Swenson Early Childhood Education Center

Swenson Early Childhood Education Center is a K-5 school of small scale in Osawatomie, Kansas, operated by Osawatomie, serveing 172 students in grades pre-K through 2. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 313 students each, so Swenson Early Childhood Education Center sits 45% leaner than that benchmark.

Osawatomie runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,021 students. Swenson Early Childhood Education Center is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Swenson Early Childhood Education Center records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Other groups include 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Miami County (around 36%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Miami County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $89,000 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Swenson Early Childhood Education Center is one of 17 public schools in Miami County (combined enrollment of about 6,529 students).

The closest other public school is Trojan Elem, roughly 0.0 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Swenson Early Childhood Education Center has grew 3%, going from 167 students in 2018 to 172 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 2% to 6% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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