Tecumseh North Elem

Located at 314 SE Stanton Road, in Tecumseh, Kansas, Tecumseh North Elem is an average-sized elementary school that works with 435 students (grades pre-K through 6), part of Shawnee Heights. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 313 students each, so Tecumseh North Elem sits 39% larger than that benchmark.

Within Shawnee Heights, which oversees 6 schools and 3,646 students, Tecumseh North Elem is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Tecumseh North Elem records that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 21% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Shawnee County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Tecumseh North Elem reports 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Tecumseh North Elem sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.1%; this one delivers 41.2%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Shawnee County) records that median household income runs about $67,104, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Tecumseh North Elem is one of 54 public schools in Shawnee County (combined enrollment of about 26,294 students).

The closest other public school is Shawnee Heights Elem, roughly 2.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Tecumseh North Elem. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tecumseh North Elem at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 28.5%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 5%: 415 students in 2018 compared to 435 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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