Moundridge Elem

Families in Moundridge, Kansas, are served by Moundridge Elem, a low-enrollment elementary school. It educates 182 students in pre-K through 3. The typical figure for elementary schools in Kansas is about 313 students.

Moundridge runs 3 schools with a combined 512 students. Moundridge Elem is one of them.

Moundridge Elem enrolls a student body that is 88% White. After that, the student body is 6% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. For comparison, McPherson County is about 92% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Moundridge Elem belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 21%.

Federal data list 14.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Moundridge Elem in 2024-25, for a ratio of 12.5:1. Elementary schools in Kansas have a similar average ratio of 13.2:1. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 48%. Public schools in McPherson County average 40%.

Based on student poverty, the model expects 39.0% at Moundridge Elem; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 52.4%.

McPherson County has about 30,205 residents, and median household income is about $78,851, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of McPherson County number 18 and enroll about 4,829.

The next-closest public school is Moundridge High, about 0.7 miles away. In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of Moundridge Elem. Its average proficiency rate of 52.4% is above the 43.7% average for nearby schools.

Moundridge Elem is coded as Rural: Remote in federal locale data.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 146 to 182.

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