Enrollment
285
Elementary
DISTRICT 199 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TREGO COUNTY·NCES 201263000050
Trego Grade School
612 Junction Avenue, WaKeeney, KS 67672 · (785) 743-2472 · Trego County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL285 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of Kansas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
11.7:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
106 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 36 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 20 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 25 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 29 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 10% smaller than its 8th grade class (29).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Trego Grade School→Trego Community High
Based on grade levels within Trego County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
36.4%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
31.7%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 | 36.4% | 31.7% |
| 2023-24 | 32.9% | 20.1% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 →
Schools most like Trego Grade School
Trego Grade School's state test result (32.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trego Grade School this school | 285 | 37.2% | 32.8% |
| Jackson Heights Elementary School Holton | 268 | 38.1% | 52.5% |
| Chapman Elem Chapman | 282 | 35.5% | 40.5% |
| Baldwin Elementary Intermediate Center Baldwin City | 276 | 34.4% | 51.7% |
| Rose Hill Intermediate Rose Hill | 328 | 36.0% | 45.6% |
| Jefferson West Elementary School Meriden | 320 | 34.4% | 60.9% |
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 Trego Grade School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #463 of 625 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #450 of 625 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #495 of 625 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 285 | #402 of 714 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #82 of 539 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.4% | #521 of 540 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.2% | #497 of 658 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.7% | #372 of 377 |
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
285
+11 (+4%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 477
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 285 | 24.4 | 11.7:1 | 37% (106) |
| 2023-24 | 280 | 20.8 | 13.5:1 | 37% (103) |
| 2022-23 | 292 | 19.7 | 14.8:1 | 33% (95) |
| 2020-21 | 274 | 20 | 13.7:1 | 36% (98) |
| 2017-18 | 287 | 19.7 | 14.6:1 | 40% (115) |
| 2015-16 | 277 | 22 | 12.6:1 | 33% (92) |
| 2010-11 | 284 | 23 | 12.3:1 | 32% (91) |
| 2000-01 | 299 | 23 | 13.0:1 | 30% (90) |
| 1990-91 | 477 | 29 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Trego Grade School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (287 to 285); teachers up 24% (19.7 to 24.4).
About Trego Grade School
Trego Grade School is a mid-sized elementary school in WaKeeney, Kansas, administered by Trego County. Enrollment totals 285 students across pre-K through 8.
Trego Grade School is in Trego County, a district with 398 students across 2 schools.
Trego Grade School is 91% White by enrollment. Next come 5% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The diversity index for Trego Grade School is 16%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 24.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 11.7:1. The gap from the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas is 1.5 students per teacher. On the income side, 37% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Trego County is similar, at 38%.
On the allk12 Grade, Trego Grade School lands at D, ahead of 12% of Kansas public elementary schools.
The model predicts 44.4% for a school in Kansas with Trego Grade School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Trego Grade School posts 32.8%.
The school's county is Trego County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $81,528 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Trego Grade School shares Trego County with 1 other public school.
About 0.6 miles separate Trego Grade School from the closest public school, Trego Community High. On average proficiency, Trego Grade School is 6th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Locale data from NCES put Trego Grade School in rural territory far from an urban area (Rural: Remote).
The school's enrollment rose 4% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.7:1.
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Trego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,777
Census ACS
Median income
$81,528
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2
398 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Trego Community High0.6 mi · 113
- Washington Elem18.5 mi · 182
- Ellis Jr/Sr High18.7 mi · 161
- Quinter Jr-Sr High18.9 mi · 133
- Quinter Elem19.2 mi · 176
- Palco Jr. High22.7 mi · 12
Frequently asked questions
About Trego Grade SchoolHow many students attend Trego Grade School?
Trego Grade School enrolls approximately 285 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Trego Grade School serve?
Trego Grade School serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Trego Grade School?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Trego Grade School.
What is the student diversity at Trego Grade School?
Student demographics at Trego Grade School are roughly 91% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% Two or more.
What district is Trego Grade School in?
Trego Grade School is part of Trego County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.