353
Census ACS
Median income
$63,951
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
3,436 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wellington
- Wellington High SchoolHigh · 463 students
- Wellington Middle SchoolMiddle · 349 students
- Eisenhower ElemElementary · 277 students
- Lincoln ElemElementary · 137 students
- Washington ElemElementary · 86 students
- Wellington Virtual SchoolHigh · 1 students
Other schools in Wellington
- Wellington High SchoolHigh · 463 students
- Wellington Middle SchoolMiddle · 349 students
- Eisenhower ElemElementary · 277 students
- Lincoln ElemElementary · 137 students
- Washington ElemElementary · 86 students
- Wellington Virtual SchoolHigh · 1 students
Other Kennedy Elementary schools
30 other US public schools in 17 states are named Kennedy Elementary. Kennedy Elem is the 31st largest of the 31.
- Kennedy ElemAbilene, KS · 276 students
- Kennedy Elementary SchoolWinder, GA · 764 students
- Kennedy ElementaryWILLMAR, MN · 672 students
- KENNEDY ELEMENTARYLAKEVILLE, MN · 638 students
- Kennedy ElementaryMadison, WI · 582 students
Nearby schools
- Wellington High School0.3 mi · 463
- Wellington Middle School0.5 mi · 349
- Washington Elem0.9 mi · 86
- Wellington Virtual School0.9 mi · 1
- Lincoln Elem1.0 mi · 137
- Eisenhower Elem1.4 mi · 277
Frequently asked questions
About Kennedy ElemHow many students attend Kennedy Elem?
Kennedy Elem enrolls approximately 126 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Kennedy Elem serve?
Kennedy Elem serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kennedy Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kennedy Elem is approximately 9.6:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kennedy Elem?
At Kennedy Elem, the student body is approximately 68% White, 20% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Kennedy Elem in?
Kennedy Elem is part of Wellington.
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