Northeast Elem

Set in Arma, Kansas, Northeast Elem is an average-sized primary school, operated by Northeast. It hosts 338 students across grades pre-K through 8.

Across the 3 schools in Northeast (473 students total), Northeast Elem accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Northeast Elem logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Crawford County's rate of about 62%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Northeast Elem sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.8%; this one delivers 25.9%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Crawford County indicate median household income runs about $52,844, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Crawford County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,146 students), Northeast Elem is one campus in the mix.

Northeast Virtual School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Northeast Elem at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 37.6%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northeast Elem has edged up 3%, going from 328 students in 2018 to 338 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 4% to 10% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Northeast Elem community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.