Enrollment
87
Elementary
DISTRICT 58 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARAIS DES CYGNES VALLEY·NCES 200948001164
Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem
213 N 8th, Quenemo, KS 66528 · (785) 759-3512 · Osage County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL87 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of Kansas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
9.7:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.9:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
60 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 12 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 16 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 9 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 14 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 14 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 9 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 13 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (16) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (13).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
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KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
61.8%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
52.9%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 | 61.8% | 52.9% |
| 2023-24 | 39.5% | 36.8% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
46.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.2%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 29% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Kansas's top 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 Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem
Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem's state test result (46.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem this school | 87 | 69.0% | 46.6% |
| Altoona-Midway Elementary Altoona | 72 | 69.4% | 48.5% |
| Western Plains North Elem Ransom | 62 | 69.4% | 46.8% |
| Williamsburg Elementary School Williamsburg | 102 | 62.7% | 36.0% |
| Bartlett Elem Bartlett | 116 | 68.1% | 47.4% |
| Prairie Heights Elementary School Alta Vista | 76 | 61.8% | 45.2% |
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 Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 87 | #663 of 714 |
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
87
-18 (-17%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 95
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 87 | 9 | 9.7:1 | 69% (60) |
| 2023-24 | 94 | 8.8 | 10.7:1 | 73% (69) |
| 2022-23 | 91 | 8.8 | 10.3:1 | 59% (54) |
| 2020-21 | 105 | 8 | 13.1:1 | 58% (61) |
| 2017-18 | 107 | 9.1 | 11.8:1 | 58% (62) |
| 2015-16 | 122 | 9 | 13.6:1 | 69% (84) |
| 2010-11 | 123 | 14 | 8.8:1 | 66% (81) |
| 2000-01 | 91 | 10 | 9.1:1 | 51% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 95 | 7 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (107 to 87); teachers down 1% (9.1 to 9).
About Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem
Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem is a very small elementary school serving families in Quenemo, Kansas. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 87 students on the rolls. Elementary schools in Kansas average about 313 students, which makes this school 72% below average.
Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem is a school in Marais Des Cygnes Valley. The district has 3 schools and 175 students.
Of every 100 students at Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem, about 85 are White. Other students are 8% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 27%.
Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem reported 9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 9.7:1. The school's 9.7:1 compares with an average of 13.2:1 for elementary schools in Kansas. Roughly 69% of students at Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is 21 points above the 48% average for public schools in Osage County.
Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 68% of Kansas public elementary schools.
A school in Kansas with Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 29.2%. Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem scores 46.6%.
Census data for Osage County show median household income comes to about $74,467, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The county has 13 public schools and about 2,587 students.
Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem's nearest public school is West Franklin High School (about 5.0 miles). The count of other public schools within ten miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem is 1st of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 17%, from 105 to 87. By 2024-25, the school had 9.7 students per teacher, compared with 13.1 in 2020-21.
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Osage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,744
Census ACS
Median income
$74,467
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
2,587 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Marais Des Cygnes Valley
- Marais Des Cygnes Valley HighHigh · 53 students
- Marais Des Cygnes Valley MiddleMiddle · 35 students
Nearby schools
- West Franklin High School5.0 mi · 200
- West Franklin Middle School5.0 mi · 149
- Marais Des Cygnes Valley High7.6 mi · 53
- Marais Des Cygnes Valley Middle7.6 mi · 35
- Williamsburg Elementary School7.9 mi · 102
- Lyndon Elem8.2 mi · 294
Frequently asked questions
About Marais Des Cygnes Valley ElemHow many students attend Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem?
Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem enrolls approximately 87 students in grades PK-05.
Is Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem an elementary, middle, or high school?
Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem have?
Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem employs 9 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem?
At Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem, the student body is approximately 85% White, 8% Hispanic, 6% Two or more.
What district is Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem in?
Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem is part of Marais Des Cygnes Valley.
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