Stone Creek Elementary

Stone Creek Elementary, a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Derby, Kansas, part of Derby, serves 451 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 44% larger than the state mean of about 313.

Across the 13 schools in Derby (7,416 students total), Stone Creek Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Stone Creek Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Sedgwick County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Stone Creek Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Sedgwick County's rate of about 63%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Stone Creek Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.3%; this one delivers 55.9%.

Around the school, Sedgwick County reports that the typical household earns roughly $69,365 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Sedgwick County's 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 84,569 students), Stone Creek Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Derby Hills Elem, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Stone Creek Elementary comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.4%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

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