Logan Ave Elem

Located at 521 South East Street, in Emporia, Kansas, Logan Ave Elem is a tight-knit elementary campus that hosts 208 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Emporia. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 313 students each, so Logan Ave Elem sits 34% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 8 schools in Emporia (4,261 students total), Logan Ave Elem accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Logan Ave Elem logs that 57% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest looks like 31% White, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Lyon County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Logan Ave Elem logs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Lyon County (around 59%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Logan Ave Elem sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.7%; this one delivers 17.9%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Lyon County shows median household income runs about $59,912, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Logan Ave Elem is one of 14 public schools in Lyon County (combined enrollment of about 5,122 students).

Riverside Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Logan Ave Elem at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 34.9%.

Logan Ave Elem operates from a town-based location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 30%: 299 students in 2018 compared to 208 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 42% to 57% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Logan Ave Elem community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.