Enrollment
380
Elementary
DISTRICT 437 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DODGE CITY·NCES 200558001092
Northwest Elem
2100 Sixth Ave, Dodge City, KS 67801 · (620) 471-2115 · Ford County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL380 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of Kansas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
20.3:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
288 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
31.9%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
25.1%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 | 31.9% | 25.1% |
| 2023-24 | 22.7% | 21.6% |
% 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
27.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.9%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Northwest Elem
Northwest Elem's state test result (27.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Elem this school | 380 | 75.8% | 27.5% |
| Hickok Elem Ulysses | 350 | 74.6% | N/A |
| MacArthur Elementary School Liberal | 386 | 80.1% | 25.7% |
| Soule Elementary School Dodge City | 375 | 83.7% | 19.9% |
| Sullivan Elem Ulysses | 338 | 76.6% | 27.4% |
| Riverside Elementary Emporia | 385 | 82.3% | 25.9% |
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 Northwest Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Ford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #516 of 625 | #5 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #502 of 625 | #5 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #532 of 625 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 380 | #222 of 714 | #4 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #528 of 539 | #4 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.1% | #364 of 540 | #3 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.8% | #139 of 658 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #245 of 377 | #3 of 6 |
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
380
-10 (-3%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 456
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 19.5:1
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 | 380 | 18.7 | 20.3:1 | 76% (288) |
| 2023-24 | 374 | 15 | 24.9:1 | 78% (290) |
| 2022-23 | 392 | 15 | 26.1:1 | 74% (290) |
| 2020-21 | 390 | 20 | 19.5:1 | 70% (274) |
| 2017-18 | 422 | 23 | 18.4:1 | 71% (300) |
| 2015-16 | 426 | 22 | 19.4:1 | 79% (335) |
| 2010-11 | 336 | 19 | 17.7:1 | 80% (270) |
| 2000-01 | 564 | 28 | 20.1:1 | 51% (287) |
| 1990-91 | 456 | 20 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northwest Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (422 to 380); teachers down 19% (23 to 18.7).
About Northwest Elem
Northwest Elem is a mid-sized elementary school in Dodge City, Kansas, under Dodge City. Total enrollment is 380 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5. It has 21% more students than the average for elementary schools in Kansas (about 313).
District-wide, Dodge City has 11 schools and 7,268 students.
More than half of enrollment at Northwest Elem is Hispanic: 79%. Enrollment also includes 18% White. The school's Hispanic share is 20 points above the 59% share among Ford County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 34%.
Northwest Elem has a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.3:1, with 18.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas, this school's ratio is higher. The school has 76% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Northwest Elem earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 18% of Kansas public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 27.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 25.9%.
For Ford County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $70,781, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. The county has 15 public schools and about 7,836 students.
Northwest Elem's nearest public school is Soule Elementary School (about 0.1 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Northwest Elem is 3rd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
NCES describes the area around Northwest Elem as Town: Remote, meaning in a town far from an urbanized area.
A 3% drop took enrollment from 390 in 2020-21 to 380 in 2024-25.
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Ford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
34,074
Census ACS
Median income
$70,781
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
7,836 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dodge City
- Dodge City High SchoolHigh · 2,178 students
- Dodge City Middle SchoolMiddle · 808 students
- Comanche Middle SchoolMiddle · 783 students
- Miller ElemElementary · 780 students
- Ross Elementary SchoolElementary · 502 students
- Central ElemElementary · 381 students
Other schools in Dodge City
- Dodge City High SchoolHigh · 2,178 students
- Dodge City Middle SchoolMiddle · 808 students
- Comanche Middle SchoolMiddle · 783 students
- Miller ElemElementary · 780 students
- Ross Elementary SchoolElementary · 502 students
- Central ElemElementary · 381 students
Other Northwest Elementary schools
28 other US public schools in 18 states are named Northwest Elementary. Northwest Elem is the 25th largest of the 29.
- Northwest Elementary SchoolTulsa, OK · 959 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolJACKSON, MI · 758 students
- NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 658 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolLa Salle, IL · 650 students
- Northwest ElementaryLexington, NC · 625 students
Nearby schools
- Soule Elementary School0.1 mi · 375
- Dodge City Middle School0.1 mi · 808
- Comanche Middle School0.6 mi · 783
- Central Elem1.0 mi · 381
- Ross Elementary School1.0 mi · 502
- Linn Elementary1.2 mi · 361
Frequently asked questions
About Northwest ElemHow many students attend Northwest Elem?
Northwest Elem enrolls approximately 380 students in grades KG-05.
Is Northwest Elem an elementary, middle, or high school?
Northwest Elem is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Northwest Elem have?
Northwest Elem employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Northwest Elem?
Student demographics at Northwest Elem are roughly 18% White, 79% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Northwest Elem in?
Northwest Elem is part of Dodge City.
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