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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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% . +3.9pp since 2023
Math
71.1%
KS avg 38.8% . +4.8pp since 2023
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. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
355
-64 (-15%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 15.1:1
% White
94%
was 95%
% Hispanic
3%
was 4%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Silver Lake Elem
Silver Lake Elem is one of the moderately sized K-5 schools in Silver Lake, Kansas, one of the schools within Silver Lake, with 355 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.
Silver Lake Elem is one of 2 schools operated by Silver Lake, a district that serves 710 students overall.
On the student-mix side, Silver Lake Elem logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Beyond that, the school records 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Shawnee County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Silver Lake Elem tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 24% of students at Silver Lake Elem qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Shawnee County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Silver Lake 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 50.8%; this one delivers 72.0%, a residual of +21.2 points.
Around the school, census data for Shawnee County shows median household income runs about $67,104, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Silver Lake Elem is one of 54 public schools in Shawnee County (combined enrollment of about 26,294 students).
Silver Lake Jr-Sr High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Silver Lake Elem comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 43.8%.
The school occupies a low-density site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Silver Lake Elem has edged down 15%, going from 419 students in 2018 to 355 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.
On this page, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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
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.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.