Wellsville Elem

Wellsville Elem is an elementary school of moderately sized scale in Wellsville, Kansas, one of the schools within Wellsville, serveing 411 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 31% larger than the state mean of about 313.

Within Wellsville, which oversees 3 schools and 856 students, Wellsville Elem is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Wellsville Elem logs that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. Compared to Franklin County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Wellsville Elem higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 35% of students at Wellsville Elem qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Franklin County (around 52%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Wellsville Elem sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.7%; this one delivers 47.7%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Franklin County put the typical household earns roughly $77,207 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Franklin County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,187 students), of which Wellsville Elem is one.

The closest other public school is Wellsville High, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Wellsville Elem. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wellsville Elem at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 44.0%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Wellsville Elem's enrollment has edged up 9% since 2018, when it stood at 378 (now 411). White enrollment moved from 96% to 88% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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