Mound Valley Elem

Set in Mound Valley, Kansas, Mound Valley Elem is a compact elementary school, operated by Labette County. It teaches 136 students across grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 313 students each, so Mound Valley Elem sits 57% smaller than that benchmark.

Labette County comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 1,528 students; Mound Valley Elem is among them.

In terms of who attends, Mound Valley Elem records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Beyond that, the school reports 5% multiracial, 5% Native American, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. Roughly 61% of students at Mound Valley Elem qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Mound Valley Elem sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.0%; this one delivers 45.1%.

Across the wider county, Labette County reports that median household income runs about $56,325, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Labette County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,468 students), Mound Valley Elem is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Altamont Elem, roughly 6.4 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mound Valley Elem at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 41.9%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Mound Valley Elem's enrollment has ticked down 19% since 2018, when it stood at 168 (now 136). The White share of enrollment edged down from 88% to 84% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Mound Valley Elem community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.