Enrollment
183
Elementary
DISTRICT 255 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NICKERSON·NCES 200999000546
Nickerson Elem
400 N. Nickerson Street, Nickerson, KS 67561 · (620) 422-3215 · Reno County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL183 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of Kansas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
10.1:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
108 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 24 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 19 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 17 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 22 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 26 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 27% smaller than its 6th grade class (26).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Nickerson. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
55.4%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
54.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 | 55.4% | 54.5% |
| 2023-24 | 45.1% | 52.5% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
60.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.9%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 27 points, placing it in Kansas's top 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 Nickerson Elem
Nickerson Elem's state test result (60.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickerson Elem this school | 183 | 59.0% | 60.9% |
| Lincoln Elementary Hoisington | 193 | 59.1% | 53.9% |
| Swenson Early Childhood Education Center Osawatomie | 172 | 59.9% | N/A |
| Sedan Elem Sedan | 178 | 60.1% | 56.5% |
| Stockton Elem Stockton | 199 | 58.8% | 39.2% |
| Crest Elementary Colony | 185 | 61.1% | 33.6% |
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 Nickerson Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Reno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #104 of 625 | #1 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #163 of 625 | #2 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #221 of 625 | #2 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 183 | #561 of 714 | #12 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.0% | #273 of 658 | #6 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.2% | #9 of 377 | #1 of 7 |
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
183
-50 (-21%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 336
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 183 | 18.2 | 10.1:1 | 59% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 188 | 18.2 | 10.3:1 | 65% (122) |
| 2022-23 | 213 | 20.2 | 10.5:1 | 66% (141) |
| 2020-21 | 233 | 20 | 11.7:1 | 55% (128) |
| 2017-18 | 301 | 19.2 | 15.7:1 | 66% (200) |
| 2015-16 | 309 | 25 | 12.4:1 | 64% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 368 | 21 | 17.5:1 | 62% (229) |
| 2000-01 | 321 | 22 | 14.6:1 | 45% (146) |
| 1990-91 | 336 | 21 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nickerson Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 39% (301 to 183); teachers down 5% (19.2 to 18.2).
About Nickerson Elem
Nickerson Elem is a low-enrollment elementary school in Nickerson, Kansas, one of the schools in Nickerson. The school teaches pre-K through 6 and enrolls 183 students. It has 42% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Kansas (about 313).
Besides Nickerson Elem, Nickerson runs 4 other schools. The district enrolls 1,011 students.
Roughly 87% of students at Nickerson Elem are White. Smaller groups are 7% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. Reno County residents are about 85% White, a similar share. The diversity index for Nickerson Elem is 24%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Nickerson Elem totals 18.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Kansas is 13.2:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Nickerson Elem is about 59%.
On the allk12 Grade, Nickerson Elem lands at A, ahead of 92% of Kansas public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Nickerson Elem is +27.0 points, in the top 10% of Kansas. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 60.9%, and the predicted rate is 33.9%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Reno County show that median household income comes to about $60,645, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Reno County counts 33 public schools with about 8,909 students.
Of the public schools around it, Nickerson Elem is closest to Nickerson High, about 0.6 miles away. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Nickerson Elem ranks 2nd of 8 on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 183, compared with 233 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 11.7 in 2020-21 to 10.1 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Nickerson Elem. You can also rate the school on this page.
Reno County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
61,553
Census ACS
Median income
$60,645
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
8,909 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Nickerson
- South Hutchinson ElemElementary · 326 students
- Nickerson HighHigh · 255 students
- Reno Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 137 students
- Central State AcademyCombined · 110 students
Nearby schools
- Nickerson High0.6 mi · 255
- Central State Academy7.6 mi · 110
- Reno Valley Middle School7.7 mi · 137
- Sterling Grade School7.9 mi · 268
- Sterling Junior High/Senior High8.2 mi · 232
- Wiley Elementary8.7 mi · 322
Frequently asked questions
About Nickerson ElemWhat is the total enrollment at Nickerson Elem?
Nickerson Elem enrolls approximately 183 students in grades PK-06.
Is Nickerson Elem an elementary, middle, or high school?
Nickerson Elem is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Nickerson Elem have?
Nickerson Elem employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Nickerson Elem?
At Nickerson Elem, the student body is approximately 87% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Two or more.
Is Nickerson Elem public or private?
Nickerson Elem is a public K-12 school, overseen by Nickerson.
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