Enrollment
137
Elementary
DISTRICT 203 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHERRYVALE·NCES 200474001867
Thayer Schools
300 W. Wilson, Thayer, KS 66776 · (620) 522-2109 · Neosho County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL137 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
80 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
52.4%
KS avg 44.5% . +19.8pp since 2023
Math
44.0%
KS avg 38.8% . +9.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
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
39.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.2%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
137
+19 (+16%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 9.8:1
% White
89%
was 88%
% Hispanic
2%
was 10%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Thayer Schools
Thayer Schools, a low-enrollment K-5 school in Thayer, Kansas, part of Cherryvale, serves 137 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 56% leaner than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 313 students.
Thayer Schools is one of 3 schools operated by Cherryvale, a district that caters to 682 students overall.
On the student-mix side, Thayer Schools shows that nearly all students (89%) are White; the rest consists of 5% multiracial, 4% Native American, 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Thayer Schools has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Thayer Schools performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.2%, the actual is 39.3%, a residual of +5.0 points.
In the broader community, Neosho County reports that the typical household earns roughly $56,618 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Neosho County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,406 students), of which Thayer Schools is one.
Nearest neighbor: Galesburg Middle School, around 6.8 miles off. On composite proficiency, Thayer Schools comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 33.8%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Thayer Schools has expanded 16%, going from 118 students in 2018 to 137 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 10% to 2% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 9.8:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.
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Neosho County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,656
Census ACS
Median income
$56,618
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
2,406 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cherryvale
- Cherryvale Sr / Middle SchoolHigh · 277 students
- Lincoln Central ElemElementary · 268 students
Nearby schools
- Galesburg Middle School6.8 mi · 112
- Chanute High10.6 mi · 528
- Altoona-Midway Elementary10.8 mi · 72
- North Lawn Elem12.1 mi · 164
- Neodesha High12.4 mi · 360
- Heller Elem12.5 mi · 223
Frequently asked questions
About Thayer SchoolsWhat is the total enrollment at Thayer Schools?
Thayer Schools enrolls approximately 137 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Thayer Schools serve?
Thayer Schools serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Thayer Schools?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Thayer Schools is approximately 11.6:1 (12 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Thayer Schools?
Thayer Schools reports a student body of 89% White, 2% Hispanic, 5% Two or more.
Is Thayer Schools public or private?
Thayer Schools is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cherryvale.
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