Enrollment
134
Elementary
DISTRICT 92 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARMATON VALLEY·NCES 200966000237
Marmaton Valley Elem
210 West Oak Street, Moran, KS 66755 · (620) 237-4381 · Allen County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL134 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Kansas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
10.8:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
90 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 17 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 10 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 20 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 19 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (10) is 47% smaller than its 5th grade class (19).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
Marmaton Valley Elem→Marmaton Valley High
Based on grade levels within Marmaton Valley. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
50.7%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
61.2%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 | 50.7% | 61.2% |
| 2023-24 | 33.8% | 47.1% |
% 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
52.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.0%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 30% 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 22 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 Marmaton Valley Elem
Marmaton Valley Elem's state test result (52.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marmaton Valley Elem this school | 134 | 67.2% | 52.3% |
| Bartlett Elem Bartlett | 116 | 68.1% | 47.4% |
| Caldwell Elem Caldwell | 136 | 61.8% | 51.4% |
| Liberty Elem Galena | 167 | 64.1% | 33.7% |
| Puls Elem Attica | 122 | 60.7% | 26.9% |
| Mound Valley Elem Mound Valley | 136 | 61.0% | 45.1% |
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 Marmaton Valley Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #191 of 625 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #102 of 625 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #301 of 625 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 134 | #617 of 714 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.2% | #192 of 658 |
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
134
-4 (-3%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 214
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 134 | 12.5 | 10.8:1 | 67% (90) |
| 2023-24 | 145 | 10.5 | 13.8:1 | 61% (88) |
| 2022-23 | 135 | 10.5 | 12.9:1 | 63% (85) |
| 2020-21 | 138 | 10 | 13.8:1 | 47% (65) |
| 2017-18 | 144 | 11 | 13.1:1 | 62% (89) |
| 2015-16 | 171 | 13 | 13.2:1 | 58% (99) |
| 2010-11 | 189 | 17 | 11.1:1 | 64% (121) |
| 2000-01 | 197 | 15 | 13.1:1 | 44% (86) |
| 1990-91 | 214 | 10 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marmaton Valley Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (144 to 134); teachers up 13% (11 to 12.5).
About Marmaton Valley Elem
Marmaton Valley Elem is a small elementary school in Moran, Kansas, administered by Marmaton Valley. The school enrolls 134 students in pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 313 students for elementary schools in Kansas.
Marmaton Valley has 3 schools and 276 students, and Marmaton Valley Elem is one of those schools.
The share of students at Marmaton Valley Elem who are White is 87%. Smaller groups are 9% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. Allen County residents are about 90% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 23% means there is a 23% chance two randomly chosen students at Marmaton Valley Elem are from different groups.
The school had 12.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 10.8:1. The school's 10.8:1 compares with an average of 13.2:1 for elementary schools in Kansas. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 67%. The rate at public schools in Allen County averages 57%, lower than here.
Among Kansas public elementary schools, Marmaton Valley Elem outscored 82%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
After accounting for student poverty, Marmaton Valley Elem is in the top 10% of Kansas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 52.3% is 22.3 points above the 30.0% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
In Allen County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $60,689 a year, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Marmaton Valley Elem, Allen County has 11 public schools.
Marmaton Valley Elem's closest public school neighbor is Marmaton Valley High, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Marmaton Valley Elem holds 2 other public schools. Nearby schools average 34.0% on proficiency, and Marmaton Valley Elem is above that at 52.3%.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
The school's enrollment decreased 3% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Students per teacher dropped from 13.8 in 2020-21 to 10.8 in 2024-25.
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Allen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
12,483
Census ACS
Median income
$60,689
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
2,464 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Marmaton Valley
- Marmaton Valley HighHigh · 135 students
- Marmaton Valley Virtual SchoolHigh · 7 students
Other schools in Moran
- Marmaton Valley HighHigh · 135 students
- Marmaton Valley Virtual SchoolHigh · 7 students
Nearby schools
- Marmaton Valley High0.1 mi · 135
- Marmaton Valley Virtual School0.1 mi · 7
- Iola Elementary School11.8 mi · 619
- Uniontown High School11.9 mi · 178
- West Bourbon Elementary12.0 mi · 263
- Iola Middle School12.3 mi · 238
Frequently asked questions
About Marmaton Valley ElemHow many students attend Marmaton Valley Elem?
Marmaton Valley Elem enrolls approximately 134 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Marmaton Valley Elem serve?
Marmaton Valley Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Marmaton Valley Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Marmaton Valley Elem is approximately 10.8:1 (12 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Marmaton Valley Elem?
Student demographics at Marmaton Valley Elem are roughly 87% White, 4% Hispanic, 9% Two or more.
Is Marmaton Valley Elem public or private?
Marmaton Valley Elem is a public K-12 school, overseen by Marmaton Valley.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.