West Indianola Elem

West Indianola Elem is a mid-sized elementary school in Topeka, Kansas, one of the schools in Seaman. Its enrollment is 395 students, spread over kindergarten through 6. On average, elementary schools in Kansas enroll around 313, and this school is 26% bigger than that mark.

Federal data list 7 schools in Seaman, with 3,692 students enrolled.

A large majority of enrollment at West Indianola Elem is White, at 81%. After that, the student body is 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 33%.

West Indianola Elem has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1, with 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Kansas is 13.2:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 29% at West Indianola Elem. On average, public schools in Shawnee County report 54%.

On BeatsExpectations, West Indianola Elem is 5.4 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Kansas schools.

Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Shawnee County show that the median household earns about $67,104 a year, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Shawnee County has 54 public schools with about 26,294 students, including West Indianola Elem.

West Indianola Elem's closest public school neighbor is Lawrence Gardner High School, about 3.0 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, West Indianola Elem is ahead of the 35.3% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 8.

West Indianola Elem falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.

By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 395, from 457 in 2020-21.

West Indianola Elem has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.