Schilling Elem

Schilling Elem operates as a mid-tier elementary school in Salina, Kansas, one of the schools within Salina. Current enrollment sits at 376 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 313 students per school, that is 20% above typical.

Salina comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 6,441 students; Schilling Elem is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Schilling Elem logs that 51% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 33% White, 10% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Saline County as a whole is about 13% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Schilling Elem tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Saline County's rate of about 58%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Schilling Elem sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.2%; this one delivers 26.9%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Saline County put median household income runs about $65,422, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Saline County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,580 students), Schilling Elem is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Coronado Elem, around 1.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Schilling Elem at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 33.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Looking at the recent track record. Schilling Elem's enrollment has edged down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 413 (now 376). Hispanic enrollment moved from 43% to 51% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

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