Sharon Springs Elem

Sharon Springs Elem is one of the rural-scale elementary schools in Sharon Springs, Kansas, run under Wallace County Schools, with 108 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 313 students per school, that is 65% smaller than typical.

Wallace County Schools comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 154 students; Sharon Springs Elem is among them.

In terms of who attends, Sharon Springs Elem lists that nearly all students (89%) are White. The remainder looks like 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Sharon Springs Elem reports 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 40% of students at Sharon Springs Elem qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Wallace County's rate of about 32%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sharon Springs Elem is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 43.1%; this one delivers 59.2%, a residual of +16.0 points.

Around the school, census data for Wallace County shows the typical household earns roughly $63,207 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Wallace County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 269 students), Sharon Springs Elem is one campus in the mix.

Wallace County High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sharon Springs Elem at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 39.2%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sharon Springs Elem has edged down 22%, going from 139 students in 2018 to 108 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share grew from 84% to 89%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

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