Satanta Elem

Located at 800 Wichita, in Satanta, Kansas, Satanta Elem is a minimally staffed unified-grade school that teaches 128 students (grades pre-K through 12), part of Satanta. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 353 students each, so Satanta Elem sits 64% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in Satanta (242 students total), Satanta Elem accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Satanta Elem lists that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 48% Hispanic, 3% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Satanta Elem has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 49.0:1, putting Satanta Elem tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Satanta Elem sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.1%; this one delivers 36.2%.

In the broader community, census data for Haskell County shows median household income runs about $66,162, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Haskell County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 608 students), Satanta Elem is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Satanta Jr-Sr High, roughly 0.6 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Satanta Elem comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 31.9%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 6%: 136 students in 2018 compared to 128 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment declined from 57% to 48% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 8.0:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

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