Enrollment
355
Elementary
DISTRICT 355 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SILVER LAKE·NCES 201170000784
Silver Lake Elem
200 Rice Rd, Silver Lake, KS 66539 · (785) 582-4081 · Shawnee County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL355 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% 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
12.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
85 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 41 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 12% larger than its 6th grade class (43).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
Silver Lake Elem→Silver Lake Jr-Sr High
Based on grade levels within Silver Lake. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
66.8%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
71.1%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 | 66.8% | 71.1% |
| 2023-24 | 62.9% | 66.3% |
% 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
72.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.8%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% 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 21 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 Silver Lake Elem
Silver Lake Elem's state test result (72.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Lake Elem this school | 355 | 23.9% | 72.0% |
| St George Elem St George | 374 | 23.8% | 55.0% |
| Broadmoor Elementary Louisburg | 388 | 23.2% | 64.3% |
| Rockville Elementary School Louisburg | 419 | 25.1% | N/A |
| Rossville Elem Rossville | 321 | 26.2% | 45.9% |
| Pleasant Ridge Elementary Easton | 344 | 30.2% | 58.6% |
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 Silver Lake Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Shawnee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #17 of 625 | #1 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.1% | #32 of 625 | #1 of 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #97 of 625 | #1 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 355 | #274 of 714 | #21 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #150 of 539 | #7 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.4% | #538 of 540 | #29 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.9% | #577 of 658 | #29 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #165 of 377 | #8 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
355
-26 (-7%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 401
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 355 | 28.8 | 12.3:1 | 24% (85) |
| 2023-24 | 355 | 28.3 | 12.5:1 | 20% (71) |
| 2022-23 | 362 | 28.8 | 12.6:1 | 19% (68) |
| 2020-21 | 381 | 28 | 13.6:1 | 19% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 419 | 27.8 | 15.1:1 | 17% (71) |
| 2015-16 | 398 | 28 | 14.2:1 | 21% (84) |
| 2010-11 | 383 | 24 | 16.0:1 | 23% (89) |
| 2000-01 | 390 | 28 | 13.9:1 | 11% (43) |
| 1990-91 | 401 | 30 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Silver Lake Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (419 to 355); teachers up 4% (27.8 to 28.8).
About Silver Lake Elem
Silver Lake Elem is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in Silver Lake, Kansas. Its 355 students are spread across pre-K through 6.
Silver Lake operates 2 schools. Combined enrollment is 710 students.
White students make up 94% of enrollment at Silver Lake Elem. Smaller groups are 3% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Shawnee County is roughly 75% White. The school's diversity index is 11%, meaning two students picked at random have an 11% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Silver Lake Elem employs 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.3:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. Silver Lake Elem's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 24%. The rate at public schools in Shawnee County averages 54%, higher than here.
Measured against Kansas public elementary schools, Silver Lake 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.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Silver Lake Elem ranks in the top 10% of Kansas schools. It scores 72.0%; the prediction is 50.8%.
Shawnee County has about 178,025 residents, and the median household income is $67,104, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. In all, Shawnee County has 54 public schools and roughly 26,294 students.
Silver Lake Jr-Sr High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. The ten-mile area around Silver Lake Elem holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Silver Lake Elem at 1st of 9.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
Silver Lake Elem's enrollment declined from 381 in 2020-21 to 355 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 13.6 in 2020-21 to 12.3 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Silver Lake Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 8 states are named Silver Lake Elementary. Silver Lake Elem is the 7th largest of the 9.
- Silver Lake ElementaryEAGLE MOUNTAIN, UT · 870 students
- Silver Lake Elementary SchoolMiddletown, DE · 552 students
- Silver Lake ElementaryEverett, WA · 550 students
- Silver Lake ElementaryRENO, NV · 491 students
- Silver Lake Elementary SchoolGRAPEVINE, TX · 450 students
Nearby schools
- Silver Lake Jr-Sr High0.2 mi · 355
- Wanamaker Elem5.5 mi · 475
- Rossville Jr.-Sr. High School5.6 mi · 253
- Rossville Elem5.7 mi · 321
- Landon Middle School6.7 mi · 430
- West Indianola Elem7.0 mi · 395
Frequently asked questions
About Silver Lake ElemHow large is Silver Lake Elem?
Silver Lake Elem enrolls approximately 355 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Silver Lake Elem serve?
Silver Lake Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Silver Lake Elem?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Silver Lake Elem.
What is the student diversity at Silver Lake Elem?
Student demographics at Silver Lake Elem are roughly 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Silver Lake Elem public or private?
Silver Lake Elem is a public K-12 school, overseen by Silver Lake.
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