Montezuma Elem

Montezuma Elem is a micro-enrollment elementary campus in Montezuma, Kansas, overseen by Montezuma. The school caters to 83 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 73% smaller than the state mean of about 313.

Across the 2 schools in Montezuma (142 students total), Montezuma Elem accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Montezuma Elem reports that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 18% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Montezuma Elem has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Gray County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Montezuma Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.2%, the actual is 58.9%, a residual of +11.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Gray County indicate median household income runs about $79,122, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Montezuma Elem is one of 9 public schools in Gray County (combined enrollment of about 1,002 students).

Nearest neighbor: South Gray High, around 0.0 miles off. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Montezuma Elem ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 39.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 14%: 97 students in 2018 compared to 83 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Montezuma Elem community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.