Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem

Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem operates as a very small elementary school in Quenemo, Kansas, operated by Marais Des Cygnes Valley. Current enrollment sits at 87 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 72% smaller than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 313 students.

Within Marais Des Cygnes Valley, which oversees 3 schools and 175 students, Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem reports that nearly all students (85%) are White. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Osage County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem sits in the top 10% of Kansas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 29.2%; actual is 46.6%, +17.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, census data for Osage County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,467 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem is one of 13 public schools in Osage County (combined enrollment of about 2,587 students).

Nearest neighbor: West Franklin High School, around 5.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 32.1%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem has contracted 19%, going from 107 students in 2018 to 87 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 94% to 85%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 today.

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