Enrollment
53
Elementary
DISTRICT 169 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARNETT·NCES 200645000768
Westphalia
500 Liberty St., Westphalia, KS 66093 · (785) 489-2511 · Anderson County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL53 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of Kansas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
9.2:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
28 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 3 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 8 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 6 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 6 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 5 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 6 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 8 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 5 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 6 | 11% |
Student demographics
0%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
37.1%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
31.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 | 37.1% | 31.4% |
| 2023-24 | 36.7% | 20.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kansas's top nor bottom 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 Westphalia
Westphalia's state test result (33.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westphalia this school | 53 | 52.8% | 33.4% |
| Winona Elem Winona | 58 | 48.3% | 32.9% |
| Wheatland Elementary School Grainfield | 58 | 48.3% | 59.8% |
| Argonia Elem Argonia | 65 | 56.9% | 46.5% |
| Wilson Elementary School Wilson | 74 | 58.1% | 39.2% |
| Logan Elem Logan | 76 | 55.3% | 39.8% |
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 Westphalia ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 53 | #701 of 714 |
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
53
+3 (+6%) vs 2020
-60% since 1990-91, when it was 134
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 7.1:1
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 | 53 | 5.8 | 9.2:1 | 53% (28) |
| 2023-24 | 50 | 6.5 | 7.7:1 | 60% (30) |
| 2022-23 | 52 | 6.8 | 7.7:1 | 46% (24) |
| 2020-21 | 50 | 7 | 7.1:1 | 56% (28) |
| 2017-18 | 59 | 9.8 | 6.0:1 | 25% (15) |
| 2015-16 | 72 | 8 | 9.0:1 | 51% (37) |
| 2010-11 | 110 | 10 | 11.0:1 | 58% (64) |
| 2000-01 | 129 | 11 | 11.7:1 | 44% (57) |
| 1990-91 | 134 | 9 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westphalia.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (59 to 53); teachers down 41% (9.8 to 5.8).
About Westphalia
At 500 Liberty St. in Westphalia, Kansas, Westphalia operates as a very small elementary school. There are 53 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 8. The school is 83% below the average for elementary schools in Kansas.
Garnett is responsible for 4 schools, Westphalia included, with 925 students in all.
At Westphalia, 100% of students are White. That is higher than the 92% White share among all Anderson County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 0%.
Westphalia has 5.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 9.2:1. Elementary schools in Kansas average 13.2:1, 4.0 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 53% at Westphalia. The figure for public schools in Anderson County is close, at 56%.
Westphalia earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 25% of Kansas public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Westphalia is 3.5 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 33.4% actual, 36.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Kansas.
For the population of Anderson County, median household income comes to about $70,614, roughly 14% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Anderson County's 6 public schools enroll about 1,188 students and include Westphalia.
Southern Coffey County High School is the nearest public school to Westphalia, about 10.0 miles away. The nearest schools with test data average 32.0%, lower than Westphalia's 33.4%.
Westphalia has an NCES locale of Rural: Remote.
Enrollment rose 6% over 4 years, reaching 53 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 7.1:1 in 2020-21, and 9.2:1 in 2024-25.
The Westphalia discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Anderson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,834
Census ACS
Median income
$70,614
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
1,188 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Garnett
- Anderson County Jr/Sr High SchoolHigh · 419 students
- Garnett Elementary SchoolElementary · 401 students
- Greeley ElemElementary · 52 students
Nearby schools
- Southern Coffey County High School10.0 mi · 37
- Southern Coffey County Middle School10.0 mi · 50
- Crest High10.6 mi · 78
- Crest Elementary10.6 mi · 185
- Burlington Elementary School13.5 mi · 322
- Burlington Middle School 5 - 813.6 mi · 242
Frequently asked questions
About WestphaliaWhat is the total enrollment at Westphalia?
Westphalia enrolls approximately 53 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Westphalia serve?
Westphalia serves grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Westphalia have?
Westphalia employs 6 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Westphalia?
Student demographics at Westphalia are roughly 100% White.
What district is Westphalia in?
Westphalia is part of Garnett.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.