Prairie Heights Elementary School

Prairie Heights Elementary School operates as an one-room-style primary school in Alta Vista, Kansas, one of the schools within Morris County. Current enrollment sits at 76 students spanning grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 313 students per school, that is 76% below typical.

Morris County comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 762 students; Prairie Heights Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Prairie Heights Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Beyond that, the school lists 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Wabaunsee County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Wabaunsee County runs at roughly 36%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Prairie Heights Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.2%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Wabaunsee County shows the typical household earns roughly $76,908 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Wabaunsee County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 937 students), of which Prairie Heights Elementary School is one.

Council Grove Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 14.0 miles from this campus. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Prairie Heights Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 40.9%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Prairie Heights Elementary School has decreased 18%, going from 93 students in 2018 to 76 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.