Mission Valley Elementary
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 26 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 25 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 34 | 14% |
School pathway
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingWhat this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.1% | 33.9% |
| 2023-24 | 28.4% | 31.9% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kansas's top nor bottom 10%.
Where Mission Valley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #449 of 625 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #421 of 625 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #500 of 625 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 236 | #486 of 714 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #226 of 539 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.0% | #471 of 540 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.0% | #485 of 658 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.9% | #54 of 151 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 236 | 18 | 13.1:1 | 39% (92) |
| 2023-24 | 231 | 20.8 | 11.1:1 | 41% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 247 | 19.8 | 12.5:1 | 35% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 215 | 21 | 10.2:1 | 34% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 209 | 20.5 | 10.2:1 | 33% (68) |
| 2015-16 | 227 | 21 | 10.8:1 | 41% (94) |
| 2010-11 | 345 | 27 | 12.8:1 | 38% (131) |
About Mission Valley Elementary
Mission Valley Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school with its address in Eskridge, Kansas. Its enrollment is 236 students, spread over pre-K through 6. That compares with an average of about 313 students for elementary schools in Kansas.
The 2 schools in Mission Valley enroll 452 students altogether, Mission Valley Elementary among them.
At Mission Valley Elementary, 87% of students are White. Smaller groups are 9% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Mission Valley Elementary scores 23%.
There are about 13.1 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Mission Valley Elementary, which has 18. The ratio is within a point of the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 39%.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 33.9%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 43.5%.
In the surrounding county, Wabaunsee County, the median household earns about $76,908 a year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Wabaunsee County has 7 public schools with about 937 students, including Mission Valley Elementary.
Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Mission Valley Elementary. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within ten miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Mission Valley Elementary is 7th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Mission Valley Elementary as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 215 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 236 by 2024-25. The number of students per teacher increased from 10.2 to 13.1 over 4 years.
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