Valley Falls Elem

Set in Valley Falls, Kansas, Valley Falls Elem is a small elementary campus, overseen by Valley Falls. It works with 262 students across grades pre-K through 8.

Across the 2 schools in Valley Falls (384 students total), Valley Falls Elem accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Valley Falls Elem records that nearly all students (89%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Valley Falls Elem lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Valley Falls Elem tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Valley Falls Elem is in the bottom 10% of Kansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 46.5%; Valley Falls Elem posts 30.5%, -16.0 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate median household income runs about $81,278, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Jefferson County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,123 students), of which Valley Falls Elem is one.

The closest other public school is Valley Falls High, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Valley Falls Elem ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 37.3%.

Valley Falls Elem operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 11%: 293 students in 2018 compared to 262 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 in 2025.

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