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Enrollment
874
Elementary
DISTRICT 570 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MAIZE·NCES 200914002057
Vermillion Elementary School
501 James, Maize, KS 67101 · (316) 722-0266 · Sedgwick County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL874 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.1:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
250 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 51%
Community
5
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 | 356 | 41% |
| Kindergarten | 101 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is 10% smaller than its 4th grade class (112).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
70.4%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
61.1%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 | 70.4% | 61.1% |
| 2023-24 | 52.9% | 50.3% |
% 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
58.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Vermillion Elementary School
Vermillion Elementary School's state test result (58.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermillion Elementary School this school | 874 | 28.6% | 58.7% |
| Spring Hill Elementary School Spring Hill | 600 | 28.2% | 48.7% |
| Tonganoxie Elem Tonganoxie | 919 | 34.8% | 42.6% |
| Apollo Elementary School Goddard | 544 | 29.0% | 68.0% |
| Tanglewood Elem Derby | 607 | 24.4% | 49.9% |
| Maize Central Elementary Maize | 542 | 31.7% | 54.0% |
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 Vermillion Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #119 of 625 | #10 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #104 of 625 | #12 of 92 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.4% | #68 of 625 | #7 of 92 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 874 | #4 of 714 | #1 of 98 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.1:1 | #531 of 539 | #96 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.1% | #280 of 540 | #73 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.6% | #562 of 658 | #90 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #363 of 377 | #65 of 67 |
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
874
-50 (-5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
23.1:1
was 25.0:1
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 | 874 | 37.8 | 23.1:1 | 29% (250) |
| 2023-24 | 910 | 34.8 | 26.1:1 | 27% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 835 | 34 | 24.6:1 | 25% (207) |
| 2020-21 | 924 | 37 | 25.0:1 | 24% (222) |
| 2017-18 | 884 | 33.3 | 26.6:1 | 20% (173) |
| 2015-16 | 794 | 37 | 21.5:1 | 21% (163) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vermillion Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (884 to 874); teachers up 13% (33.3 to 37.8).
About Vermillion Elementary School
Families in Maize, Kansas, are served by Vermillion Elementary School, a high-enrollment elementary school. It reports enrollment of 874 students in pre-K through 4. On average, elementary schools in Kansas enroll around 313, and this school is 179% above that mark.
Vermillion Elementary School is one of the 12 schools that make up Maize (8,065 students in total).
About 71% of the student body at Vermillion Elementary School is White. Other groups make up 16% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Black. Sedgwick County residents are about 69% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 46%.
The school has 37.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 23.1 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Kansas have an average ratio of 13.2:1. The school reported 29% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is lower than the 63% average for public schools in Sedgwick County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Vermillion Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Kansas schools: 58.7% actual against 48.5% predicted.
For Sedgwick County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $69,365 a year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Sedgwick County number 160, with about 84,569 students.
Maize Elementary is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Vermillion Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Vermillion Elementary School's average proficiency of 58.7% compares with 44.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 5%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 25.0:1 in 2020-21, and 23.1:1 in 2024-25.
The Vermillion Elementary School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Sedgwick County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
528,226
Census ACS
Median income
$69,365
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
84,569 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Maize
- Maize Sr HighHigh · 1,444 students
- Maize South High SchoolHigh · 1,107 students
- Maize Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 651 students
- Maize Middle SchoolMiddle · 635 students
- Maize Central ElementaryElementary · 542 students
- Maize South ElementaryElementary · 514 students
Other schools in Maize
- Maize Sr HighHigh · 1,444 students
- Maize Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 651 students
- Maize Middle SchoolMiddle · 635 students
- Maize Central ElementaryElementary · 542 students
- Pray-Woodman ElementaryElementary · 507 students
- Maize ElementaryElementary · 413 students
Other Vermillion Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Vermillion Elementary. Vermillion Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Vermillion Elementary - 05Vermillion, SD · 625 students
Nearby schools
- Maize Elementary0.1 mi · 413
- Maize Central Elementary0.2 mi · 542
- Pray-Woodman Elementary0.3 mi · 507
- Maize Sr High0.5 mi · 1,444
- Maize Middle School0.5 mi · 635
- Maize Intermediate School0.8 mi · 651
Frequently asked questions
About Vermillion Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Vermillion Elementary School?
Vermillion Elementary School enrolls approximately 874 students in grades PK-04.
Is Vermillion Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Vermillion Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Vermillion Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Vermillion Elementary School is approximately 23.1:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Vermillion Elementary School?
At Vermillion Elementary School, the student body is approximately 71% White, 16% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Vermillion Elementary School in?
Vermillion Elementary School is part of Maize.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.