Enrollment
76
Elementary
DISTRICT 197 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MORRIS COUNTY·NCES 200528000985
Prairie Heights Elementary School
801 Center Street, Alta Vista, KS 66834 · (785) 499-6313 · Wabaunsee County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL76 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% 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.
- B+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
8.5:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
47 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 13 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 8 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 7 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 9 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 20 | 26% |
| Grade 5 | 9 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 10 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (13) is 30% larger than its 6th grade class (10).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
Prairie Heights Elementary School→Council Grove Junior Senior High School
Based on grade levels within Morris County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
38.3%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
25.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 | 38.3% | 25.5% |
| 2023-24 | 44.9% | 57.1% |
% 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
45.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Prairie Heights Elementary School
Prairie Heights Elementary School's state test result (45.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Heights Elementary School this school | 76 | 61.8% | 45.2% |
| Southern Coffey County Elementary Gridley | 84 | 58.3% | 36.1% |
| Wilson Elementary School Wilson | 74 | 58.1% | 39.2% |
| Elk Valley Elementary Longton | 67 | 61.2% | 26.1% |
| Argonia Elem Argonia | 65 | 56.9% | 46.5% |
| Natoma Elem Natoma | 57 | 64.9% | 49.4% |
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 Prairie Heights Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 76 | #673 of 714 |
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
76
-6 (-7%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 152
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
was 8.2:1
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 | 76 | 9 | 8.5:1 | 62% (47) |
| 2023-24 | 74 | 8.5 | 8.7:1 | 53% (39) |
| 2022-23 | 85 | 9 | 9.4:1 | 65% (55) |
| 2020-21 | 82 | 10 | 8.2:1 | 54% (44) |
| 2017-18 | 93 | 10 | 9.3:1 | 59% (55) |
| 2015-16 | 87 | 9 | 9.7:1 | 52% (45) |
| 2010-11 | 58 | 7 | 8.3:1 | 38% (22) |
| 2000-01 | 103 | 7 | 14.7:1 | 35% (36) |
| 1990-91 | 152 | 10 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairie Heights Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (93 to 76); teachers down 10% (10 to 9).
About Prairie Heights Elementary School
Prairie Heights Elementary School is a small elementary school in Alta Vista, Kansas, administered by Morris County. The school serves 76 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in Kansas average about 313 students.
Morris County operates 3 schools. Combined enrollment is 762 students.
The large majority of students at Prairie Heights Elementary School, 92%, are White. Other reported shares: 5% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is close to the 91% White share among all Wabaunsee County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Prairie Heights Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 15%.
Its teaching staff equals 9 full-time positions, a ratio of 8.5:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Kansas average 13.2:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 62%. The 36% average for public schools in Wabaunsee County is 26 points lower.
allk12 grades Prairie Heights Elementary School a B. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Prairie Heights Elementary School scores 45.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 32.6%.
Among Wabaunsee County residents, median household income is about $76,908, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 7 public schools in Wabaunsee County, with a combined enrollment of about 937.
The next-closest public school is Council Grove Elementary School, about 14.0 miles away. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Prairie Heights Elementary School is 4th of 9 on proficiency.
Prairie Heights Elementary School falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Prairie Heights Elementary School had 82 students in 2020-21 and 76 in 2024-25, a 7% decrease.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Wabaunsee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,009
Census ACS
Median income
$76,908
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
937 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Morris County
- Council Grove Junior Senior High SchoolHigh · 368 students
- Council Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 318 students
Other Prairie Heights Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Prairie Heights Elementary. Prairie Heights Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Prairie Heights Elementary SchoolLaGrange, IN · 537 students
- Prairie Heights Elementary SchoolCedar Rapids, IA · 403 students
- Prairie Heights Elementary SchoolFOUNTAIN, CO · 130 students
Nearby schools
- Council Grove Elementary School14.0 mi · 318
- White City Elem14.1 mi · 140
- White City High14.1 mi · 50
- Council Grove Junior Senior High School14.2 mi · 368
- Wabaunsee Sr High15.0 mi · 115
- Wabaunsee Elementary School15.1 mi · 199
Frequently asked questions
About Prairie Heights Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Prairie Heights Elementary School?
Prairie Heights Elementary School enrolls approximately 76 students in grades KG-06.
Is Prairie Heights Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Prairie Heights Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Prairie Heights Elementary School have?
Prairie Heights Elementary School employs 9 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.5:1.
How diverse is Prairie Heights Elementary School?
Prairie Heights Elementary School reports a student body of 92% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Prairie Heights Elementary School?
Prairie Heights Elementary School is overseen by Morris County in Wabaunsee County.
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