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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Prairie View Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
426
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIBERAL·NCES 200873002086
Prairie View Elementary School
615 Warren Avenue, Liberal, KS 67901 · (620) 604-1800 · Seward County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL426 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Kansas public elementary schools
- DTest 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
13.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
376 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (74).
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
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
24.9%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
13.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 | 24.9% | 13.4% |
| 2023-24 | 24.7% | 21.5% |
% 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
21.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.9%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 View Elementary School
Prairie View Elementary School's state test result (21.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie View Elementary School this school | 426 | 88.3% | 21.5% |
| Scott Dual Language Magnet Topeka | 402 | 91.5% | 28.0% |
| Cottonwood Elementary School Liberal | 500 | 89.2% | 20.9% |
| Beeson Elementary Dodge City | 355 | 94.1% | 21.7% |
| Sunflower Elementary School Liberal | 570 | 87.2% | 24.6% |
| Central Elem Dodge City | 381 | 95.0% | 13.6% |
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 View Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Seward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #560 of 625 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.4% | #591 of 625 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #583 of 625 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 426 | #151 of 714 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #259 of 539 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.6% | #529 of 540 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.3% | #61 of 658 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.3% | #141 of 377 | N/A |
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
426
+15 (+4%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 426 | 32 | 13.3:1 | 88% (376) |
| 2023-24 | 416 | 30 | 13.9:1 | 88% (364) |
| 2022-23 | 401 | 30 | 13.4:1 | 86% (343) |
| 2020-21 | 411 | 31 | 13.3:1 | 83% (341) |
| 2017-18 | 515 | 37 | 13.9:1 | 86% (445) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairie View Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (515 to 426); teachers down 14% (37 to 32).
About Prairie View Elementary School
Prairie View Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Liberal, Kansas, under Liberal. The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 426 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Kansas is about 313, so this school runs 36% above that.
The district for Prairie View Elementary School is Liberal, with 8 schools and 4,653 students.
Federal enrollment data show Prairie View Elementary School is 92% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 5% White. Among all residents of Seward County, the Hispanic share is about 67%. The school's diversity index is 15%, meaning two students picked at random have a 15% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Kansas average 13.2:1. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Prairie View Elementary School is 88%. For comparison, public schools in Seward County average 86%.
allk12 grades Prairie View Elementary School a D. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Prairie View Elementary School would be expected to post about 19.9%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 21.5%.
Seward County has about 21,486 residents, and the median household income is $63,827, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 11%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Besides Prairie View Elementary School, Seward County has 9 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Seymour Rogers Middle School, at about 0.1 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 7 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 16.8%, lower than Prairie View Elementary School's 21.5%.
The NCES locale for Prairie View Elementary School is Town: Remote, which covers schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
Over 4 years, Prairie View Elementary School's enrollment climbed 4%, to 426.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Prairie View Elementary School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Seward County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,486
Census ACS
Median income
$63,827
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
11%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
5,115 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Liberal
- Liberal Sr HighHigh · 1,421 students
- Sunflower Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 516 students
- Cottonwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
- Seymour Rogers Middle SchoolMiddle · 472 students
- MacArthur Elementary SchoolElementary · 386 students
Other schools in Liberal
- Liberal Sr HighHigh · 1,421 students
- Sunflower Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 516 students
- Cottonwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
- Seymour Rogers Middle SchoolMiddle · 472 students
- MacArthur Elementary SchoolElementary · 386 students
Other Prairie View Elementary schools
21 other US public schools in 12 states are named Prairie View Elementary. Prairie View Elementary School is the 10th largest of the 22.
- Prairie View Elementary SchoolOklahoma City, OK · 788 students
- Prairie View Elementary SchoolOTSEGO, MN · 755 students
- Prairie View Elementary SchoolRHOME, TX · 720 students
- PRAIRIE VIEW ELEM.O'FALLON, MO · 696 students
- PRAIRIE VIEW ELEMENTARYEDEN PRAIRIE, MN · 628 students
Nearby schools
- Seymour Rogers Middle School0.1 mi · 472
- Sunflower Elementary School1.1 mi · 570
- Meadowlark Elementary School1.5 mi · 362
- Liberal Sr High1.8 mi · 1,421
- Cottonwood Elementary School1.9 mi · 500
- MacArthur Elementary School2.5 mi · 386
Frequently asked questions
About Prairie View Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Prairie View Elementary School?
Prairie View Elementary School enrolls approximately 426 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Prairie View Elementary School serve?
Prairie View Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Prairie View Elementary School?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Prairie View Elementary School.
How diverse is Prairie View Elementary School?
Prairie View Elementary School reports a student body of 5% White, 92% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Prairie View Elementary School in?
Prairie View Elementary School is part of Liberal.
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