Tanglewood Elem

Set in Derby, Kansas, Tanglewood Elem is a sprawling elementary-level community, operated by Derby. It works with 607 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 94% bigger than the state mean of about 313.

Tanglewood Elem is one of 13 schools operated by Derby, a district that works with 7,416 students overall.

Demographically, Tanglewood Elem logs that nearly all students (81%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Tanglewood Elem higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 24% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Sedgwick County (around 63%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Tanglewood Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.5%, the actual is 49.9%, a residual of -0.7 points.

In the broader community, census data for Sedgwick County shows 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), Tanglewood Elem is one campus in the mix.

Derby Virtual 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 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Tanglewood Elem ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 43.8%.

Tanglewood Elem operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tanglewood Elem has edged up 42%, going from 426 students in 2018 to 607 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 25.2:1 in 2025.

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