Enrollment
223
Elementary
DISTRICT 163 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH LYON COUNTY·NCES 200321000210
NLC Elementary School
804 Sixth Street, Americus, KS 66835 · (620) 481-2086 · Lyon County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL223 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of Kansas public elementary schools
- B-Test 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
11.7:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
106 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 18 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 21 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 15 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 22 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 15 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 20 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (21) is 5% larger than its 8th grade class (20).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
NLC Elementary School→Northern Heights
Based on grade levels within North Lyon County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
50.4%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
40.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 | 50.4% | 40.3% |
| 2023-24 | 36.4% | 31.4% |
% 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
42.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 NLC Elementary School
NLC Elementary School's state test result (42.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NLC Elementary School this school | 223 | 47.5% | 42.5% |
| Doniphan West Elementary School Denton | 211 | 46.4% | 49.3% |
| McKinley Elem Abilene | 196 | 47.4% | 42.3% |
| Atchison County Community Elementary School Effingham | 244 | 48.0% | 48.8% |
| Garfield Elem Augusta | 256 | 48.4% | 56.2% |
| Phillipsburg Elem Phillipsburg | 233 | 45.9% | 57.0% |
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 NLC Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Lyon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #332 of 625 | #4 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #333 of 625 | #3 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #308 of 625 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 223 | #505 of 714 | #6 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #80 of 539 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.4% | #513 of 540 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.5% | #401 of 658 | #7 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.2% | #124 of 151 | N/A |
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
223
-5 (-2%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 281
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 223 | 19.1 | 11.7:1 | 48% (106) |
| 2023-24 | 225 | 19.3 | 11.7:1 | 44% (98) |
| 2022-23 | 216 | 17.7 | 12.2:1 | 40% (87) |
| 2020-21 | 228 | 18 | 12.7:1 | 46% (106) |
| 2017-18 | 216 | 17.6 | 12.3:1 | 50% (109) |
| 2015-16 | 228 | 18 | 12.7:1 | 54% (124) |
| 2010-11 | 230 | 17 | 13.5:1 | 47% (108) |
| 2000-01 | 219 | 15 | 14.6:1 | 41% (90) |
| 1990-91 | 281 | 19 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NLC Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (216 to 223); teachers up 9% (17.6 to 19.1).
About NLC Elementary School
NLC Elementary School is a small elementary school in Americus, Kansas, one of the schools in North Lyon County. It offers pre-K through 8 and has 223 students enrolled. By comparison, elementary schools in Kansas enroll about 313 students on average.
District-wide, North Lyon County has 2 schools and 325 students.
White students are 91% of those enrolled at NLC Elementary School. The rest of enrollment is 7% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Lyon County's population at about 72%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 17%.
NLC Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1, with 19.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas, this school's ratio is lower. The school has 48% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 59% for public schools in Lyon County.
On the allk12 Grade, NLC Elementary School lands at C+, ahead of 42% of Kansas public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 39.4% for NLC Elementary School. The school posts 42.5%, 3.1 points above the prediction.
In Lyon County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $59,912 a year, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Public schools in Lyon County number 14, with about 5,122 students.
Timmerman Elementary is about 5.7 miles from NLC Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The ten-mile area around NLC Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, NLC Elementary School ranks 3rd on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, NLC Elementary School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 223, close to the 228 recorded in 2020-21. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.7:1 to 11.7:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Lyon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
32,186
Census ACS
Median income
$59,912
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
5,122 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Timmerman Elementary5.7 mi · 370
- Emporia Middle School6.1 mi · 843
- Emporia High6.4 mi · 1,494
- Village Elem7.0 mi · 401
- Walnut Elem7.9 mi · 312
- W A White Elem8.4 mi · 248
Frequently asked questions
About NLC Elementary SchoolHow many students attend NLC Elementary School?
NLC Elementary School enrolls approximately 223 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does NLC Elementary School serve?
NLC Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at NLC Elementary School?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at NLC Elementary School.
How diverse is NLC Elementary School?
NLC Elementary School reports a student body of 91% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees NLC Elementary School?
NLC Elementary School is overseen by North Lyon County in Lyon County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.