Macksville Elem

Set in Macksville, Kansas, Macksville Elem is a micro-enrollment primary school, run under Macksville. It teaches 114 students across grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 64% smaller than the state mean of about 313.

Across the 2 schools in Macksville (195 students total), Macksville Elem accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Macksville Elem logs that White students make up the majority at 61%. The remainder breaks down as 37% Hispanic. By comparison, Stafford County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Stafford County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Macksville Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.2%, the actual is 43.6%, a residual of +10.4 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Stafford County) records that the typical household earns roughly $64,226 per year, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Macksville Elem is one of 6 public schools in Stafford County (combined enrollment of about 810 students).

Nearest neighbor: Macksville High, around 0.0 miles off. On composite proficiency, Macksville Elem comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 33.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 12%: 130 students in 2018 compared to 114 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.