Ross Elementary

Located at 1400 SE 34th St, in Topeka, Kansas, Ross Elementary is a roomy elementary campus that enrolls 563 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Topeka Public Schools. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 313 students each, so Ross Elementary sits 80% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 25 schools in Topeka Public Schools (11,695 students total), Ross Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Ross Elementary records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 21% Black, 18% multiracial, 17% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Ross Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Shawnee County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ross Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.3%; this one delivers 12.7%.

In the broader community, Shawnee County reports that the typical household earns roughly $67,104 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Ross Elementary is one of 54 public schools in Shawnee County (combined enrollment of about 26,294 students).

Eisenhower Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ross Elementary. On composite proficiency, Ross Elementary comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 16.1%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Ross Elementary's enrollment has decreased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 611 (now 563). White enrollment moved from 28% to 17% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Ross Elementary typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.