Prairie View Elementary School

Prairie View Elementary School, a moderately sized elementary campus in Liberal, Kansas, one of the schools within Liberal, works with 426 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 36% above the state mean of about 313.

Across the 8 schools in Liberal (4,653 students total), Prairie View Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Prairie View Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%). The remainder breaks down as 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 67% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Prairie View Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 19.9%, the actual is 21.5%, a residual of +1.6 points.

In the area at large, Seward County reports that the typical household earns roughly $63,827 per year, 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Seward County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,115 students), of which Prairie View Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Seymour Rogers Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Prairie View Elementary School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 16.8%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Prairie View Elementary School has contracted 17%, going from 515 students in 2018 to 426 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 86% to 92% over that span.

On this page, members of the Prairie View Elementary School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.