Enrollment
108
Elementary
DISTRICT 219 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KINGMAN - NORWICH·NCES 200807001985
Norwich Elementary School
209 Parkway, Norwich, KS 67118 · (620) 478-2235 · Kingman County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL108 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of Kansas public elementary schools
- BTest 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
9.3:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
45 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 8 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 11 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 15 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 17 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 19 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 19 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (11) is 42% smaller than its 5th grade class (19).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
Norwich Elementary School→Norwich Middle School
Based on grade levels within Kingman - Norwich. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
60.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
47.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 | 60.0% | 47.3% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 44.4% |
% 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
46.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Norwich Elementary School
Norwich Elementary School's state test result (46.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwich Elementary School this school | 108 | 41.7% | 46.7% |
| Sharon Springs Elem Sharon Springs | 108 | 39.8% | 59.2% |
| Cunningham Elem Cunningham | 109 | 38.5% | 51.4% |
| Eudora Early Learning Center EUDORA | 100 | 40.0% | N/A |
| Axtell Elementary School Axtell | 113 | 38.1% | 46.7% |
| Lucas/Sylvan Elementary Unified Lucas | 125 | 38.4% | 48.4% |
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 Norwich Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #266 of 625 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #244 of 625 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #171 of 625 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 108 | #650 of 714 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.7% | #454 of 658 |
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
108
-26 (-19%) vs 2020
-18% since 2010-11, when it was 131
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 108 | 11.6 | 9.3:1 | 42% (45) |
| 2023-24 | 118 | 8.5 | 13.9:1 | 48% (57) |
| 2022-23 | 135 | 9.2 | 14.7:1 | 45% (61) |
| 2020-21 | 134 | 9 | 14.9:1 | 40% (53) |
| 2017-18 | 142 | 8.4 | 16.9:1 | 44% (63) |
| 2015-16 | 116 | 11 | 10.6:1 | 52% (60) |
| 2010-11 | 131 | 10 | 13.1:1 | 48% (63) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Norwich Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (142 to 108); teachers up 38% (8.4 to 11.6).
About Norwich Elementary School
Norwich Elementary School is a very small elementary school in Norwich, Kansas, under Kingman - Norwich. It has an enrollment of 108 students in pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 313 students for elementary schools in Kansas.
Kingman - Norwich enrolls 865 students in 7 schools, including Norwich Elementary School.
Roughly 91% of students at Norwich Elementary School are White. Other groups include 6% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Kingman County residents are about 93% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Norwich Elementary School scores 17%.
The school has 11.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 9.3 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Kansas average 13.2:1, 3.9 more students per teacher than here. Of all students at Norwich Elementary School, 42% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Kansas public elementary schools, Norwich Elementary School outscored 51%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Norwich Elementary School would score about 42.3%. It scores 46.7%, 4.5 points above that figure.
In Kingman County, home to about 7,186 people, the median household earns about $59,842 a year, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Kingman County number 9, with about 1,091 students.
Norwich High sits less than a tenth of a mile from Norwich Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 44.7%, lower than Norwich Elementary School's 46.7%.
Norwich Elementary School is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
A 19% decline took enrollment from 134 in 2020-21 to 108 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (9.3:1) than in 2020-21 (14.9:1).
Norwich Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Kingman County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,186
Census ACS
Median income
$59,842
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
1,091 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kingman - Norwich
- Kingman Elementary SchoolElementary · 330 students
- Kingman HighHigh · 198 students
- Kingman Middle SchoolMiddle · 89 students
- Norwich HighHigh · 82 students
- Norwich Middle SchoolMiddle · 44 students
- USD 331 Virtual SchoolHigh · 14 students
Other schools in Norwich
- Norwich HighHigh · 82 students
- Norwich Middle SchoolMiddle · 44 students
Other Norwich Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Norwich Elementary. Norwich Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Norwich Elementary SchoolHilliard, OH · 463 students
Nearby schools
- Norwich High0.0 mi · 82
- Norwich Middle School0.1 mi · 44
- Conway Springs High School11.8 mi · 144
- Conway Springs Kyle Trueblood11.9 mi · 146
- Conway Springs Middle School11.9 mi · 89
- Cheney Elem12.5 mi · 395
Frequently asked questions
About Norwich Elementary SchoolHow large is Norwich Elementary School?
Norwich Elementary School enrolls approximately 108 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Norwich Elementary School serve?
Norwich Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Norwich Elementary School?
Approximately 9.3:1 students per teacher at Norwich Elementary School.
How diverse is Norwich Elementary School?
Norwich Elementary School reports a student body of 91% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Two or more.
Is Norwich Elementary School public or private?
Norwich Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kingman - Norwich.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.