Enrollment
129
Elementary
DISTRICT 213 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAY COUNTY·NCES 200489000828
Wakefield Elem
502 Third, Wakefield, KS 67487 · (785) 461-5437 · Clay County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL129 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% 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.
- FBeats 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
9.5:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
67 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 7 | 5% |
| Grade 1 | 10 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 14 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 14 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 14 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 17 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 18 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 12 | 9% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
29.5%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
29.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 | 29.5% | 29.5% |
| 2023-24 | 17.6% | 21.2% |
% 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
28.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Wakefield Elem
Wakefield Elem's state test result (28.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wakefield Elem this school | 129 | 51.9% | 28.0% |
| Udall Elem Udall | 123 | 51.2% | 42.3% |
| Madison Elem Madison | 130 | 50.0% | 50.9% |
| Valley Heights Elementary - Waterville Waterville | 112 | 53.6% | N/A |
| Dighton Elem Dighton | 139 | 48.9% | 56.2% |
| 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 Wakefield Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #508 of 625 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #468 of 625 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #553 of 625 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 129 | #625 of 714 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.9% | #355 of 658 |
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
129
+11 (+9%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 199
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 129 | 13.6 | 9.5:1 | 52% (67) |
| 2023-24 | 145 | 12.4 | 11.7:1 | 61% (88) |
| 2022-23 | 151 | 13.3 | 11.3:1 | 57% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 118 | 12 | 9.8:1 | 46% (54) |
| 2017-18 | 125 | 13.2 | 9.5:1 | 50% (62) |
| 2015-16 | 150 | 12 | 12.5:1 | 46% (69) |
| 2010-11 | 193 | 15 | 12.9:1 | 38% (74) |
| 2000-01 | 196 | 13 | 15.1:1 | 34% (67) |
| 1990-91 | 199 | 11 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wakefield Elem.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (125 to 129); teachers up 3% (13.2 to 13.6).
About Wakefield Elem
Wakefield Elem runs as a small elementary school in Wakefield, Kansas. A total of 129 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 8. The average for elementary schools in Kansas is about 313 students, so this school is 59% smaller than average.
Clay County has 6 schools; together they serve 1,272 students.
The large majority of students at Wakefield Elem, 88%, are White. The remaining shares are 9% Hispanic. County-wide, about 92% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Wakefield Elem belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 21%.
Federal data list 13.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Wakefield Elem in 2024-25, for a ratio of 9.5:1. Among elementary schools in Kansas, the typical ratio is 13.2:1. The lunch program counts 52% of students at Wakefield Elem as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for Wakefield Elem is D. Compared with Kansas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 9% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Wakefield Elem would score about 37.3%. It scores 28.0%, 9.4 points below that figure.
Clay County has these Census figures: median household income is about $66,176, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. The public schools of Clay County number 7 and enroll about 1,272.
The school nearest to Wakefield Elem is Wakefield High, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Within ten miles of Wakefield Elem, there are 2 other public schools. Wakefield Elem is 8th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Wakefield Elem went from 118 students to 129.
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Clay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,048
Census ACS
Median income
$66,176
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,272 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clay County
- Lincoln ElemElementary · 341 students
- Clay Center Community HighHigh · 326 students
- Clay Center Community MiddleMiddle · 226 students
- Garfield ElemElementary · 170 students
- Wakefield HighHigh · 80 students
- eLearn 379 Virtual SchoolCombined
Other Wakefield Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Wakefield Elementary. Wakefield Elem is the 6th largest of the 6.
- Wakefield ElementaryTurlock, CA · 601 students
- Wakefield ElementaryRaleigh, NC · 520 students
- WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLITTLE ROCK, AR · 493 students
- WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWAKEFIELD, NE · 341 students
- Wakefield Elementary SchoolSHERMAN, TX · 324 students
Nearby schools
- Wakefield High0.0 mi · 80
- Milford Elem6.0 mi · 86
- Riley County Grade School11.8 mi · 514
- Lincoln Elem12.4 mi · 341
- Garfield Elem12.9 mi · 170
- Riley County High School12.9 mi · 232
Frequently asked questions
About Wakefield ElemHow large is Wakefield Elem?
Wakefield Elem enrolls approximately 129 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Wakefield Elem serve?
Wakefield Elem serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Wakefield Elem?
Approximately 9.5:1 students per teacher at Wakefield Elem.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wakefield Elem?
At Wakefield Elem, the student body is approximately 88% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Wakefield Elem public or private?
Wakefield Elem is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clay County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.