Ross Elementary School

Ross Elementary School, a large primary school in Dodge City, Kansas, operated by Dodge City, works with 502 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 60% bigger than the state mean of about 313.

Dodge City comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 7,268 students; Ross Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Ross Elementary School logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%. Other groups include 31% White, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Ross Elementary School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Ross Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 68% of students at Ross Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Ford County (around 80%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ross Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.7%; this one delivers 29.7%.

Across the wider county, Ford County reports that median household income runs about $70,781, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Ford County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,836 students), of which Ross Elementary School is one.

Northwest Elem is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Ross Elementary School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 20.8%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ross Elementary School has shrank 11%, going from 567 students in 2018 to 502 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 today.

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