Meadowlark Elementary

Meadowlark Elementary, a reasonably sized elementary campus in Pittsburg, Kansas, one of the schools within Pittsburg, enrolls 403 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 29% bigger than the state mean of about 313.

Pittsburg runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,375 students. Meadowlark Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Meadowlark Elementary logs that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 33% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 4% Black, 2% Pacific Islander. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Meadowlark Elementary has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Crawford County's rate of about 62%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Meadowlark Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.9%; this one delivers 33.6%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Crawford County shows median household income runs about $52,844, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Crawford County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,146 students), Meadowlark Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Pittsburg High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Meadowlark Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Meadowlark Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 37.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Meadowlark Elementary's enrollment has grew 9% since 2018, when it stood at 371 (now 403). The White share of enrollment contracted from 62% to 48% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.