Enrollment
133
Elementary
DISTRICT 94 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRETTY PRAIRIE·NCES 201092000555
Pretty Prairie Elem
320 S Rhodes, Pretty Prairie, KS 67570 · (620) 459-6621 · Reno County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL133 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
59 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 Pretty Prairie. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
53.1%
KS avg 44.5% . +17.0pp since 2023
Math
48.4%
KS avg 38.8% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
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
47.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
133
+16 (+14%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 17.5:1
% White
89%
was 95%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Pretty Prairie Elem
Pretty Prairie Elem is a low-enrollment elementary school in Pretty Prairie, Kansas, overseen by Pretty Prairie. The school instructs 133 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 58% leaner than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 313 students.
Pretty Prairie comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 283 students; Pretty Prairie Elem is among them.
On the student-mix side, Pretty Prairie Elem shows that nearly all students (89%) are White. The remainder looks like 9% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, The school currently runs with 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Pretty Prairie Elem tighter than the state norm the norm. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Reno County's rate of about 55%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pretty Prairie Elem sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.0%; this one delivers 47.7%.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Reno County put the typical household earns roughly $60,645 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Reno County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,909 students), Pretty Prairie Elem is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Pretty Prairie High, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Pretty Prairie Elem. On composite proficiency, Pretty Prairie Elem comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 28.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pretty Prairie Elem has increased 14%, going from 117 students in 2018 to 133 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 95% to 89% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.
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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 Pretty Prairie
- Pretty Prairie HighHigh · 82 students
- Pretty Prairie MiddleMiddle · 68 students
Other schools in Pretty Prairie
- Pretty Prairie HighHigh · 82 students
- Pretty Prairie MiddleMiddle · 68 students
Nearby schools
- Pretty Prairie High0.3 mi · 82
- Pretty Prairie Middle0.3 mi · 68
- Kingman Middle School9.5 mi · 89
- Kingman High9.5 mi · 198
- Kingman Elementary School10.3 mi · 330
- USD 331 Virtual School10.7 mi · 14
Frequently asked questions
About Pretty Prairie ElemHow many students attend Pretty Prairie Elem?
Pretty Prairie Elem enrolls approximately 133 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Pretty Prairie Elem serve?
Pretty Prairie Elem serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Pretty Prairie Elem?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Pretty Prairie Elem.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pretty Prairie Elem?
At Pretty Prairie Elem, the student body is approximately 89% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Pretty Prairie Elem in?
Pretty Prairie Elem is part of Pretty Prairie.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.