Robert M. Martin Elementary

As a sizable elementary campus in Wichita, Kansas, Robert M. Martin Elementary instructs 480 students from grades K through 5, part of Andover. Enrollment runs roughly 53% larger than the state mean of about 313.

Andover runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 9,460 students. Robert M. Martin Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Robert M. Martin Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 3% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Robert M. Martin Elementary has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Robert M. Martin Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 9% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Butler County (around 37%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Robert M. Martin Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.8%; this one delivers 64.1%.

In the area at large, Butler County reports that median household income runs about $81,610, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Butler County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,052 students), of which Robert M. Martin Elementary is one.

Wheatland Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Robert M. Martin Elementary at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 55.8%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 8%: 443 students in 2018 compared to 480 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 79% to 74% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

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