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What's one thing Robert M. Martin Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
480
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANDOVER·NCES 200336001171
Robert M. Martin Elementary
2342 N. 159th St East, Wichita, KS 67228 · (316) 218-4720 · Butler County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL480 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Kansas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
15.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
44 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
71.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
59.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 | 71.0% | 59.5% |
| 2023-24 | 62.5% | 65.4% |
% 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
64.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.8%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Robert M. Martin Elementary
Robert M. Martin Elementary's state test result (64.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert M. Martin Elementary this school | 480 | 9.2% | 64.1% |
| Canyon Creek Elementary Lenexa | 459 | 8.7% | 73.4% |
| Timber Sage Elementary School Olathe | 401 | 7.7% | 66.0% |
| Langston Hughes Elem Lawrence | 560 | 15.4% | 73.7% |
| Prairie Creek Elementary Olathe | 432 | 6.9% | 64.4% |
| Bentwood Elem Overland Park | 366 | 12.8% | 59.9% |
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 Robert M. Martin Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Butler County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #69 of 625 | #1 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #122 of 625 | #2 of 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #64 of 625 | #1 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 480 | #85 of 714 | #1 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #442 of 539 | #18 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.9% | #310 of 540 | #4 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.2% | #637 of 658 | #19 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.4% | #84 of 151 | #6 of 11 |
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
480
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
+42% since 2000-01, when it was 338
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 480 | 31.5 | 15.2:1 | 9% (44) |
| 2023-24 | 500 | 29.3 | 17.1:1 | 13% (66) |
| 2022-23 | 506 | 30.2 | 16.8:1 | 10% (52) |
| 2020-21 | 489 | 28 | 17.5:1 | 7% (35) |
| 2017-18 | 443 | 24.8 | 17.9:1 | 13% (58) |
| 2015-16 | 367 | 22 | 16.7:1 | 11% (40) |
| 2010-11 | 384 | 23 | 16.7:1 | 15% (56) |
| 2000-01 | 338 | 20 | 16.9:1 | 7% (25) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Robert M. Martin Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (443 to 480); teachers up 27% (24.8 to 31.5).
About Robert M. Martin Elementary
Robert M. Martin Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Wichita, Kansas. A federal count lists 480 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Kansas is about 313, so this school runs 53% larger than that.
Robert M. Martin Elementary is one school in an 11-school district, Andover, which enrolls 9,460 students.
White students make up a majority at Robert M. Martin Elementary, at 74%. Next come 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 3% Black. That compares with about 87% White among all Butler County residents. The school's diversity index is 43%, meaning two students picked at random have a 43% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Robert M. Martin Elementary was 15.2:1. On average, elementary schools in Kansas have 13.2:1, compared with 15.2:1 here. Robert M. Martin Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 9%. For comparison, public schools in Butler County average 37%.
The allk12 Grade for Robert M. Martin Elementary is A-. Compared with Kansas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 76% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 64.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 57.8%.
Butler County has about 68,287 residents, and the median household income is $81,610, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. In all, Butler County has 42 public schools and roughly 18,052 students.
The shortest distance from Robert M. Martin Elementary to another public school is about 0.6 miles, to Wheatland Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Robert M. Martin Elementary comes in 2nd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 489 to 480, a small change. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 17.5:1 to 15.2:1.
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Butler County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
68,287
Census ACS
Median income
$81,610
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
18,052 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Andover
- Andover eCademyCombined · 3,617 students
- Andover HighHigh · 1,018 students
- Andover Central High SchoolHigh · 886 students
- Andover Middle SchoolMiddle · 773 students
- Andover Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 642 students
- Prairie Creek ElementaryElementary · 474 students
Other schools in Wichita
- East HighHigh · 2,435 students
- Southeast HighHigh · 2,066 students
- North HighHigh · 2,041 students
- Campus High HaysvilleHigh · 1,803 students
- South HighHigh · 1,662 students
- Heights HighHigh · 1,505 students
Nearby schools
- Wheatland Elementary0.6 mi · 443
- Cottonwood Elementary1.2 mi · 388
- Andover High1.3 mi · 1,018
- Andover Middle School1.4 mi · 773
- Andover eCademy1.4 mi · 3,617
- Meadowlark Elementary1.6 mi · 372
Frequently asked questions
About Robert M. Martin ElementaryHow large is Robert M. Martin Elementary?
Robert M. Martin Elementary enrolls approximately 480 students in grades KG-05.
Is Robert M. Martin Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Robert M. Martin Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Robert M. Martin Elementary?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Robert M. Martin Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Robert M. Martin Elementary?
Student demographics at Robert M. Martin Elementary are roughly 74% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, 7% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Robert M. Martin Elementary in?
Robert M. Martin Elementary is part of Andover.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.