Tecumseh South Elem

Located at 3346 SE Tecumseh Rd, in Tecumseh, Kansas, Tecumseh South Elem is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school that instructs 464 students (grades pre-K through 6), one of the schools within Shawnee Heights. That puts it 48% bigger than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 313 students.

Shawnee Heights comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,646 students; Tecumseh South Elem is among them.

On demographics, Tecumseh South Elem reports that White students make up the majority at 70%. The remainder reads as 16% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Black.

On the resource side, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Tecumseh South Elem higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 43% of students at Tecumseh South Elem qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Shawnee County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Tecumseh South Elem tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.8%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Shawnee County indicate median household income runs about $67,104, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Tecumseh South Elem is one of 54 public schools in Shawnee County (combined enrollment of about 26,294 students).

Shawnee Heights Elem is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Tecumseh South Elem. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Tecumseh South Elem ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 23.8%.

Tecumseh South Elem operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Tecumseh South Elem's enrollment has declined 5% since 2018, when it stood at 489 (now 464). Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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