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What's one thing Rex Elem gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
386
Elementary
DISTRICT 385 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAYSVILLE·NCES 200705000366
Rex Elem
1100 W. Grand, Haysville, KS 67060 · (316) 554-2281 · Sedgwick County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL386 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
247 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 42 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
42.4%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
29.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 | 42.4% | 29.3% |
| 2023-24 | 41.1% | 26.5% |
% 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
37.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Rex Elem
Rex Elem's state test result (37.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rex Elem this school | 386 | 64.0% | 37.0% |
| Swaney Elem Derby | 351 | 60.7% | 47.3% |
| Nelson Elem Haysville | 442 | 67.2% | 36.0% |
| Fort Larned Elementary School Larned | 431 | 58.7% | 52.4% |
| Wiley Elementary Hutchinson | 322 | 61.2% | 27.6% |
| Lakeside Elem Pittsburg | 406 | 70.2% | 50.4% |
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 Rex Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #401 of 625 | #41 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #469 of 625 | #46 of 92 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #414 of 625 | #45 of 92 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 386 | #211 of 714 | #55 of 98 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #190 of 539 | #21 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.1% | #282 of 540 | #74 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.0% | #217 of 658 | #54 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.8% | #39 of 377 | #8 of 67 |
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
386
-98 (-20%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 625
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 386 | 30.1 | 12.8:1 | 64% (247) |
| 2023-24 | 441 | 32.2 | 13.7:1 | 66% (291) |
| 2022-23 | 483 | 32.2 | 15.0:1 | 64% (308) |
| 2020-21 | 484 | 33 | 14.7:1 | 56% (273) |
| 2017-18 | 542 | 32.4 | 16.7:1 | 66% (358) |
| 2015-16 | 533 | 33 | 16.1:1 | 62% (331) |
| 2010-11 | 448 | 30 | 14.9:1 | 60% (268) |
| 2000-01 | 469 | 29 | 16.2:1 | 37% (173) |
| 1990-91 | 625 | 33 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rex Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (542 to 386); teachers down 7% (32.4 to 30.1).
About Rex Elem
Rex Elem serves students in Haysville, Kansas, as a mid-sized elementary school. It enrolls 386 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 23% above the 313-student average for elementary schools in Kansas.
Rex Elem is part of Haysville, where 9 schools serve 5,417 students.
About 70% of the student body at Rex Elem is White. Smaller groups are 19% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. Sedgwick County residents are about 69% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 46% means there is a 46% chance two randomly chosen students at Rex Elem are from different groups.
The school has 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.8 students per teacher. The 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas is close to this figure. Of all students at Rex Elem, 64% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Sedgwick County is similar, at 63%.
A school with Rex Elem's lunch-eligibility share in Kansas is predicted to score 31.6%. Rex Elem scores 37.0%, 5.4 points above that line.
The county, Sedgwick County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $69,365, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 160 public schools and about 84,569 students.
Rex Elem is about 0.1 miles from Haysville Middle School, its nearest public school. Rex Elem has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 25.9% on proficiency, and Rex Elem is above that at 37.0%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 386, compared with 484 in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.8:1) than in 2020-21 (14.7:1).
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Rex Elem. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Sedgwick County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
528,226
Census ACS
Median income
$69,365
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
84,569 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Haysville
- Campus High HaysvilleHigh · 1,803 students
- Haysville Middle SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Haysville West Middle SchoolMiddle · 551 students
- Nelson ElemElementary · 442 students
- Prairie Elementary SchoolElementary · 407 students
- Freeman ElemElementary · 397 students
Other schools in Haysville
- Haysville Middle SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Haysville West Middle SchoolMiddle · 551 students
- Nelson ElemElementary · 442 students
- Prairie Elementary SchoolElementary · 407 students
- Freeman ElemElementary · 397 students
Nearby schools
- Haysville Middle School0.1 mi · 755
- Freeman Elem0.4 mi · 397
- Prairie Elementary School0.5 mi · 407
- Haysville West Middle School0.6 mi · 551
- Nelson Elem1.0 mi · 442
- Ruth Clark Elementary K-52.0 mi · 316
Frequently asked questions
About Rex ElemWhat is the total enrollment at Rex Elem?
Rex Elem enrolls approximately 386 students in grades PK-05.
Is Rex Elem an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rex Elem is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Rex Elem?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Rex Elem.
How diverse is Rex Elem?
Rex Elem reports a student body of 70% White, 19% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Rex Elem in?
Rex Elem is part of Haysville.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.