Enrollment
132
Elementary
DISTRICT 149 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LYONS·NCES 200903000927
Lyons Central Elementary
501 W. Lincoln, Lyons, KS 67554 · (620) 257-5612 · Rice County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL132 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
103 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 38 | 29% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 33% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 38% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Lyons. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
37.7%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
23.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 | 37.7% | 23.3% |
| 2023-24 | 33.8% | 48.3% |
% 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
32.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.8%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Lyons Central Elementary
Lyons Central Elementary's state test result (32.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyons Central Elementary this school | 132 | 78.0% | 32.1% |
| I X L Elem Arkansas City | 200 | 74.0% | 26.7% |
| Lyons Park Elementary Lyons | 166 | 66.9% | N/A |
| Sublette Elem Sublette | 205 | 71.2% | 42.4% |
| Elkhart Elem Elkhart | 171 | 76.6% | 36.3% |
| Roosevelt Elem Arkansas City | 219 | 74.0% | 28.9% |
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 Lyons Central Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #472 of 625 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #516 of 625 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #479 of 625 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 132 | #622 of 714 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.0% | #121 of 658 |
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
132
-38 (-22%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 181
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 132 | 13.8 | 9.6:1 | 78% (103) |
| 2023-24 | 150 | 13.8 | 10.9:1 | 73% (110) |
| 2022-23 | 157 | 14.9 | 10.6:1 | 76% (120) |
| 2020-21 | 170 | 14 | 12.1:1 | 78% (132) |
| 2017-18 | 153 | 16 | 9.6:1 | 76% (117) |
| 2015-16 | 183 | 15 | 12.2:1 | 74% (136) |
| 2010-11 | 177 | 16 | 11.1:1 | 79% (140) |
| 2000-01 | 191 | 14 | 13.6:1 | 60% (115) |
| 1990-91 | 181 | 12 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lyons Central Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (153 to 132); teachers down 14% (16 to 13.8).
About Lyons Central Elementary
Lyons Central Elementary is a small elementary school in Lyons, Kansas, under Lyons. It has an enrollment of 132 students in grades 3 through 5. Across elementary schools in Kansas, the average enrollment is about 313.
The district, Lyons, has 692 students enrolled across 4 schools.
About 56% of the student body at Lyons Central Elementary is White. The remaining students are 39% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Among people living in Rice County, the White share is about 79%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.
Lyons Central Elementary lists 13.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 9.6 students per teacher. The school's 9.6:1 compares with an average of 13.2:1 for elementary schools in Kansas. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 78% of the student body. That is higher than the 58% average for public schools in Rice County.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Lyons Central Elementary is +7.3 points: 32.1% actual, 24.8% predicted.
Census data for Rice County show the median household earns about $63,925 a year, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Lyons Central Elementary, Rice County has 11 public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Lyons Park Elementary is about 0.6 miles from Lyons Central Elementary. The five-mile area around Lyons Central Elementary holds 3 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 36.1% proficiency; Lyons Central Elementary posts 32.1%.
The school's locale code, Rural: Remote, means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
In 2020-21, Lyons Central Elementary enrolled 170 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 132. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.1:1 to 9.6:1.
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Rice County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,350
Census ACS
Median income
$63,925
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
1,434 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lyons
- Lyons High SchoolHigh · 221 students
- Lyons Middle SchoolMiddle · 173 students
- Lyons Park ElementaryElementary · 166 students
Other schools in Lyons
- Lyons High SchoolHigh · 221 students
- Lyons Middle SchoolMiddle · 173 students
- Lyons Park ElementaryElementary · 166 students
Nearby schools
- Lyons Park Elementary0.6 mi · 166
- Lyons Middle School0.9 mi · 173
- Lyons High School0.9 mi · 221
- Chase High7.4 mi · 48
- Chase Raymond Primary Intermediate School7.5 mi · 72
- Sterling Junior High/Senior High8.9 mi · 232
Frequently asked questions
About Lyons Central ElementaryHow many students attend Lyons Central Elementary?
Lyons Central Elementary enrolls approximately 132 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Lyons Central Elementary serve?
Lyons Central Elementary serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lyons Central Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lyons Central Elementary is approximately 9.6:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lyons Central Elementary?
At Lyons Central Elementary, the student body is approximately 56% White, 39% Hispanic, 5% Two or more.
Is Lyons Central Elementary public or private?
Lyons Central Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lyons.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.