Sedan Elem

Sedan Elem is an elementary school of compact scale in Sedan, Kansas, run under Chautauqua Co Community, educateing 178 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 43% below the state mean of about 313.

Chautauqua Co Community comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 360 students; Sedan Elem is among them.

On the student-mix side, Sedan Elem shows that the largest single group is White, at 80% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 10% multiracial, 5% Native American, 4% Hispanic. Compared to Chautauqua County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Sedan Elem has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Sedan Elem ranks in the top 10% of Kansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 33.4%; Sedan Elem posts 56.5%, +23.0 points above that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Chautauqua County put the typical household earns roughly $56,438 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Chautauqua County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 488 students), Sedan Elem is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Sedan High, roughly 0.0 miles away. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sedan Elem at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 39.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 24%: 235 students in 2018 compared to 178 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 today.

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