NLC Elementary School

Set in Americus, Kansas, NLC Elementary School is an intimate primary school, run under North Lyon County. It enrolls 223 students across grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 313 students each, so NLC Elementary School sits 29% leaner than that benchmark.

North Lyon County comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 325 students; NLC Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, NLC Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Beyond that, the school lists 7% Hispanic. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Lyon County's rate of about 59%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, NLC Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.4%, the actual is 42.5%, a residual of +3.1 points.

Across the wider county, Lyon County reports that median household income runs about $59,912, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Lyon County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,122 students), of which NLC Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Timmerman Elementary, around 5.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NLC Elementary School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 31.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. NLC Elementary School's enrollment has increased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 216 (now 223).

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.