Onaga Elem

Onaga Elem is a cozy elementary school in Onaga, Kansas, run under Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton. The school serves 164 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 313 students per school, that is 48% smaller than typical.

Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 326 students; Onaga Elem is among them.

Looking at the student body, Onaga Elem lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%); the rest is composed of 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, Onaga Elem has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Pottawatomie County (around 31%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Onaga Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.2%, the actual is 40.9%, a residual of +4.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Pottawatomie County) reports that median household income runs about $92,325, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Onaga Elem is one of 16 public schools in Pottawatomie County (combined enrollment of about 4,283 students).

The closest other public school is Onaga Senior High, roughly 0.1 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Onaga Elem comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 49.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Onaga Elem's enrollment has ticked down 34% since 2018, when it stood at 249 (now 164). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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