Enrollment
149
Elementary
DISTRICT 128 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHERN LYON COUNTY·NCES 200693000218
Olpe Elementary
314 W Listerscheid, Olpe, KS 66865 · (620) 475-3277 · Lyon County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL149 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% 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
12.3:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
40 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 30 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 23 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 18 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 20 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 16 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 44% larger than its 5th grade class (16).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
57.4%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
51.9%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 | 57.4% | 51.9% |
| 2023-24 | 42.9% | 52.4% |
% 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
53.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Olpe Elementary
Olpe Elementary's state test result (53.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olpe Elementary this school | 149 | 26.8% | 53.1% |
| Frankfort Elem Frankfort | 185 | 26.5% | 65.0% |
| McCormick Elementary Olsburg | 146 | 21.9% | 58.1% |
| Centralia Elem Centralia | 197 | 25.4% | 67.5% |
| Troy Elem Troy | 165 | 32.7% | 48.9% |
| Westmoreland Elem Westmoreland | 126 | 33.3% | 53.7% |
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 Olpe Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Lyon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #177 of 625 | #1 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #189 of 625 | #1 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #199 of 625 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 149 | #600 of 714 | #8 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.8% | #567 of 658 | #9 of 9 |
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
149
-16 (-10%) vs 2020
+104% since 1990-91, when it was 73
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 149 | 12.1 | 12.3:1 | 27% (40) |
| 2023-24 | 189 | 12.5 | 15.2:1 | 26% (49) |
| 2022-23 | 192 | 12.5 | 15.4:1 | 23% (45) |
| 2020-21 | 165 | 10 | 16.5:1 | 27% (44) |
| 2017-18 | 162 | 10.2 | 15.9:1 | 31% (50) |
| 2015-16 | 158 | 11 | 14.4:1 | 31% (49) |
| 2010-11 | 152 | 10 | 15.2:1 | 37% (56) |
| 2000-01 | 108 | 9 | 12.0:1 | 28% (30) |
| 1990-91 | 73 | 6 | 12.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Olpe Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (162 to 149); teachers up 18% (10.2 to 12.1).
About Olpe Elementary
Olpe Elementary is a public elementary school in Olpe, Kansas. Total enrollment is 149 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. That is 52% below the average of about 313 students for elementary schools in Kansas.
Olpe Elementary is a school in Southern Lyon County. The district has 4 schools and 536 students.
The share of students at Olpe Elementary who are White is 92%. Smaller groups are 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 72% of Lyon County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 15%.
Olpe Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1, with 12.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Kansas, 13.2:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 27% at Olpe Elementary. It compares with 59% for public schools in Lyon County.
Olpe Elementary holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 58% of Kansas public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Olpe Elementary, the prediction is 49.4% and the result is 53.1%.
In Lyon County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $59,912, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 14 public schools in the county, enrolling about 5,122, Olpe Elementary among them.
Olpe Jr./Sr. High School is the nearest public school to Olpe Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away. Olpe Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with 5 others within ten miles. Olpe Elementary comes in 1st of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
A 10% decline took enrollment from 165 in 2020-21 to 149 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.3:1.
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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
Other schools in Southern Lyon County
- Olpe Jr./Sr. High SchoolHigh · 179 students
- Neosho Rapids ElementaryElementary · 107 students
- Hartford Jr./Sr. High SchoolHigh · 101 students
Nearby schools
- Olpe Jr./Sr. High School0.0 mi · 179
- Logan Ave Elem8.8 mi · 208
- Riverside Elementary9.1 mi · 385
- Madison Elem9.6 mi · 130
- Madison High9.8 mi · 106
- W A White Elem10.1 mi · 248
Frequently asked questions
About Olpe ElementaryHow large is Olpe Elementary?
Olpe Elementary enrolls approximately 149 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Olpe Elementary serve?
Olpe Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Olpe Elementary?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Olpe Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Olpe Elementary?
Student demographics at Olpe Elementary are roughly 92% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Olpe Elementary?
Olpe Elementary is overseen by Southern Lyon County in Lyon County.
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