Trego Grade School

Set in WaKeeney, Kansas, Trego Grade School is a medium-sized elementary-level community, run under Trego County. It teaches 285 students across grades pre-K through 8.

Trego Grade School is one of 2 schools operated by Trego County, a district that instructs 398 students overall.

On demographics, Trego Grade School shows that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Trego Grade School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Trego Grade School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.8%.

In the area at large, Trego County reports that the typical household earns roughly $81,528 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Trego County's 2 public schools (combined enrollment of about 398 students), Trego Grade School is one campus in the mix.

Trego Community High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, Trego Grade School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 40.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 287 students in 2018 compared to 285 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.