Skelly Elementary School

Skelly Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in El Dorado, Kansas, part of El Dorado. The school teaches 266 students in grades pre-K through 5.

El Dorado comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,756 students; Skelly Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Skelly Elementary School reports that 75% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Butler County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Skelly Elementary School records 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Butler County (around 37%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Skelly Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.5%, the actual is 28.5%, a residual of +5.0 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Butler County indicate the typical household earns roughly $81,610 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Skelly Elementary School is one of 42 public schools in Butler County (combined enrollment of about 18,052 students).

Nearest neighbor: El Dorado Virtual School, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Skelly Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Skelly Elementary School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 28.7%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Skelly Elementary School has declined 21%, going from 338 students in 2018 to 266 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 79% to 75%. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.