Wheatland Elementary School

Wheatland Elementary School is a primary school of very small scale in Grainfield, Kansas, one of the schools within Wheatland, hosting 58 students in grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 81% leaner than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 313 students.

Wheatland comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 99 students; Wheatland Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Wheatland Elementary School shows that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 3% Hispanic, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Gove County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Wheatland Elementary School reports 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Wheatland Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 39.1%; this one delivers 59.8%, a residual of +20.7 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Gove County put the typical household earns roughly $66,029 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 1%. Across Gove County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 473 students), Wheatland Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Wheatland High School, around 0.8 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wheatland Elementary School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 38.0%.

Wheatland Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Wheatland Elementary School's enrollment has rose 38% since 2018, when it stood at 42 (now 58). Over the same period, the White share rose from 86% to 93%. Class-load math has widened: from 7.9:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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