Enrollment
84
Elementary
DISTRICT 57 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEROY-GRIDLEY·NCES 200867000181
Southern Coffey County Elementary
300 Third, Gridley, KS 66852 · (620) 836-2151 · Coffey County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL84 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of Kansas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
8.9:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
49 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 10 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 14 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 16 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 9 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 14 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 5 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 16 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (14) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (16).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
Southern Coffey County Elementary→Southern Coffey County Middle School→Southern Coffey County High School
Based on grade levels within LeRoy-Gridley. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
52.8%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
33.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 | 52.8% | 33.3% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 33.3% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Southern Coffey County Elementary
Southern Coffey County Elementary's state test result (36.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Coffey County Elementary this school | 84 | 58.3% | 36.1% |
| Wilson Elementary School Wilson | 74 | 58.1% | 39.2% |
| Prairie Heights Elementary School Alta Vista | 76 | 61.8% | 45.2% |
| Logan Elem Logan | 76 | 55.3% | 39.8% |
| Neosho Rapids Elementary Neosho Rapids | 107 | 56.1% | 42.0% |
| South Barber Pre-K-6 Kiowa | 111 | 56.8% | 56.7% |
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 Southern Coffey County Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 84 | #667 of 714 |
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
84
+2 (+2%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 109
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
was 9.1:1
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 | 84 | 9.4 | 8.9:1 | 58% (49) |
| 2023-24 | 81 | 7.4 | 10.9:1 | 62% (50) |
| 2022-23 | 83 | 9.4 | 8.8:1 | 73% (61) |
| 2020-21 | 82 | 9 | 9.1:1 | 67% (55) |
| 2017-18 | 56 | 5.3 | 10.6:1 | 43% (24) |
| 2015-16 | 61 | 4 | 15.3:1 | 52% (32) |
| 2010-11 | 61 | 5 | 12.2:1 | 43% (26) |
| 2000-01 | 99 | 11 | 9.0:1 | 25% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 109 | 11 | 9.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southern Coffey County Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 50% (56 to 84); teachers up 77% (5.3 to 9.4).
About Southern Coffey County Elementary
Southern Coffey County Elementary is a very small elementary school in Gridley, Kansas, one of the schools in LeRoy-Gridley. There are 84 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 73% below the average for elementary schools in Kansas.
LeRoy-Gridley enrolls 171 students, and its 3 schools include Southern Coffey County Elementary.
Roughly 93% of students at Southern Coffey County Elementary are White. Smaller groups are 5% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Coffey County residents are about 92% White, a similar share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 13%.
Its staff includes 9.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 8.9 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Kansas, 13.2:1, is higher. Southern Coffey County Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 58%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Coffey County is 45%.
Southern Coffey County Elementary earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 35% of Kansas public elementary schools.
Compared with Kansas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Southern Coffey County Elementary's results are 1.9 points above predicted: 36.1% against 34.3%.
The school is in Coffey County, where the median household earns about $70,346 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Coffey County, 10 public schools serve about 1,498 students.
A public school about 10.0 miles away, Burlington Elementary School, is the closest to Southern Coffey County Elementary. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Southern Coffey County Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Locale: Rural: Remote. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 82 in 2020-21, 84 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Southern Coffey County Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Coffey County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,308
Census ACS
Median income
$70,346
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
1,498 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LeRoy-Gridley
- Southern Coffey County Middle SchoolMiddle · 50 students
- Southern Coffey County High SchoolHigh · 37 students
Nearby schools
- Burlington Elementary School10.0 mi · 322
- Burlington High10.5 mi · 246
- Burlington Middle School 5 - 810.6 mi · 242
- Southern Coffey County Middle School13.6 mi · 50
- Southern Coffey County High School13.7 mi · 37
- Madison Elem13.8 mi · 130
Frequently asked questions
About Southern Coffey County ElementaryHow large is Southern Coffey County Elementary?
Southern Coffey County Elementary enrolls approximately 84 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Southern Coffey County Elementary serve?
Southern Coffey County Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Southern Coffey County Elementary?
Approximately 8.9:1 students per teacher at Southern Coffey County Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Southern Coffey County Elementary?
At Southern Coffey County Elementary, the student body is approximately 93% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Southern Coffey County Elementary?
Southern Coffey County Elementary is overseen by LeRoy-Gridley in Coffey County.
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