Enrollment
69
Elementary
DISTRICT 152 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TWIN VALLEY·NCES 200396000166
Tescott Elem
305 N. Minnesota, Tescott, KS 67484 · (785) 283-4774 · Ottawa County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL69 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of Kansas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
6.7:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
53 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 9 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 9 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 6 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 7 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 8 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 11 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 12 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 7 | 10% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
53.8%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
66.7%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 | 53.8% | 66.7% |
| 2023-24 | 29.8% | 44.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
48.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.4%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 25% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in Kansas's top 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 Tescott Elem
Tescott Elem's state test result (48.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tescott Elem this school | 69 | 76.8% | 48.2% |
| Greeley Elem Greeley | 52 | 75.0% | 33.0% |
| Altoona-Midway Elementary Altoona | 72 | 69.4% | 48.5% |
| Western Plains North Elem Ransom | 62 | 69.4% | 46.8% |
| Chase Raymond Primary Intermediate School Chase | 72 | 76.4% | 18.6% |
| Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem Quenemo | 87 | 69.0% | 46.6% |
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 Tescott Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 69 | #684 of 714 |
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
69
-27 (-28%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 160
Student : Teacher
6.7:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 69 | 10.3 | 6.7:1 | 77% (53) |
| 2023-24 | 79 | 8.2 | 9.7:1 | 78% (62) |
| 2022-23 | 95 | 7.7 | 12.4:1 | 72% (68) |
| 2020-21 | 96 | 9 | 10.7:1 | 78% (75) |
| 2017-18 | 86 | 8.5 | 10.1:1 | 73% (63) |
| 2015-16 | 84 | 8 | 10.5:1 | 77% (65) |
| 2010-11 | 114 | 12 | 9.5:1 | 68% (78) |
| 2000-01 | 143 | 11 | 13.0:1 | 57% (81) |
| 1990-91 | 160 | 10 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tescott Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (86 to 69); teachers up 22% (8.5 to 10.3).
About Tescott Elem
Tescott Elem is a small elementary school in Twin Valley, located in Tescott, Kansas. Enrollment is 69 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 6. Against the 313-student average for elementary schools in Kansas, enrollment here is 78% lower.
The district for Tescott Elem is Twin Valley, with 4 schools and 595 students.
White students make up 88% of enrollment at Tescott Elem. Smaller groups are 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 3% Native American. Tescott Elem's diversity index is 21%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 6.7:1 comes from the school's 10.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 6.5 students per teacher below the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 77% in 2024-25. That is 30 points above the 47% average for public schools in Ottawa County.
The allk12 Grade for Tescott Elem is B+. Compared with Kansas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 74% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Kansas, Tescott Elem is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 48.2% compared with a predicted 25.4%.
In the county around the school, Ottawa County, the median household income is $74,018, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Ottawa County is home to 6 public schools and about 1,193 public school students.
The next-closest public school is Tescott Junior High/High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Tescott Elem ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Federal data place Tescott Elem in the Rural: Remote locale, which means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 27 fewer students in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 10.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 6.7:1.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Ottawa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,819
Census ACS
Median income
$74,018
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
1,193 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Twin Valley
- Bennington ElemElementary · 235 students
- Bennington Junior High/High SchoolHigh · 219 students
- Tescott Junior High/High SchoolHigh · 72 students
Nearby schools
- Tescott Junior High/High School0.0 mi · 72
- Minneapolis Elementary12.2 mi · 298
- Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School12.5 mi · 300
- Lincoln Jr/Sr High13.9 mi · 181
- Lincoln Elem14.5 mi · 155
- Ell-Saline Elementary15.0 mi · 237
Frequently asked questions
About Tescott ElemHow many students attend Tescott Elem?
Tescott Elem enrolls approximately 69 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Tescott Elem serve?
Tescott Elem serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tescott Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tescott Elem is approximately 6.7:1 (10 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tescott Elem?
At Tescott Elem, the student body is approximately 88% White, 3% Hispanic, 6% Two or more.
Is Tescott Elem public or private?
Tescott Elem is a public K-12 school, overseen by Twin Valley.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.