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Enrollment
415
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAWRENCE·NCES 200840001370
New York Elem
936 New York Street, Lawrence, KS 66044 · (785) 832-5780 · Douglas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Kansas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
238 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 51%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 226 | 54% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 48% larger than its 5th grade class (25).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 58% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
32.9%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
21.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.9% | 21.5% |
| 2023-24 | 34.4% | 41.9% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.7%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like New York Elem
New York Elem's state test result (34.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York Elem this school | 415 | 57.3% | 34.7% |
| Tecumseh North Elem Tecumseh | 435 | 54.5% | 41.2% |
| Prairie Park Elem Lawrence | 354 | 51.7% | 34.6% |
| Theo Roosevelt Elem Manhattan | 468 | 52.6% | 48.5% |
| Moonlight Elementary School Gardner | 320 | 57.5% | 34.1% |
| Bonner Springs Elementary Bonner Springs | 351 | 61.3% | 44.5% |
Matched among Kansas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where New York Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #440 of 625 | #12 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #541 of 625 | #14 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #526 of 625 | #14 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #165 of 714 | #7 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #525 of 539 | #15 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.2% | #86 of 540 | #3 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.3% | #298 of 658 | #4 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +86.9% | #2 of 151 | #1 of 9 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
415
+214 (+106%) vs 2020
+143% since 1990-91, when it was 171
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 13.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 415 | 20.9 | 19.9:1 | 57% (238) |
| 2023-24 | 425 | 18 | 23.6:1 | 57% (241) |
| 2022-23 | 416 | 21.3 | 19.5:1 | 57% (236) |
| 2020-21 | 201 | 15 | 13.4:1 | 57% (114) |
| 2017-18 | 222 | 19 | 11.7:1 | 61% (135) |
| 2015-16 | 212 | 19 | 11.2:1 | 66% (139) |
| 2010-11 | 199 | 19 | 10.5:1 | 72% (143) |
| 2000-01 | 150 | 14 | 10.7:1 | 85% (127) |
| 1990-91 | 171 | 12 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New York Elem.
Since 2017-18: students up 87% (222 to 415); teachers up 10% (19 to 20.9).
About New York Elem
New York Elem is a mid-sized elementary school found in Lawrence, Kansas. It had 415 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 313 students for elementary schools in Kansas.
New York Elem sits within Lawrence, which has 18 schools and 10,380 students.
The share of White students at New York Elem is 51%, a majority. It is also 22% multiracial, 18% Hispanic, and 7% Black. For comparison, the population of Douglas County is roughly 78% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 65, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at New York Elem, there are about 19.9 students; the school has 20.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Kansas, 13.2:1, is lower. There are 238 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 57% of enrollment. It compares with 40% for public schools in Douglas County.
Among Kansas public elementary schools, New York Elem outscored 24%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
In Kansas, New York Elem is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 34.7% actual against a predicted 34.7%.
In Douglas County, the median household earns about $69,746 a year, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across Douglas County, 30 public schools serve about 13,766 students.
Among nearby public schools, Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School is closest at about 0.6 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of New York Elem. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, New York Elem is 5th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Small.
In 2020-21, federal data counted 201 students at New York Elem; in 2024-25, 415. The grades served may not have been the same in both years. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (19.9:1) than in 2020-21 (13.4:1).
This page is set up for the New York Elem community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
120,302
Census ACS
Median income
$69,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
13,766 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lawrence
- Lawrence Free State HighHigh · 1,774 students
- Lawrence HighHigh · 1,454 students
- Lawrence West Middle SchoolMiddle · 648 students
- Lawrence Southwest Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Langston Hughes ElemElementary · 560 students
- Lawrence Virtual SchoolCombined · 543 students
Other schools in Lawrence
- Lawrence Free State HighHigh · 1,774 students
- Lawrence HighHigh · 1,454 students
- Lawrence West Middle SchoolMiddle · 648 students
- Lawrence Southwest Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Langston Hughes ElemElementary · 560 students
- Lawrence Virtual SchoolCombined · 543 students
Other New York Elementary schools
One other US public school is named New York Elementary. New York Elem is the largest of the 2.
- NEW YORK ELEM.HAMILTON, MO · 24 students
Nearby schools
- Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School0.6 mi · 386
- Woodlawn Elem0.7 mi · 240
- Cordley Elem1.1 mi · 348
- Lawrence High1.4 mi · 1,454
- Hillcrest Elem1.5 mi · 393
- Lawrence Virtual School1.8 mi · 543
Frequently asked questions
About New York ElemWhat is the total enrollment at New York Elem?
New York Elem enrolls approximately 415 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does New York Elem serve?
New York Elem serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at New York Elem?
Approximately 19.9:1 students per teacher at New York Elem.
How diverse is New York Elem?
New York Elem reports a student body of 51% White, 18% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 22% Two or more.
Who oversees New York Elem?
New York Elem is overseen by Lawrence in Douglas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.