Nelson Elem

As an average-sized elementary school in Haysville, Kansas, Nelson Elem works with 442 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Haysville. Enrollment runs roughly 41% larger than the state mean of about 313.

Haysville comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 5,417 students; Nelson Elem is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Nelson Elem logs that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 21% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. Compared to Sedgwick County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Nelson Elem records 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Nelson Elem higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 67% of students at Nelson Elem qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Nelson Elem sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.0%; this one delivers 36.0%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Sedgwick County put median household income runs about $69,365, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Nelson Elem is one of 160 public schools in Sedgwick County (combined enrollment of about 84,569 students).

Nearest neighbor: Haysville Middle School, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Nelson Elem. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Nelson Elem at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 26.3%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 8%: 483 students in 2018 compared to 442 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 74% to 65% over that span.

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