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Enrollment
402
Elementary
DISTRICT 399 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOPEKA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 201226001115
Scott Dual Language Magnet
401 SE Market St, Topeka, KS 66607 · (785) 235-7480 · Shawnee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL402 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Kansas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
368 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 37 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
19%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
33.1%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
20.9%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 | 33.1% | 20.9% |
| 2023-24 | 23.3% | 14.1% |
% 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
28.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.4%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 Scott Dual Language Magnet
Scott Dual Language Magnet's state test result (28.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Dual Language Magnet this school | 402 | 91.5% | 28.0% |
| Central Elem Dodge City | 381 | 95.0% | 13.6% |
| Prairie View Elementary School Liberal | 426 | 88.3% | 21.5% |
| Beeson Elementary Dodge City | 355 | 94.1% | 21.7% |
| Sunnyside Elem Dodge City | 365 | 96.2% | 14.7% |
| Irving Elementary Wichita | 447 | 95.5% | 16.5% |
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 Scott Dual Language Magnet ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Shawnee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #506 of 625 | #24 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #545 of 625 | #29 of 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #524 of 625 | #26 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 402 | #183 of 714 | #18 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #248 of 539 | #19 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.0% | #504 of 540 | #28 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.5% | #41 of 658 | #4 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.2% | #107 of 377 | #3 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
402
-45 (-10%) vs 2020
-23% since 2000-01, when it was 519
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 402 | 30.3 | 13.3:1 | 92% (368) |
| 2023-24 | 386 | 27.2 | 14.2:1 | 89% (344) |
| 2022-23 | 391 | 32.3 | 12.1:1 | 87% (341) |
| 2020-21 | 447 | 40 | 11.2:1 | 81% (363) |
| 2017-18 | 504 | 43.1 | 11.7:1 | 76% (385) |
| 2015-16 | 525 | 42 | 12.5:1 | 93% (490) |
| 2010-11 | 518 | 35 | 14.8:1 | 96% (499) |
| 2000-01 | 519 | 39 | 13.3:1 | 86% (446) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Scott Dual Language Magnet.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (504 to 402); teachers down 30% (43.1 to 30.3).
About Scott Dual Language Magnet
Scott Dual Language Magnet is a public elementary school in Topeka, Kansas. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 402 students. The average for elementary schools in Kansas is about 313 students, so this school is 28% bigger than average.
Scott Dual Language Magnet is one of 25 schools in Topeka Public Schools, which enrolls 11,695 students in total.
Hispanic students make up 90% of enrollment at Scott Dual Language Magnet. Other students are 5% White and 2% Black. That compares with about 14% Hispanic among all Shawnee County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 19% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 30.3 full-time positions, a ratio of 13.3:1. That is close to the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 92%. The gap from the 54% average for public schools in Shawnee County is 38 points.
Scott Dual Language Magnet is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 36% of Kansas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Scott Dual Language Magnet's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (28.0%) and its predicted rate (18.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Kansas schools.
Among Shawnee County residents, the median household income is $67,104, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Scott Dual Language Magnet is one of 54 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to Scott Dual Language Magnet is Chase Middle School, about 1.0 miles away. Scott Dual Language Magnet is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Scott Dual Language Magnet ranks 1st on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school enrolled 402 students in 2024-25, 45 fewer than the 447 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 11.2:1 to 13.3:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- Ross ElementaryElementary · 563 students
- Jardine Middle SchoolMiddle · 508 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
Nearby schools
- Chase Middle School1.0 mi · 390
- State Street Elem1.0 mi · 411
- Williams Science and Fine Arts Magnet School1.6 mi · 447
- Highland Park High1.7 mi · 835
- Quincy Elem2.0 mi · 142
- Topeka High2.0 mi · 1,578
Frequently asked questions
About Scott Dual Language MagnetHow many students attend Scott Dual Language Magnet?
Scott Dual Language Magnet enrolls approximately 402 students in grades PK-05.
Is Scott Dual Language Magnet an elementary, middle, or high school?
Scott Dual Language Magnet is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Scott Dual Language Magnet?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Scott Dual Language Magnet is approximately 13.3:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Scott Dual Language Magnet?
Student demographics at Scott Dual Language Magnet are roughly 5% White, 90% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Scott Dual Language Magnet public or private?
Scott Dual Language Magnet is a public K-12 school, overseen by Topeka Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.