Enrollment
136
Elementary
DISTRICT 148 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEBO-WAVERLY·NCES 201281000175
Waverly Elem
607 Dane, Waverly, KS 66871 · (785) 733-2551 · Coffey County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL136 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Kansas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.6:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
61 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 22 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 18 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 12 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 20 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 20 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (20).
Student demographics
18%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
61.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
66.1%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 | 61.0% | 66.1% |
| 2023-24 | 50.8% | 58.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
62.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.7%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 41% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Kansas's top 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 Waverly Elem
Waverly Elem's state test result (62.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waverly Elem this school | 136 | 44.9% | 62.1% |
| Kiowa County Elementary School Greensburg | 130 | 46.9% | 54.8% |
| Victoria Elementary Victoria | 153 | 45.1% | 49.1% |
| Lebo Elem Lebo | 159 | 43.4% | 60.7% |
| Burlingame Elementary Burlingame | 142 | 47.9% | 33.3% |
| White City Elem White City | 140 | 47.9% | 36.7% |
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 Waverly Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #91 of 625 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #64 of 625 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #162 of 625 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 136 | #615 of 714 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.9% | #424 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
136
+14 (+11%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 175
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 136 | 10.8 | 12.6:1 | 45% (61) |
| 2023-24 | 146 | 9.1 | 16.0:1 | 42% (62) |
| 2022-23 | 138 | 9.1 | 15.2:1 | 40% (55) |
| 2020-21 | 122 | 9 | 13.6:1 | 30% (36) |
| 2017-18 | 97 | 8.6 | 11.3:1 | 32% (31) |
| 2015-16 | 93 | 9 | 10.3:1 | 38% (35) |
| 2010-11 | 110 | 12 | 9.2:1 | 59% (65) |
| 2000-01 | 138 | 14 | 9.9:1 | 35% (48) |
| 1990-91 | 175 | 11 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Waverly Elem.
Since 2017-18: students up 40% (97 to 136); teachers up 25% (8.6 to 10.8).
About Waverly Elem
Waverly Elem is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Waverly, Kansas. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 136 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Kansas enroll about 313 students on average.
Waverly Elem is one of 4 schools in Lebo-Waverly, which enrolls 517 students in total.
White students account for 90% of the school's enrollment. Smaller groups are 7% multiracial. Coffey County residents are about 92% White, a similar share. The diversity index for Waverly Elem is 18%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 10.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.6:1. The 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas is close to this figure. Waverly Elem has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 45%. The average for public schools in Coffey County is similar, at 45%.
On the allk12 Grade, Waverly Elem lands at A, ahead of 91% of Kansas public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Waverly Elem would score about 40.7%. It scores 62.1%, a top-10% result among Kansas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Coffey County show that median household income comes to about $70,346, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Coffey County counts 10 public schools with about 1,498 students.
Waverly High sits about 0.1 miles from Waverly Elem. Waverly Elem has 4 other public schools within ten miles. Waverly Elem comes in 1st of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal data place Waverly Elem in the Rural: Remote locale, which means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Waverly Elem had a net gain of 14 students, or 11%.
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Coffey County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,308
Census ACS
Median income
$70,346
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
1,498 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lebo-Waverly
- Lebo ElemElementary · 159 students
- Lebo HighHigh · 117 students
- Waverly HighHigh · 105 students
Other Waverly Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Waverly Elementary. Waverly Elem is the 8th largest of the 8.
- Waverly ElementaryEllicott City, MD · 827 students
- Waverly ElementaryStockton, CA · 438 students
- Waverly ElementaryWaverly, TN · 414 students
- Waverly Elementary SchoolMartinsville, IN · 404 students
- Waverly Elementary SchoolCleveland, OH · 281 students
Nearby schools
- Waverly High0.1 mi · 105
- Marais Des Cygnes Valley High8.2 mi · 53
- Marais Des Cygnes Valley Middle8.2 mi · 35
- Williamsburg Elementary School9.4 mi · 102
- Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elem13.4 mi · 87
- Lebo Elem13.9 mi · 159
Frequently asked questions
About Waverly ElemWhat is the total enrollment at Waverly Elem?
Waverly Elem enrolls approximately 136 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Waverly Elem serve?
Waverly Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Waverly Elem?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Waverly Elem.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Waverly Elem?
At Waverly Elem, the student body is approximately 90% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Waverly Elem public or private?
Waverly Elem is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lebo-Waverly.
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