Tecumseh North Elem

Tecumseh North Elem is a mid-sized elementary school in Kansas, located in Tecumseh. The school has 435 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 6. Elementary schools in Kansas have about 313 students on average; enrollment here is 39% higher.

Shawnee Heights, which runs Tecumseh North Elem, has 6 schools and 3,646 students.

White students are 61% of those enrolled at Tecumseh North Elem. Next come 21% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, and 4% Black. That compares with about 75% White among all Shawnee County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 56%.

There are 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 12.7:1. It is about the same as the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. Of all students at Tecumseh North Elem, 54% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 54% average for public schools in Shawnee County.

Tecumseh North Elem's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (41.2%) and its predicted rate (36.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Kansas schools.

For the population of Shawnee County, median household income comes to about $67,104, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Shawnee County counts 54 public schools with about 26,294 students.

Tecumseh North Elem's nearest public school is Shawnee Heights Elem (about 2.2 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Tecumseh North Elem places 2nd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.

Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Mid-size: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

The student count changed little between 2020-21 (444) and 2024-25 (435). Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.3:1 to 12.7:1.

This page is set up for the Tecumseh North Elem community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.