Enrollment
248
Elementary
DISTRICT 340 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BASEHOR-LINWOOD·NCES 200378001187
Linwood Elementary School
14840 178TH Street, Bonner Springs, KS 66012 · (913) 724-2323 · Leavenworth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL248 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of Kansas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
11.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
59 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 18 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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 Basehor-Linwood. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
65.5%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
67.2%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 | 65.5% | 67.2% |
| 2023-24 | 66.9% | 59.7% |
% 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
64.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.8%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Linwood Elementary School
Linwood Elementary School's state test result (64.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linwood Elementary School this school | 248 | 23.8% | 64.8% |
| Gray Hawk Elementary School Basehor | 285 | 22.8% | 47.2% |
| Colwich Elem Colwich | 227 | 28.2% | 44.6% |
| Glenwood Ridge Elementary School Basehor | 320 | 19.4% | 62.6% |
| Dayton Creek Elementary School Spring Hill | 291 | 18.9% | 62.2% |
| Rossville Elem Rossville | 321 | 26.2% | 45.9% |
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 Linwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Leavenworth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #59 of 625 | #4 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #52 of 625 | #3 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #111 of 625 | #6 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 248 | #467 of 714 | #15 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #103 of 539 | #2 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.8% | #370 of 540 | #12 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.8% | #579 of 658 | #9 of 15 |
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
248
+137 (+123%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 209
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 9.3:1
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 | 248 | 20.9 | 11.9:1 | 24% (59) |
| 2023-24 | 252 | 19.4 | 13.0:1 | 21% (53) |
| 2022-23 | 247 | 19.1 | 12.9:1 | 14% (35) |
| 2020-21 | 111 | 12 | 9.3:1 | 21% (23) |
| 2017-18 | 118 | 10.2 | 11.6:1 | 19% (22) |
| 2015-16 | 108 | 9 | 12.0:1 | 28% (30) |
| 2010-11 | 135 | 9 | 15.0:1 | 38% (51) |
| 2000-01 | 183 | 14 | 13.1:1 | 11% (21) |
| 1990-91 | 209 | 12 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Linwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 110% (118 to 248); teachers up 105% (10.2 to 20.9).
About Linwood Elementary School
Linwood Elementary School is a small elementary school in Bonner Springs, Kansas, under Basehor-Linwood. Enrolled students number 248 students, in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Kansas average about 313 students each.
Basehor-Linwood counts 3,092 students in its 7 schools, and Linwood Elementary School is one of them.
White students are the large majority at Linwood Elementary School, with 80% of enrollment. Other groups include 13% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 80% White, within a few points of the school. By the diversity index, Linwood Elementary School comes in at 34%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.9:1, with 20.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Kansas, the typical ratio is 13.2:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Linwood Elementary School is 24%. On average, public schools in Leavenworth County report 34%.
allk12 grades Linwood Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Kansas, Linwood Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 64.8% actual against a predicted 50.8%.
Leavenworth County has about 83,123 residents, and median household income is about $89,218, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 30 public schools in Leavenworth County, with a combined enrollment of about 13,185.
Basehor-Linwood Middle School is located about 4.2 miles from Linwood Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: 2. The school's 64.8% average proficiency ranks 1st among 8 nearby schools.
Federal data place Linwood Elementary School in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Reported enrollment: 111 (2020-21) and 248 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.9:1) than in 2020-21 (9.3:1).
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Leavenworth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
83,123
Census ACS
Median income
$89,218
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
13,185 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Basehor-Linwood
- Basehor-Linwood High SchoolHigh · 882 students
- Basehor-Linwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Basehor Elementary SchoolElementary · 508 students
- Glenwood Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 320 students
- Gray Hawk Elementary SchoolElementary · 285 students
- Basehor-Linwood Virtual SchoolCombined · 170 students
Other schools in Bonner Springs
- Bonner Springs HighHigh · 778 students
- Robert E Clark MiddleMiddle · 599 students
- Bonner Springs ElementaryElementary · 351 students
Other Linwood Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Linwood Elementary. Linwood Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 8.
- Linwood ElementaryWichita, KS · 452 students
- Linwood ElementaryVisalia, CA · 537 students
- Linwood ElementarySpokane, WA · 503 students
- Linwood ElementaryWYOMING, MN · 400 students
- Linwood Elementary SchoolMilwaukie, OR · 259 students
Nearby schools
- Basehor-Linwood Middle School4.2 mi · 679
- Glenwood Ridge Elementary School4.4 mi · 320
- Lexington Trails Middle School5.3 mi · 393
- Bonner Springs High5.4 mi · 778
- Robert E Clark Middle5.4 mi · 599
- De Soto High School5.5 mi · 918
Frequently asked questions
About Linwood Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Linwood Elementary School?
Linwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 248 students in grades PK-05.
Is Linwood Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Linwood Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Linwood Elementary School have?
Linwood Elementary School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Linwood Elementary School?
Student demographics at Linwood Elementary School are roughly 80% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Two or more.
What district is Linwood Elementary School in?
Linwood Elementary School is part of Basehor-Linwood.
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