Ware Elem

As a high-enrollment elementary school in Fort Riley, Kansas, Ware Elem caters to 623 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Geary County Schools. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 313 students each, so Ware Elem sits 99% bigger than that benchmark.

Geary County Schools comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 7,293 students; Ware Elem is among them.

Looking at the student body, Ware Elem lists that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 28% Hispanic, 12% Black, 10% multiracial, 3% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Geary County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ware Elem ranks in the top 10% of Kansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 35.8%; Ware Elem posts 50.1%, +14.4 points above that line.

In the area at large, Geary County reports that median household earnings sit near $59,317, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Geary County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,880 students), Ware Elem is one campus in the mix.

Morris Hill Elem is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ware Elem at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 46.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Ware Elem's enrollment has expanded 19% since 2018, when it stood at 523 (now 623). White enrollment moved from 55% to 44% across the same window.

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