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Enrollment
607
Elementary
DISTRICT 380 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DERBY·NCES 200546001599
Tanglewood Elem
830 Ridgecrest Rd, Derby, KS 67037 · (316) 788-8565 · Sedgwick County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL607 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
25.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
148 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 51%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 10 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 58% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
60.5%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
47.8%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.5% | 47.8% |
| 2023-24 | 48.2% | 37.2% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Tanglewood Elem
Tanglewood Elem's state test result (49.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanglewood Elem this school | 607 | 24.4% | 49.9% |
| Spring Hill Elementary School Spring Hill | 600 | 28.2% | 48.7% |
| Riley County Grade School Riley | 514 | 23.2% | 61.3% |
| Apollo Elementary School Goddard | 544 | 29.0% | 68.0% |
| Basehor Elementary School Basehor | 508 | 20.9% | 63.5% |
| Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary Overland Park | 480 | 24.2% | 67.2% |
Matched among Kansas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Tanglewood Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #225 of 625 | #22 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #234 of 625 | #23 of 92 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #166 of 625 | #18 of 92 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 607 | #24 of 714 | #7 of 98 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.2:1 | #534 of 539 | #97 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.6% | #372 of 540 | #84 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.4% | #575 of 658 | #93 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +42.5% | #7 of 151 | #1 of 24 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
607
-20 (-3%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 507
Student : Teacher
25.2:1
was 23.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 607 | 24.1 | 25.2:1 | 24% (148) |
| 2023-24 | 596 | 25.1 | 23.8:1 | 23% (136) |
| 2022-23 | 619 | 25.7 | 24.1:1 | 21% (131) |
| 2020-21 | 627 | 27 | 23.2:1 | 20% (127) |
| 2017-18 | 426 | 22.4 | 19.0:1 | 28% (118) |
| 2015-16 | 636 | 24 | 26.5:1 | 25% (162) |
| 2010-11 | 601 | 24 | 25.0:1 | 22% (135) |
| 2000-01 | 357 | 25 | 14.3:1 | 11% (39) |
| 1990-91 | 507 | 26 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tanglewood Elem.
Since 2017-18: students up 42% (426 to 607); teachers up 8% (22.4 to 24.1).
About Tanglewood Elem
Among the schools in Derby, Kansas, is Tanglewood Elem, a large elementary school. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 607 students. That puts enrollment 94% above the 313-student average for elementary schools in Kansas.
The Derby system has 13 schools and 7,416 students.
At Tanglewood Elem, 81% of students are White. The remaining students are 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black, and 2% Asian. Census figures show Sedgwick County is about 69% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Tanglewood Elem scores 34%.
Tanglewood Elem has 24.1 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.2:1. The gap from the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas is 12.0 students per teacher. At Tanglewood Elem, 24% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The gap from the 63% average for public schools in Sedgwick County is 39 points.
In Kansas, Tanglewood Elem is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 49.9% actual against a predicted 50.5%.
For the population of Sedgwick County, the median household earns about $69,365 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Tanglewood Elem shares Sedgwick County with 159 other public schools.
Tanglewood Elem's nearest public school is Derby Virtual School (less than a tenth of a mile). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Tanglewood Elem is 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 3%. By 2024-25, the school had 25.2 students per teacher, compared with 23.2 in 2020-21.
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Sedgwick County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
528,226
Census ACS
Median income
$69,365
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
84,569 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Derby
- Derby High SchoolHigh · 2,172 students
- Derby Middle SchMiddle · 923 students
- Derby North Middle SchoolMiddle · 832 students
- Stone Creek ElementaryElementary · 451 students
- Derby Hills ElemElementary · 410 students
- Wineteer ElemElementary · 397 students
Other schools in Derby
- Derby High SchoolHigh · 2,172 students
- Derby Middle SchMiddle · 923 students
- Derby North Middle SchoolMiddle · 832 students
- Stone Creek ElementaryElementary · 451 students
- Derby Hills ElemElementary · 410 students
- Park Hill ElementaryElementary · 392 students
Other Tanglewood Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Tanglewood Elementary. Tanglewood Elem is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- TANGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFORT MYERS, FL · 687 students
- Tanglewood Elementary SchoolBaton Rouge, LA · 622 students
- Tanglewood Elementary SchoolFORT WORTH, TX · 575 students
- TANGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSOUTH GLENS FALLS, NY · 425 students
- Tanglewood ElementaryLumberton, NC · 355 students
Nearby schools
- Derby Virtual School0.1 mi · 65
- Derby High School0.5 mi · 2,172
- El Paso Elem0.6 mi · 288
- Derby Middle Sch0.7 mi · 923
- Swaney Elem1.3 mi · 351
- Park Hill Elementary1.5 mi · 392
Frequently asked questions
About Tanglewood ElemHow many students attend Tanglewood Elem?
Tanglewood Elem enrolls approximately 607 students in grades PK-05.
Is Tanglewood Elem an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tanglewood Elem is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Tanglewood Elem have?
Tanglewood Elem employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Tanglewood Elem?
Student demographics at Tanglewood Elem are roughly 81% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Tanglewood Elem in?
Tanglewood Elem is part of Derby.
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