Westphalia

Westphalia operates as a very small K-5 school in Westphalia, Kansas, part of Garnett. Current enrollment sits at 53 students spanning grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 83% below the state mean of about 313.

Garnett runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 925 students. Westphalia is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Westphalia records that 100% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. By comparison, Anderson County as a whole is about 92% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Westphalia logs 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. Roughly 53% of students at Westphalia qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Westphalia sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.9%; this one delivers 33.4%.

In the broader community, Anderson County reports that median household earnings sit near $70,614, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Anderson County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,188 students), of which Westphalia is one.

Nearest neighbor: Southern Coffey County High School, around 10.0 miles off. On composite proficiency, Westphalia comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 32.0%.

Westphalia operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Westphalia's enrollment has contracted 10% since 2018, when it stood at 59 (now 53). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 6.0:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.