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Enrollment
448
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUHLER·NCES 200420002075
Plum Creek Elementary
901 East 43rd Avenue, Hutchinson, KS 67502 · (620) 662-5535 · Reno County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL448 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% 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.
- CBeats 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
15.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
159 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 51%
Community
5
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 | 84 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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 Buhler. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
54.6%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
53.8%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 | 54.6% | 53.8% |
| 2023-24 | 37.9% | 43.1% |
% 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
47.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.2%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Plum Creek Elementary
Plum Creek Elementary's state test result (47.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plum Creek Elementary this school | 448 | 35.5% | 47.0% |
| Rose Hill Primary Rose Hill | 451 | 35.9% | N/A |
| Wellsville Elem Wellsville | 411 | 34.5% | 47.7% |
| Woodrow Wilson Elem Hays | 364 | 37.9% | 51.8% |
| Sabetha Elementary School Sabetha | 401 | 39.9% | 53.5% |
| Union Valley Elem Hutchinson | 435 | 40.5% | 44.8% |
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 Plum Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Reno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #261 of 625 | #4 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #170 of 625 | #3 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #239 of 625 | #3 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 448 | #116 of 714 | #1 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #471 of 539 | #11 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.4% | #440 of 540 | #10 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.5% | #503 of 658 | #13 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.1% | #324 of 377 | #7 of 7 |
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
448
+25 (+6%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 448 | 28.6 | 15.7:1 | 35% (159) |
| 2023-24 | 466 | 24.6 | 18.9:1 | 38% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 467 | 24.6 | 19.0:1 | 33% (153) |
| 2020-21 | 423 | 22 | 19.2:1 | 35% (147) |
| 2017-18 | 467 | 22.1 | 21.1:1 | 33% (156) |
| 2015-16 | 461 | 23 | 20.0:1 | 38% (174) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Plum Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (467 to 448); teachers up 29% (22.1 to 28.6).
About Plum Creek Elementary
Plum Creek Elementary is an elementary school located in Hutchinson, Kansas, in Reno County. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 448 students. Enrollment is 43% higher than the average for elementary schools in Kansas, which is about 313.
Buhler, which runs Plum Creek Elementary, has 7 schools and 2,512 students.
Plum Creek Elementary enrolls a student body that is 85% White. After that, the student body is 11% Hispanic and 2% Black. For comparison, Reno County is about 85% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Plum Creek Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 26%.
Plum Creek Elementary counts 28.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.7 students for each one. Among elementary schools in Kansas, the typical ratio is 13.2:1. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Reno County is 55%.
allk12 grades Plum Creek Elementary a B-. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 47.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 45.2%.
Across Reno County, median household income is about $60,645, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Plum Creek Elementary is among the 33 public schools in Reno County.
Nearest public school: Morgan Elementary, about 1.7 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Plum Creek Elementary places 1st out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
The student count in 2024-25 was 448, 6% above the 423 of 2020-21. The school's ratio fell from 19.2:1 to 15.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Reno County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
61,553
Census ACS
Median income
$60,645
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
8,909 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Buhler
- Buhler HighHigh · 674 students
- Prairie Hills MiddleMiddle · 532 students
- Union Valley ElemElementary · 435 students
- Buhler Grade SchoolElementary · 241 students
- Ad Astra Virtual AcademyCombined · 171 students
- Ad Astra Alternative AcademyHigh · 11 students
Other schools in Hutchinson
- Hutchinson High SchoolHigh · 1,214 students
- Prairie Hills MiddleMiddle · 532 students
- Union Valley ElemElementary · 435 students
- Morgan ElementaryElementary · 388 students
- McCandless ElementaryElementary · 346 students
- Wiley ElementaryElementary · 322 students
Other Plum Creek Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Plum Creek Elementary. Plum Creek Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Plum Creek Elementary SchoolLOCKHART, TX · 522 students
- Plum Creek Elementary SchoolJOSHUA, TX · 446 students
Nearby schools
- Morgan Elementary1.7 mi · 388
- Union Valley Elem1.8 mi · 435
- Ad Astra Virtual Academy1.8 mi · 171
- Ad Astra Alternative Academy1.8 mi · 11
- Graber Elementary2.1 mi · 311
- Hutchinson Virtual School2.1 mi · 300
Frequently asked questions
About Plum Creek ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Plum Creek Elementary?
Plum Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 448 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Plum Creek Elementary serve?
Plum Creek Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Plum Creek Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Plum Creek Elementary is approximately 15.7:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Plum Creek Elementary?
Student demographics at Plum Creek Elementary are roughly 85% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Plum Creek Elementary in?
Plum Creek Elementary is part of Buhler.
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