Enrollment
386
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIBERAL·NCES 200873001279
MacArthur Elementary School
925 South Holly, Liberal, KS 67901 · (620) 604-1700 · Seward County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL386 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of Kansas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
309 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
34.4%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
27.2%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 | 34.4% | 27.2% |
| 2023-24 | 25.7% | 23.9% |
% 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
25.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.9%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Elementary School
MacArthur Elementary School's state test result (25.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MacArthur Elementary School this school | 386 | 80.1% | 25.7% |
| Northwest Elem Dodge City | 380 | 75.8% | 27.5% |
| Soule Elementary School Dodge City | 375 | 83.7% | 19.9% |
| Riverside Elementary Emporia | 385 | 82.3% | 25.9% |
| Hickok Elem Ulysses | 350 | 74.6% | N/A |
| Pleasant Valley Elem Wichita | 308 | 85.1% | 19.2% |
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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Seward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #531 of 625 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #484 of 625 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #513 of 625 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 386 | #212 of 714 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #258 of 539 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.8% | #352 of 540 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.1% | #112 of 658 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #292 of 377 | N/A |
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
386
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
+77% since 1990-91, when it was 218
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 386 | 29 | 13.3:1 | 80% (309) |
| 2023-24 | 377 | 25 | 15.1:1 | 79% (297) |
| 2022-23 | 391 | 27 | 14.5:1 | 73% (286) |
| 2020-21 | 390 | 28 | 13.9:1 | 68% (267) |
| 2017-18 | 415 | 28 | 14.8:1 | 69% (286) |
| 2015-16 | 226 | 12 | 18.8:1 | 60% (136) |
| 2010-11 | 245 | 14 | 17.5:1 | 52% (127) |
| 2000-01 | 298 | 15 | 19.9:1 | 24% (72) |
| 1990-91 | 218 | 11 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MacArthur Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (415 to 386); teachers up 4% (28 to 29).
About MacArthur Elementary School
MacArthur Elementary School sits in Liberal, Kansas, and is classified as an elementary school. In all, 386 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5. It has 23% more students than the average for elementary schools in Kansas (about 313).
MacArthur Elementary School is run by Liberal, whose 8 schools enroll 4,653 students.
The largest group at MacArthur Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 79%. Other students are 16% White and 2% Asian. By comparison, Seward County residents are about 67% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 36%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at MacArthur Elementary School is 13.3:1, based on 29 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Kansas is similar, at 13.2:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 80%.
On the allk12 Grade, MacArthur Elementary School lands at C-, ahead of 16% of Kansas public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, MacArthur Elementary School would score about 23.9%. It scores 25.7%, 1.8 points above that figure.
In Seward County, median household income comes to about $63,827, roughly 11% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Seward County counts 10 public schools with about 5,115 students.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Eisenhower Middle School, is the closest to MacArthur Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 7 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, MacArthur Elementary School ranks 1st on proficiency.
MacArthur Elementary School is in a town far from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Remote.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 390 in 2020-21, 386 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for MacArthur Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Seward County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,486
Census ACS
Median income
$63,827
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
11%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
5,115 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Liberal
- Liberal Sr HighHigh · 1,421 students
- Sunflower Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 516 students
- Cottonwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
- Seymour Rogers Middle SchoolMiddle · 472 students
- Prairie View Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
Other schools in Liberal
- Liberal Sr HighHigh · 1,421 students
- Sunflower Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 516 students
- Cottonwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
- Seymour Rogers Middle SchoolMiddle · 472 students
- Prairie View Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
Other MacArthur Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named MacArthur Elementary. MacArthur Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 9.
- MacArthur ElemFort Leavenworth, KS · 424 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
- Eisenhower Middle School0.4 mi · 516
- Cottonwood Elementary School0.9 mi · 500
- Meadowlark Elementary School1.3 mi · 362
- Liberal Sr High1.5 mi · 1,421
- Prairie View Elementary School2.5 mi · 426
- Seymour Rogers Middle School2.6 mi · 472
Frequently asked questions
About MacArthur Elementary SchoolHow large is MacArthur Elementary School?
MacArthur Elementary School enrolls approximately 386 students in grades KG-05.
Is MacArthur Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
MacArthur Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does MacArthur Elementary School have?
MacArthur Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
How diverse is MacArthur Elementary School?
MacArthur Elementary School reports a student body of 16% White, 79% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees MacArthur Elementary School?
MacArthur Elementary School is overseen by Liberal in Seward County.
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