Moundridge Elem

Located at 207 S. Drucilla, in Moundridge, Kansas, Moundridge Elem is a tight-knit K-5 school that teaches 182 students (grades pre-K through 3), overseen by Moundridge. That puts it 42% smaller than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 313 students.

Moundridge runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 512 students. Moundridge Elem is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Moundridge Elem shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). The remainder breaks down as 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 48% of students at Moundridge Elem qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of McPherson County's rate of about 40%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Moundridge Elem sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.0%; this one delivers 52.4%.

In the broader community, McPherson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $78,851 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across McPherson County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,829 students), Moundridge Elem is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Moundridge High, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Moundridge Elem comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 43.7%.

Moundridge Elem operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 183 students in 2018 compared to 182 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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