Linn Elem

Set in Linn, Kansas, Linn Elem is a close-knit elementary school, one of the schools within Barnes. It enrolls 161 students across grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 49% leaner than the state mean of about 313.

Barnes comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 518 students; Linn Elem is among them.

Looking at the student body, Linn Elem records that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 17% Hispanic. By comparison, Washington County as a whole is about 92% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Linn Elem reports 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Linn Elem 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 46.1%; Linn Elem posts 64.5%, +18.3 points above that line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Washington County indicate the typical household earns roughly $65,482 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Washington County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,079 students), Linn Elem is one campus in the mix.

Linn High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Linn Elem comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.1%.

Linn Elem operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Linn Elem's enrollment has expanded 4% since 2018, when it stood at 155 (now 161). Over the same period, the White share rose from 72% to 82%.

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