Enrollment
178
Elementary
DISTRICT 180 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHAUTAUQUA CO COMMUNITY·NCES 201152000445
Sedan Elem
404 N Sherman, Sedan, KS 67361 · (620) 725-5611 · Chautauqua County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL178 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of Kansas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
10.2:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
107 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 31 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 25 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 19 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (24).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
Sedan Elem→Sedan High
Based on grade levels within Chautauqua Co Community. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
73.8%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
69.7%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 | 73.8% | 69.7% |
| 2023-24 | 42.2% | 45.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
56.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in Kansas's top 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 Sedan Elem
Sedan Elem's state test result (56.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sedan Elem this school | 178 | 60.1% | 56.5% |
| Swenson Early Childhood Education Center Osawatomie | 172 | 59.9% | N/A |
| Edna Elem Edna | 179 | 57.5% | 64.3% |
| Nickerson Elem Nickerson | 183 | 59.0% | 60.9% |
| Lincoln Elementary Hoisington | 193 | 59.1% | 53.9% |
| Liberty Elem Galena | 167 | 64.1% | 33.7% |
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 Sedan Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #137 of 625 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #39 of 625 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.8% | #39 of 625 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 178 | #568 of 714 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.1% | #256 of 658 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.3% | #71 of 377 |
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
178
-32 (-15%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 348
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 178 | 17.4 | 10.2:1 | 60% (107) |
| 2023-24 | 192 | 15.6 | 12.3:1 | 71% (136) |
| 2022-23 | 199 | 16 | 12.4:1 | 73% (146) |
| 2020-21 | 210 | 16 | 13.1:1 | 71% (149) |
| 2017-18 | 235 | 18.9 | 12.4:1 | 65% (153) |
| 2015-16 | 190 | 14 | 13.6:1 | 67% (127) |
| 2010-11 | 197 | 17 | 11.6:1 | 66% (130) |
| 2000-01 | 330 | 25 | 13.2:1 | 53% (174) |
| 1990-91 | 348 | 22 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sedan Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (235 to 178); teachers down 8% (18.9 to 17.4).
About Sedan Elem
Sedan Elem is the name of a small elementary school in Sedan, Kansas. A federal count lists 178 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Kansas is about 313, so this school runs 43% smaller than that.
Sedan Elem is one school in Chautauqua Co Community, a system of 2 schools with 360 students.
White students make up a majority at Sedan Elem, at 80%. The remaining shares are 10% multiracial, 5% Native American, and 4% Hispanic. The White share in Chautauqua County as a whole is similar, at about 81%. Pick two students at random and there is a 35% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.2:1, with 17.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 3.0 students per teacher below the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 60% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Chautauqua County average 59%.
Measured against Kansas public elementary schools, Sedan Elem receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Sedan Elem is among the top 10% of schools in Kansas. Predicted: 33.4%. Actual: 56.5%.
Chautauqua County has these Census figures: the median household income is $56,438, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Chautauqua County is home to 4 public schools and about 488 public school students.
Sedan High is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Sedan Elem ranks 2nd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 56.5% against a local average of 37.6%.
The federal government classifies Sedan Elem's location as Rural: Remote.
The school enrolled 178 students in 2024-25, 32 fewer than the 210 it had in 2020-21. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.1:1 to 10.2:1.
The Sedan Elem community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Chautauqua County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,370
Census ACS
Median income
$56,438
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
488 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Sedan High0.0 mi · 182
- Lincoln Memorial Elem16.0 mi · 458
- Caney Valley Charter Academy16.1 mi · 5
- Caney Valley High16.1 mi · 335
- Cedar Vale High17.5 mi · 63
- Cedar Vale Elem17.5 mi · 65
Frequently asked questions
About Sedan ElemHow many students attend Sedan Elem?
Sedan Elem enrolls approximately 178 students in grades PK-05.
Is Sedan Elem an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sedan Elem is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sedan Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sedan Elem is approximately 10.2:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sedan Elem?
At Sedan Elem, the student body is approximately 80% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 10% Two or more.
Is Sedan Elem public or private?
Sedan Elem is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chautauqua Co Community.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.