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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSAWATOMIE·NCES 201026000771

Trojan Elem

1901 Parker Ave, Osawatomie, KS 66064 · (913) 755-4133 · Miami County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL341 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Kansas public elementary schools
  • C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • CBeats 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

Enrollment
341
Elementary
DISTRICT 257 · STATE 313
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
234 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 17221%
Grade 26519%
Grade 37522%
Grade 45416%
Grade 57522%

This year's 1st grade class (72) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (75).

Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 58% · US 70%
White
28283%
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
226%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 23% · US 30%
Black
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 7% · US 15%
Asian
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
3310%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 6% · US 5%
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
Male
17952%
Female
16248%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Trojan Elem→Osawatomie Middle School→Osawatomie High
Based on grade levels within Osawatomie. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + Exceeding
English Language Arts
40.5%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
26.9%
KS avg 38.8%

What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.

KAP results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2540.5%26.9%
2023-2430.0%29.1%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Trojan Elem

Trojan Elem's state test result (31.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Trojan Elem this school34168.6%31.5%
Garfield Elem
Ottawa
36868.5%43.7%
Central Elem
Columbus
34864.4%38.2%
Marshall Elementary School
Eureka
30972.2%40.0%
Meadowview Elem
Parsons
36773.3%44.4%
Winfield Scott Elem
Fort Scott
31170.4%N/A
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 Trojan Elem ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn KansasIn Miami County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
31.5%#477 of 625N/A
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
26.9%#488 of 625N/A
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
40.5%#442 of 625N/A
Enrollment
ranked largest first
341#303 of 714#5 of 6
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
11.8:1#91 of 539N/A
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
30.2%#403 of 540N/A
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
68.6%#180 of 658#1 of 6
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-16.8%#148 of 377N/A
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 2024-25
Enrollment
341
-61 (-15%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 268
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 13.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-253412911.8:169% (234)
2023-243532912.2:169% (242)
2022-233753211.7:173% (273)
2020-214022913.9:167% (268)
2017-184102814.6:172% (294)
2015-164072715.1:172% (293)
2010-114073013.6:168% (275)
2000-014942917.0:147% (231)
1990-912681517.9:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Trojan Elem.

Since 2017-18: students down 17% (410 to 341); teachers up 4% (28 to 29).

About Trojan Elem

Trojan Elem is a medium-sized elementary school in Osawatomie, Kansas, (ZIP code 66064). Enrolled students number 341 students, in grades 1 through 5.

Trojan Elem is one of 5 schools in Osawatomie, which enrolls 1,021 students in total.

The large majority of students at Trojan Elem, 83%, are White. Next come 10% multiracial and 6% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Trojan Elem belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 30%.

The teaching staff at Trojan Elem is 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 11.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Kansas is 13.2:1, higher than at this school. About 69% of students, or 234, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 36% average for public schools in Miami County is 33 points lower.

Measured against Kansas public elementary schools, Trojan Elem receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.

The model predicts 29.3% for a school in Kansas with Trojan Elem's free or reduced-price lunch share. Trojan Elem posts 31.5%.

In the county around the school, Miami County, median household income is about $89,000, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Trojan Elem is among the 17 public schools in Miami County.

The nearest public school is Swenson Early Childhood Education Center, at less than a tenth of a mile. Trojan Elem has 4 other public schools within five miles. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Trojan Elem ranks 4th on proficiency.

NCES assigns Trojan Elem the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Trojan Elem went from 402 students to 341. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.9:1 in 2020-21, and 11.8:1 in 2024-25.

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Miami County at a glance

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Population
34,938
Census ACS
Median income
$89,000
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
6,529 students

Quick facts

School name
Trojan Elem
District
Osawatomie
Address
1901 Parker Ave, Osawatomie, KS 66064
Phone
(913) 755-4133
County
Miami County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
01–05
Total enrollment
341
Teachers (FTE)
29
Student–teacher ratio
11.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
234 (69%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
201026000771
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Trojan Elem
How many students attend Trojan Elem?
Trojan Elem enrolls approximately 341 students in grades 01-05.
What age range does Trojan Elem serve?
Trojan Elem serves students from grade 01 through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Trojan Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Trojan Elem is approximately 11.8:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Trojan Elem?
At Trojan Elem, the student body is approximately 83% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Trojan Elem public or private?
Trojan Elem is a public K-12 school, overseen by Osawatomie.
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