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Enrollment
424
Elementary
DISTRICT 384 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT LEAVENWORTH·NCES 200633000048
MacArthur Elem
1 MacArthur Loop Building 210, Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027 · (913) 651-6517 · Leavenworth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL424 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% 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.
- C+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
12.1:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
15 students
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 51%
Community
5
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 | 80 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
MacArthur Elem→Patton Jr High
Based on grade levels within Fort Leavenworth. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
79.5%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
68.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 | 79.5% | 68.3% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 51.8% |
% 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
65.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 MacArthur Elem
MacArthur Elem's state test result (65.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MacArthur Elem this school | 424 | 3.5% | 65.5% |
| Bradley Elem Fort Leavenworth | 412 | 6.3% | 71.8% |
| Prairie Creek Elementary Olathe | 432 | 6.9% | 64.4% |
| Canyon Creek Elementary Lenexa | 459 | 8.7% | 73.4% |
| Robert M. Martin Elementary Wichita | 480 | 9.2% | 64.1% |
| Manchester Park Elementary Lenexa | 616 | 5.5% | 67.0% |
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 MacArthur Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Leavenworth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #56 of 625 | #3 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #45 of 625 | #2 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.5% | #14 of 625 | #2 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 424 | #152 of 714 | #4 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #125 of 539 | #3 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.5% | #199 of 540 | #6 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 3.5% | #657 of 658 | #15 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.0% | #65 of 377 | #5 of 9 |
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
424
-74 (-15%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 493
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 424 | 35 | 12.1:1 | 4% (15) |
| 2023-24 | 431 | 34 | 12.7:1 | 3% (12) |
| 2022-23 | 446 | 32.9 | 13.6:1 | 2% (9) |
| 2020-21 | 498 | 40 | 12.4:1 | 5% (24) |
| 2017-18 | 565 | 39 | 14.5:1 | 10% (56) |
| 2015-16 | 500 | 31 | 16.1:1 | 11% (57) |
| 2010-11 | 521 | 35 | 14.9:1 | 11% (55) |
| 2000-01 | 578 | 33 | 17.5:1 | 6% (34) |
| 1990-91 | 493 | 25 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MacArthur Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (565 to 424); teachers down 10% (39 to 35).
About MacArthur Elem
MacArthur Elem, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Enrollment is 424 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Kansas is about 313 students, so this school is 35% larger than average.
Fort Leavenworth runs 4 schools with a combined 1,542 students. MacArthur Elem is one of them.
MacArthur Elem is 64% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 15% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 4% Black. In Leavenworth County overall, about 80% of residents are White. MacArthur Elem's diversity index is 55%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1 at MacArthur Elem, with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.1 below the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 4%. Across public schools in Leavenworth County, the average is 34%.
Measured against Kansas public elementary schools, MacArthur Elem receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in Kansas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 60.5%. MacArthur Elem scores 65.5%.
Federal survey data for Leavenworth County show that the median household income is $89,218, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Leavenworth County is home to 30 public schools and about 13,185 public school students.
Nearest public school: Bradley Elem, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, MacArthur Elem ranks 3rd of 7 on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around MacArthur Elem as Town: Fringe, meaning in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment declined 15% from its 2020-21 level of 498.
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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 Fort Leavenworth
- Bradley ElemElementary · 412 students
- Patton Jr HighMiddle · 389 students
- Eisenhower ElemElementary · 317 students
Other schools in Fort Leavenworth
- Bradley ElemElementary · 412 students
- Patton Jr HighMiddle · 389 students
- Eisenhower ElemElementary · 317 students
Other MacArthur Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named MacArthur Elementary. MacArthur Elem is the 4th largest of the 9.
- MacArthur Elementary SchoolLiberal, KS · 386 students
- Macarthur Elementary SchoolGALENA PARK, TX · 556 students
- MacArthur Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 545 students
- MacArthur ElementaryGermantown, WI · 486 students
- Macarthur Elementary SchoolTulsa, OK · 404 students
Nearby schools
- Bradley Elem0.6 mi · 412
- Patton Jr High0.6 mi · 389
- Eisenhower Elem1.5 mi · 317
- David Brewer Elementary1.8 mi · 319
- Earl Lawson Early Education Center2.0 mi · 282
- Leavenworth Virtual School3.1 mi · 23
Frequently asked questions
About MacArthur ElemHow large is MacArthur Elem?
MacArthur Elem enrolls approximately 424 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does MacArthur Elem serve?
MacArthur Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MacArthur Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MacArthur Elem is approximately 12.1:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MacArthur Elem?
At MacArthur Elem, the student body is approximately 64% White, 15% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is MacArthur Elem public or private?
MacArthur Elem is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fort Leavenworth.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.