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Enrollment
462
Elementary
DISTRICT 321 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRATT·NCES 201089000840
Southwest Elem
900 W. 8th, Pratt, KS 67124 · (620) 672-4520 · Pratt County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL462 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of Kansas public elementary schools
- B-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
15.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
202 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 51%
Community
5
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 | 133 | 29% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 19% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
Based on grade levels within Pratt. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
56.2%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
40.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 | 56.2% | 40.4% |
| 2023-24 | 40.3% | 42.3% |
% 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
44.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Southwest Elem
Southwest Elem's state test result (44.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Elem this school | 462 | 43.7% | 44.8% |
| Frank Layden Elem Frontenac | 489 | 43.1% | 53.4% |
| Roosevelt Elem Hays | 420 | 41.4% | 47.7% |
| Union Valley Elem Hutchinson | 435 | 40.5% | 44.8% |
| Valley Center Intermediate School Valley Center | 443 | 47.2% | 51.9% |
| Holton Elementary School Holton | 511 | 47.7% | 40.2% |
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 Southwest Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #293 of 625 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #330 of 625 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #214 of 625 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 462 | #104 of 714 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #417 of 539 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.1% | #392 of 540 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.7% | #436 of 658 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.9% | #86 of 151 |
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
462
-50 (-10%) vs 2020
+37% since 1990-91, when it was 337
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 19.7:1
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 | 462 | 30.8 | 15.0:1 | 44% (202) |
| 2023-24 | 551 | 26 | 21.2:1 | 46% (251) |
| 2022-23 | 525 | 26 | 20.2:1 | 46% (240) |
| 2020-21 | 512 | 26 | 19.7:1 | 47% (240) |
| 2017-18 | 428 | 26 | 16.5:1 | 54% (233) |
| 2015-16 | 439 | 28 | 15.7:1 | 58% (253) |
| 2010-11 | 274 | 21 | 13.1:1 | 57% (156) |
| 2000-01 | 276 | 18 | 15.3:1 | 49% (135) |
| 1990-91 | 337 | 17 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southwest Elem.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (428 to 462); teachers up 18% (26 to 30.8).
About Southwest Elem
Southwest Elem serves students in Pratt, Kansas, as a medium-sized elementary school. The school's 462 students are in pre-K through 3. Enrollment is 48% higher than the average for elementary schools in Kansas, which is about 313.
Enrollment across the 5 schools in Pratt totals 1,275 students.
White students make up 82% of enrollment at Southwest Elem. Other students are 13% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. For comparison, Pratt County is about 86% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 31% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Southwest Elem and a ratio of 15.0:1. This ratio sits 1.8 above the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 44% of students.
Measured against Kansas public elementary schools, Southwest Elem receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in Kansas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 41.3%. Southwest Elem scores 44.8%.
Within Pratt County, the median household income is $66,022, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Southwest Elem, Pratt County has 6 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Pratt Academic Center, about 0.4 miles away. Southwest Elem is one of several public schools in the area, with 6 others within five miles. Southwest Elem's average proficiency of 44.8% compares with 42.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Remote: in a town far from an urbanized area.
Southwest Elem's enrollment dropped from 512 in 2020-21 to 462 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 19.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.0:1.
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Pratt County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,127
Census ACS
Median income
$66,022
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,584 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pratt
- Pratt Sr HighHigh · 337 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMiddle · 282 students
- Pratt Academic CenterElementary · 179 students
- Pratt Learning CenterCombined · 15 students
Other schools in Pratt
- Pratt Sr HighHigh · 337 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMiddle · 282 students
- Skyline ElemElementary · 218 students
- Pratt Academic CenterElementary · 179 students
- Skyline HighHigh · 91 students
- Pratt Learning CenterCombined · 15 students
Other Southwest Elementary schools
21 other US public schools in 14 states are named Southwest Elementary. Southwest Elem is the 12th largest of the 22.
- SOUTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBAY SHORE, NY · 975 students
- Southwest ElementaryHigh Point, NC · 808 students
- Southwest Elementary SchoolSavannah, GA · 769 students
- Southwest Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 728 students
- Southwest ElementaryJacksonville, NC · 720 students
Nearby schools
- Pratt Academic Center0.4 mi · 179
- Pratt Sr High0.5 mi · 337
- Liberty Middle School0.5 mi · 282
- Skyline High1.8 mi · 91
- Skyline Elem1.8 mi · 218
- Pratt Learning Center2.3 mi · 15
Frequently asked questions
About Southwest ElemHow large is Southwest Elem?
Southwest Elem enrolls approximately 462 students in grades PK-03.
What age range does Southwest Elem serve?
Southwest Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Southwest Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Southwest Elem is approximately 15.0:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Southwest Elem?
At Southwest Elem, the student body is approximately 82% White, 13% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Southwest Elem public or private?
Southwest Elem is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pratt.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.