Enrollment
123
Elementary
DISTRICT 76 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UDALL·NCES 201239001202
Udall Elem
308 W. 3rd St., Udall, KS 67146 · (620) 782-3632 · Cowley County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL123 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Kansas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
9.3:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
63 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 21 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 15 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 13 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 17 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 19 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 15 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (15) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (23).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
Based on grade levels within Udall. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
42.1%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
33.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 | 42.1% | 33.3% |
| 2023-24 | 48.2% | 37.5% |
% 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
42.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.7%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Udall Elem
Udall Elem's state test result (42.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Udall Elem this school | 123 | 51.2% | 42.3% |
| Wakefield Elem Wakefield | 129 | 51.9% | 28.0% |
| Madison Elem Madison | 130 | 50.0% | 50.9% |
| Dighton Elem Dighton | 139 | 48.9% | 56.2% |
| Valley Heights Elementary - Waterville Waterville | 112 | 53.6% | N/A |
| Country View Elem Winfield | 114 | 49.1% | 33.9% |
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 Udall Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Cowley County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #335 of 625 | #5 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #433 of 625 | #8 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #417 of 625 | #5 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 123 | #632 of 714 | #11 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.2% | #364 of 658 | #10 of 13 |
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
123
-38 (-24%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 229
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 123 | 13.2 | 9.3:1 | 51% (63) |
| 2023-24 | 125 | 10.8 | 11.6:1 | 51% (64) |
| 2022-23 | 141 | 13.5 | 10.5:1 | 55% (78) |
| 2020-21 | 161 | 14 | 11.5:1 | 48% (77) |
| 2017-18 | 155 | 15.3 | 10.1:1 | 47% (73) |
| 2015-16 | 172 | 15 | 11.5:1 | 48% (82) |
| 2010-11 | 191 | 14 | 13.6:1 | 50% (95) |
| 2000-01 | 187 | 16 | 11.7:1 | 35% (66) |
| 1990-91 | 229 | 17 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Udall Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (155 to 123); teachers down 14% (15.3 to 13.2).
About Udall Elem
Udall Elem is a very small elementary school that serves part of Udall, Kansas. Federal data show 123 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Kansas enroll around 313, and this school is 61% below that mark.
Udall serves 305 students across 4 schools.
The share of White students at Udall Elem is 81%. Other groups make up 10% Hispanic, 4% Native American, and 3% multiracial. In Cowley County overall, the White share is about 80%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 33%.
Teacher count: 13.2 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 9.3:1. The gap from the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas is 3.8 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 51%.
On the allk12 Grade, Udall Elem lands at B-, ahead of 45% of Kansas public elementary schools.
A school with Udall Elem's lunch-eligibility share in Kansas is predicted to score 37.7%. Udall Elem scores 42.3%, 4.6 points above that line.
For the population of Cowley County, median household income comes to about $57,878, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Cowley County's 22 public schools enroll about 5,714 students and include Udall Elem.
Udall Virtual School is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Udall Elem is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Udall Elem at 2nd of 7.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 161 to 123, a 24% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 11.5:1 to 9.3:1.
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Cowley County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
34,411
Census ACS
Median income
$57,878
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
5,714 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Udall
- Udall HighHigh · 112 students
- Udall Middle SchoolMiddle · 66 students
- Udall Virtual SchoolHigh · 4 students
Other schools in Udall
- Udall HighHigh · 112 students
- Udall Middle SchoolMiddle · 66 students
- Udall Virtual SchoolHigh · 4 students
Nearby schools
- Udall Virtual School0.0 mi · 4
- Udall High0.1 mi · 112
- Udall Middle School0.1 mi · 66
- Oxford Online Virtual School7.7 mi · 51
- Oxford Jr/Sr High7.7 mi · 195
- Oxford Elem7.8 mi · 201
Frequently asked questions
About Udall ElemHow large is Udall Elem?
Udall Elem enrolls approximately 123 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Udall Elem serve?
Udall Elem serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Udall Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Udall Elem is approximately 9.3:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Udall Elem?
At Udall Elem, the student body is approximately 81% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Udall Elem public or private?
Udall Elem is a public K-12 school, overseen by Udall.
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