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What's one thing Sabetha Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
401
Elementary
DISTRICT 257 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRAIRIE HILLS·NCES 200035001978
Sabetha Elementary School
101 Oregon, Sabetha, KS 66534 · (785) 284-3448 · Nemaha County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL401 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
160 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 51%
Community
4
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 | 61 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Sabetha Elementary School→Sabetha Middle School
Based on grade levels within Prairie Hills. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
61.5%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
60.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 62 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 | 61.5% | 60.3% |
| 2023-24 | 51.1% | 51.1% |
% 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
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.1%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Sabetha Elementary School
Sabetha Elementary School's state test result (53.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sabetha Elementary School this school | 401 | 39.9% | 53.5% |
| Mulvane Elem W D Munson Mulvane | 406 | 40.1% | N/A |
| Sunflower Elem Paola | 373 | 40.5% | 52.0% |
| Cottonwood Elem Paola | 379 | 41.4% | N/A |
| Woodrow Wilson Elem Hays | 364 | 37.9% | 51.8% |
| Mulvane Grade School Mulvane | 368 | 42.7% | 37.6% |
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 Sabetha Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #168 of 625 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #113 of 625 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #155 of 625 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 401 | #184 of 714 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #302 of 539 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.6% | #445 of 540 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.9% | #472 of 658 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.0% | #77 of 151 |
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
401
+16 (+4%) vs 2020
+9% since 2010-11, when it was 367
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 401 | 29.2 | 13.7:1 | 40% (160) |
| 2023-24 | 376 | 25.7 | 14.6:1 | 40% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 393 | 24.7 | 15.9:1 | 41% (160) |
| 2020-21 | 385 | 29 | 13.3:1 | 34% (132) |
| 2017-18 | 368 | 26.7 | 13.8:1 | 38% (138) |
| 2015-16 | 373 | 26 | 14.3:1 | 38% (141) |
| 2010-11 | 367 | 26 | 14.1:1 | 28% (104) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sabetha Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (368 to 401); teachers up 9% (26.7 to 29.2).
About Sabetha Elementary School
Sabetha Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Prairie Hills in Sabetha, Kansas. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 401 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Kansas enroll about 313 students on average.
Sabetha Elementary School is among 5 schools run by Prairie Hills, which serves 953 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Sabetha Elementary School is White, at 86%. After that, the student body is 7% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Among all residents of Nemaha County, the White share is about 94%. A diversity index of 26% means there is a 26% chance two randomly chosen students at Sabetha Elementary School are from different groups.
Sabetha Elementary School reported 29.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 13.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Kansas is about 13.2:1. Roughly 40% of students at Sabetha Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
The model predicts 43.1% for a school in Kansas with Sabetha Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Sabetha Elementary School posts 53.5%.
Nemaha County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $77,348 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Sabetha Elementary School shares Nemaha County with 8 other public schools.
Sabetha Elementary School is about 0.2 miles from Sabetha Middle School, its nearest public school. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Sabetha Elementary School is ahead of the 45.8% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 7.
Locale data from NCES put Sabetha Elementary School in rural territory far from an urban area (Rural: Remote).
Enrollment figures show a rise of 16 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
People who know Sabetha Elementary School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Nemaha County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
10,160
Census ACS
Median income
$77,348
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
1,884 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prairie Hills
- Sabetha High SchoolHigh · 217 students
- Sabetha Middle SchoolMiddle · 173 students
- Axtell Elementary SchoolElementary · 113 students
- Axtell HighHigh · 49 students
- Wetmore ElementaryCombined
- Wetmore HighCombined
Other schools in Sabetha
- Sabetha High SchoolHigh · 217 students
- Sabetha Middle SchoolMiddle · 173 students
Nearby schools
- Sabetha Middle School0.2 mi · 173
- Sabetha High School0.3 mi · 217
- Kickapoo Nation School12.8 mi · 71
- Hiawatha Elem13.9 mi · 337
- Hiawatha Middle School14.6 mi · 278
- Hiawatha Sr High14.6 mi · 264
Frequently asked questions
About Sabetha Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Sabetha Elementary School?
Sabetha Elementary School enrolls approximately 401 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Sabetha Elementary School serve?
Sabetha Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sabetha Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sabetha Elementary School is approximately 13.7:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sabetha Elementary School?
At Sabetha Elementary School, the student body is approximately 86% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Sabetha Elementary School?
Sabetha Elementary School is overseen by Prairie Hills in Nemaha County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.