St George Elem

St George Elem is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary-level communitys in St George, Kansas, one of the schools within Rock Creek, with 374 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4.

St George Elem is one of 4 schools operated by Rock Creek, a district that hosts 1,330 students overall.

In terms of who attends, St George Elem records that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Pottawatomie County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, St George Elem has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, St George Elem sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.8%; this one delivers 55.0%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Pottawatomie County put the typical household earns roughly $92,325 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. St George Elem is one of 16 public schools in Pottawatomie County (combined enrollment of about 4,283 students).

Oliver Brown Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.2 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts St George Elem at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 43.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 24%: 489 students in 2018 compared to 374 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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