Timmerman Elementary

Timmerman Elementary is one of the moderately sized elementary-level communitys in Emporia, Kansas, one of the schools within Emporia, with 370 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Within Emporia, which oversees 8 schools and 4,261 students, Timmerman Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Timmerman Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 59%. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Lyon County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Lyon County (around 59%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Timmerman Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.5%; this one delivers 48.2%.

Zooming out to the county, Lyon County reports that median household income runs about $59,912, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Lyon County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,122 students), Timmerman Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Emporia Middle School, around 0.5 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Timmerman Elementary comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 30.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Timmerman Elementary has edged down 12%, going from 420 students in 2018 to 370 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 20% to 35%.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.