State Street Elem

State Street Elem, a moderately sized elementary school in Topeka, Kansas, one of the schools within Topeka Public Schools, enrolls 411 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 313 students per school, that is 31% above typical.

Topeka Public Schools comprises 25 schools with combined enrollment of 11,695 students; State Street Elem is among them.

In terms of who attends, State Street Elem lists that 47% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 32% White, 13% multiracial, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 14% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Shawnee County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, State Street Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 19.7%, the actual is 27.9%, a residual of +8.3 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Shawnee County shows median household income runs about $67,104, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Shawnee County runs 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,294 students), of which State Street Elem is one.

Chase Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), State Street Elem ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 21.6%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. State Street Elem's enrollment has contracted 16% since 2018, when it stood at 492 (now 411). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 37% to 32%.

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