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Enrollment
375
Elementary
DISTRICT 437 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DODGE CITY·NCES 200558000888
Soule Elementary School
401 Soule St, Dodge City, KS 67801 · (620) 471-2116 · Ford County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL375 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of Kansas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
16.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
314 students
DISTRICT 85% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
17.1%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
15.7%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 | 17.1% | 15.7% |
| 2023-24 | 16.1% | 13.4% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
19.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.1%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kansas's top nor bottom 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 Soule Elementary School
Soule Elementary School's state test result (19.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soule Elementary School this school | 375 | 83.7% | 19.9% |
| MacArthur Elementary School Liberal | 386 | 80.1% | 25.7% |
| Prairie View Elementary School Liberal | 426 | 88.3% | 21.5% |
| Pleasant Valley Elem Wichita | 308 | 85.1% | 19.2% |
| Linn Elementary Dodge City | 361 | 88.4% | 24.1% |
| Northwest Elem Dodge City | 380 | 75.8% | 27.5% |
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 Soule Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Ford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #572 of 625 | #8 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.7% | #572 of 625 | #8 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.1% | #620 of 625 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 375 | #231 of 714 | #5 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #507 of 539 | #1 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.6% | #408 of 540 | #4 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.7% | #89 of 658 | #6 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.5% | #300 of 377 | #5 of 6 |
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
375
-60 (-14%) vs 2020
-9% since 2000-01, when it was 411
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 375 | 22.2 | 16.9:1 | 84% (314) |
| 2023-24 | 400 | 17 | 23.5:1 | 83% (331) |
| 2022-23 | 403 | 20.5 | 19.7:1 | 79% (318) |
| 2020-21 | 435 | 24 | 18.1:1 | 81% (351) |
| 2017-18 | 397 | 24.5 | 16.2:1 | 80% (319) |
| 2015-16 | 343 | 19 | 18.1:1 | 85% (291) |
| 2010-11 | 320 | 20 | 16.0:1 | 77% (246) |
| 2000-01 | 411 | 19 | 21.6:1 | 66% (272) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Soule Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (397 to 375); teachers down 10% (24.5 to 22.2).
About Soule Elementary School
Soule Elementary School runs as a medium-sized elementary school in Dodge City, Kansas. The school's 375 students are in kindergarten through 5.
Dodge City enrolls 7,268 students in 11 schools, including Soule Elementary School.
Federal enrollment data show Soule Elementary School is 83% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 12% White and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 24 points above the 59% share among Ford County residents. Soule Elementary School's diversity index is 30%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 22.2 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 16.9:1. That is 3.7 students per teacher above the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. Soule Elementary School reports 84% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Measured against Kansas public elementary schools, Soule Elementary School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Soule Elementary School is 2.2 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 19.9% actual, 22.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Kansas.
Ford County has about 34,074 residents, and the median household income is $70,781, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Soule Elementary School, Ford County has 14 other public schools.
The closest other public school is Northwest Elem, about 0.1 miles away. Soule Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 22.0% on proficiency, and Soule Elementary School is below that at 19.9%.
The school is in a town far from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Remote).
Soule Elementary School's enrollment dropped from 435 in 2020-21 to 375 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 18.1:1 to 16.9:1.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Soule Elementary School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Ford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
34,074
Census ACS
Median income
$70,781
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
7,836 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dodge City
- Dodge City High SchoolHigh · 2,178 students
- Dodge City Middle SchoolMiddle · 808 students
- Comanche Middle SchoolMiddle · 783 students
- Miller ElemElementary · 780 students
- Ross Elementary SchoolElementary · 502 students
- Central ElemElementary · 381 students
Other schools in Dodge City
- Dodge City High SchoolHigh · 2,178 students
- Dodge City Middle SchoolMiddle · 808 students
- Comanche Middle SchoolMiddle · 783 students
- Miller ElemElementary · 780 students
- Ross Elementary SchoolElementary · 502 students
- Central ElemElementary · 381 students
Nearby schools
- Northwest Elem0.1 mi · 380
- Dodge City Middle School0.1 mi · 808
- Comanche Middle School0.6 mi · 783
- Central Elem0.9 mi · 381
- Ross Elementary School1.0 mi · 502
- Miller Elem1.2 mi · 780
Frequently asked questions
About Soule Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Soule Elementary School?
Soule Elementary School enrolls approximately 375 students in grades KG-05.
Is Soule Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Soule Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Soule Elementary School have?
Soule Elementary School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
How diverse is Soule Elementary School?
Soule Elementary School reports a student body of 12% White, 83% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Soule Elementary School?
Soule Elementary School is overseen by Dodge City in Ford County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.