Enrollment
164
Elementary
DISTRICT 109 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ONAGA-HAVENSVILLE-WHEATON·NCES 201017000594
Onaga Elem
400 High St, Onaga, KS 66521 · (785) 889-7101 · Pottawatomie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL164 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% 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.
- 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
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
89 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 33 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 23 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 18 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (21).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
Based on grade levels within Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
38.9%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
44.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 | 38.9% | 44.4% |
| 2023-24 | 40.4% | 38.5% |
% 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
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.2%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Onaga Elem
Onaga Elem's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onaga Elem this school | 164 | 54.3% | 40.9% |
| Lakeside Elementary Cawker City | 163 | 56.4% | 70.4% |
| Dexter Elem Dexter | 134 | 53.0% | 67.8% |
| Thayer Schools Thayer | 137 | 58.4% | 39.3% |
| Riverside Primary School Elwood | 168 | 54.2% | N/A |
| Oswego Neosho Hgts Elem Oswego | 178 | 53.4% | 32.1% |
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 Onaga Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Pottawatomie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #350 of 625 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #283 of 625 | #7 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #467 of 625 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 164 | #585 of 714 | #6 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.3% | #325 of 658 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.1% | #20 of 377 | N/A |
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
164
-67 (-29%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 277
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 | 164 | 13.3 | 12.3:1 | 54% (89) |
| 2023-24 | 166 | 11.8 | 14.1:1 | 49% (81) |
| 2022-23 | 244 | 16.9 | 14.4:1 | 46% (113) |
| 2020-21 | 231 | 14 | 16.5:1 | 50% (115) |
| 2017-18 | 249 | 17.4 | 14.3:1 | 49% (121) |
| 2015-16 | 218 | 18 | 12.1:1 | 51% (111) |
| 2010-11 | 214 | 17 | 12.6:1 | 43% (93) |
| 2000-01 | 220 | 14 | 15.7:1 | 24% (52) |
| 1990-91 | 277 | 19 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Onaga Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (249 to 164); teachers down 23% (17.4 to 13.3).
About Onaga Elem
Onaga Elem is a low-enrollment elementary school based in Onaga, Kansas. It had 164 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Kansas have about 313 students on average; enrollment here is 48% lower.
Across its 3 schools, Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton enrolls 326 students. Onaga Elem is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at Onaga Elem, about 95 are White. It is also 2% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 11%.
Classroom staffing at Onaga Elem totals 13.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Kansas, 13.2:1, is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Onaga Elem is about 54%. The average for public schools in Pottawatomie County is 31%.
Among Kansas public elementary schools, Onaga Elem outscored 43%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Onaga Elem is 4.7 points above its prediction. Actual: 40.9%. Predicted: 36.2%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Pottawatomie County show that median household income comes to about $92,325, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The county's public schools total 16, with about 4,283 students.
Onaga Senior High, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Onaga Elem ranks 6th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Onaga Elem is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Onaga Elem had a net loss of 67 students, or 29%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.5:1 in 2020-21, and 12.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Pottawatomie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,204
Census ACS
Median income
$92,325
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
4,283 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton
- Onaga Senior HighHigh · 86 students
- Onaga Middle SchoolMiddle · 76 students
Other schools in Onaga
- Onaga Senior HighHigh · 86 students
- Onaga Middle SchoolMiddle · 76 students
Other Onaga Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Onaga Elementary. Onaga Elem is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Onaga ElementaryYucca Valley, CA · 586 students
Nearby schools
- Onaga Senior High0.1 mi · 86
- Onaga Middle School0.1 mi · 76
- Westmoreland Elem14.9 mi · 126
- Centralia High16.2 mi · 145
- Centralia Elem16.3 mi · 197
- Rock Creek Middle School19.5 mi · 415
Frequently asked questions
About Onaga ElemHow many students attend Onaga Elem?
Onaga Elem enrolls approximately 164 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Onaga Elem serve?
Onaga Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Onaga Elem?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Onaga Elem.
How diverse is Onaga Elem?
Onaga Elem reports a student body of 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
What district is Onaga Elem in?
Onaga Elem is part of Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton.
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