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Enrollment
563
Elementary
DISTRICT 399 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOPEKA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 201226001447
Ross Elementary
1400 SE 34th St, Topeka, KS 66605 · (785) 274-6280 · Shawnee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL563 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
492 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 48 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 28% larger than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
20.6%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
10.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 | 20.6% | 10.5% |
| 2023-24 | 13.3% | 12.2% |
% 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
12.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Ross Elementary
Ross Elementary's state test result (12.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Elementary this school | 563 | 87.4% | 12.7% |
| Midland Trail Kansas City | 495 | 88.3% | 36.3% |
| Stanley Elem Wichita | 439 | 90.4% | 16.4% |
| Williams Science and Fine Arts Magnet School Topeka | 447 | 92.8% | 24.4% |
| Griffith Elem Wichita | 370 | 87.6% | 20.6% |
| Washington Elem Junction City | 350 | 91.7% | 25.3% |
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 Ross Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Shawnee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.7% | #616 of 625 | #30 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.5% | #602 of 625 | #30 of 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #608 of 625 | #30 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 563 | #36 of 714 | #3 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #84 of 539 | #4 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #22 of 540 | #4 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.4% | #65 of 658 | #6 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #282 of 377 | #16 of 22 |
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
563
+54 (+11%) vs 2020
+57% since 1990-91, when it was 358
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 563 | 48.2 | 11.7:1 | 87% (492) |
| 2023-24 | 532 | 43.1 | 12.3:1 | 93% (493) |
| 2022-23 | 558 | 42.5 | 13.1:1 | 91% (508) |
| 2020-21 | 509 | 42 | 12.1:1 | 87% (444) |
| 2017-18 | 611 | 50.6 | 12.1:1 | 85% (518) |
| 2015-16 | 615 | 49 | 12.6:1 | 88% (540) |
| 2010-11 | 334 | 24 | 13.9:1 | 90% (300) |
| 2000-01 | 301 | 20 | 15.1:1 | 70% (210) |
| 1990-91 | 358 | 21 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ross Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (611 to 563); teachers down 5% (50.6 to 48.2).
About Ross Elementary
Ross Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Topeka, Kansas. Enrollment totals 563 students across pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 80% larger than the 313-student average for elementary schools in Kansas.
District-wide, Topeka Public Schools has 25 schools and 11,695 students.
The biggest share of students at Ross Elementary, 42%, is Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 21% Black, 18% multiracial, and 17% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Shawnee County's population at about 14%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Ross Elementary scores 72%.
With 48.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.7:1. Elementary schools in Kansas average 13.2:1, 1.5 more students per teacher than here. Roughly 87% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Shawnee County averages 54%, lower than here.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 20.3% for Ross Elementary. The school posts 12.7%, 7.7 points below the prediction.
Census data for Shawnee County show median household income comes to about $67,104, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 54 public schools in the county, enrolling about 26,294, Ross Elementary among them.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Eisenhower Middle School, is the closest to Ross Elementary. Ross Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ross Elementary comes in 5th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Ross Elementary is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 509 to 563, an 11% rise.
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Shawnee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
178,025
Census ACS
Median income
$67,104
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
26,294 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Topeka Public Schools
- Topeka HighHigh · 1,578 students
- Topeka West HighHigh · 971 students
- Highland Park HighHigh · 835 students
- Jardine ElementaryElementary · 729 students
- Jardine Middle SchoolMiddle · 508 students
- Marjorie French Middle SchoolMiddle · 480 students
Other schools in Topeka
- Washburn Rural HighHigh · 1,878 students
- Topeka HighHigh · 1,578 students
- Seaman HighHigh · 1,190 students
- Topeka West HighHigh · 971 students
- Washburn Rural Middle SchoolMiddle · 966 students
- Highland Park HighHigh · 835 students
Other Ross Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 9 states are named Ross Elementary. Ross Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 15.
- Ross Elementary SchoolDodge City, KS · 502 students
- Ross ElementaryMemphis, TN · 665 students
- Ross Elementary SchoolODESSA, TX · 512 students
- Ross Elementary SchoolPittsburgh, PA · 498 students
- ROSS ELEM.ST LOUIS, MO · 413 students
Nearby schools
- Eisenhower Middle School0.2 mi · 440
- Highland Park Central0.8 mi · 318
- Topeka Virtual School1.2 mi · 384
- Avondale Academy1.2 mi · 23
- Highland Park High1.3 mi · 835
- Williams Science and Fine Arts Magnet School2.5 mi · 447
Frequently asked questions
About Ross ElementaryHow many students attend Ross Elementary?
Ross Elementary enrolls approximately 563 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Ross Elementary serve?
Ross Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Ross Elementary have?
Ross Elementary employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Ross Elementary?
Student demographics at Ross Elementary are roughly 17% White, 42% Hispanic, 21% Black, 0% Asian, 18% Two or more.
What district is Ross Elementary in?
Ross Elementary is part of Topeka Public Schools.
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