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Logan Elementary
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Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingWhat 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 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Logan Elementary
Set in Topeka, Kansas, Logan Elementary is a well-populated elementary-level community, run under Seaman. It caters to 558 students across grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 78% bigger than the state mean of about 313.
Logan Elementary is one of 7 schools operated by Seaman, a district that instructs 3,692 students overall.
On demographics, Logan Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 8% Black.
Looking at school resources, On paper, Logan Elementary has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Shawnee County's rate of about 54%.
With demographic context factored in, Logan Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.2%.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Shawnee County indicate the typical household earns roughly $67,104 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Shawnee County runs 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,294 students), of which Logan Elementary is one.
The closest other public school is Lawrence Gardner High School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Logan Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 24.4%.
The campus sits in a city-core setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 562 students in 2018 compared to 558 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 79% to 70% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.
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