Pike Valley Elem

Set in Courtland, Kansas, Pike Valley Elem is a small K-5 school, part of Pike Valley. It works with 163 students across grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 313 students each, so Pike Valley Elem sits 48% below that benchmark.

Pike Valley runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 244 students. Pike Valley Elem is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Pike Valley Elem shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). The remainder is composed of 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Pike Valley Elem logs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Republic County (around 53%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pike Valley Elem tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.9%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Republic County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $56,833 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pike Valley Elem is one of 5 public schools in Republic County (combined enrollment of about 762 students).

Pike Valley High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.4 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Pike Valley Elem comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 35.0%.

Pike Valley Elem operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pike Valley Elem has expanded 37%, going from 119 students in 2018 to 163 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 100% to 94% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.