McLouth Elem

McLouth Elem is one of the modestly sized primary schools in McLouth, Kansas, one of the schools within McLouth, with 221 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 313 students each, so McLouth Elem sits 29% below that benchmark.

McLouth comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 437 students; McLouth Elem is among them.

On demographics, McLouth Elem reports that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Jefferson County (around 39%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, McLouth Elem tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.5%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put median household income runs about $81,278, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. McLouth Elem is one of 14 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 3,123 students).

The closest other public school is McLouth High, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around McLouth Elem. On composite proficiency, McLouth Elem comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 29.5%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 8%: 241 students in 2018 compared to 221 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.