Enrollment
58
Elementary
DISTRICT 50 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHEATLAND·NCES 200663001873
Wheatland Elementary School
436 Elm, Grainfield, KS 67737 · (785) 673-4365 · Gove County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL58 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of Kansas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.3:1
5 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
28 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 11 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 10 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 10 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 10 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 8 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 9 | 16% |
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
55.6%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
50.0%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 | 55.6% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.7% | 66.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
59.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.1%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 39% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Kansas's top 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 Wheatland Elementary School
Wheatland Elementary School's state test result (59.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheatland Elementary School this school | 58 | 48.3% | 59.8% |
| Winona Elem Winona | 58 | 48.3% | 32.9% |
| Flinthills Primary School Cassoday | 63 | 44.4% | N/A |
| Westphalia Westphalia | 53 | 52.8% | 33.4% |
| Otis-Bison Elementary Otis | 73 | 43.8% | 47.3% |
| Hope Elem Hope | 74 | 54.1% | 42.6% |
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 Wheatland Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 58 | #696 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
58
+23 (+66%) vs 2020
+29% since 2010-11, when it was 45
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 5.8:1
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 | 58 | 4.7 | 12.3:1 | 48% (28) |
| 2023-24 | 59 | 5.5 | 10.8:1 | 46% (27) |
| 2022-23 | 58 | 6.1 | 9.6:1 | 33% (19) |
| 2020-21 | 35 | 6 | 5.8:1 | 60% (21) |
| 2017-18 | 42 | 5.3 | 7.9:1 | 52% (22) |
| 2015-16 | 55 | 6 | 9.2:1 | 47% (26) |
| 2010-11 | 45 | 5 | 9.0:1 | 56% (25) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wheatland Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 38% (42 to 58); teachers down 11% (5.3 to 4.7).
About Wheatland Elementary School
Wheatland Elementary School is a very small elementary school located in Grainfield, Kansas. It had 58 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 4. That compares with an average of about 313 students for elementary schools in Kansas.
Wheatland Elementary School is part of a district of 2 schools: Wheatland, with 99 students.
The share of students at Wheatland Elementary School who are White is 93%. Smaller groups are 3% Hispanic and 3% Black. Gove County residents are about 94% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 13% means there is a 13% chance two randomly chosen students at Wheatland Elementary School are from different groups.
There are 4.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 12.3:1. Compared with the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas, this school's ratio is lower. On the income side, 48% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Kansas public elementary schools, Wheatland Elementary School outscored 87%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
After accounting for student poverty, Wheatland Elementary School is in the top 10% of Kansas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 59.8% is 20.7 points above the 39.1% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
In Gove County, median household income comes to about $66,029, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 1%. The county's public schools total 6, with about 473 students.
A public school about 0.8 miles away, Wheatland High School, is the closest to Wheatland Elementary School. In all, 3 other public schools sit within ten miles of Wheatland Elementary School. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Wheatland Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Remote.
The school's enrollment figures are 35 for 2020-21 and 58 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger. Students per teacher increased from 5.8 in 2020-21 to 12.3 in 2024-25.
People who know Wheatland Elementary School can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Gove County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,799
Census ACS
Median income
$66,029
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
1%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
473 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Wheatland Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 3 states are named Wheatland Elementary. Wheatland Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 5.
- Wheatland ElementaryWichita, KS · 443 students
- Wheatland ElemValley Center, KS · 325 students
- Wheatland ElementaryWheatland, CA · 380 students
- WHEATLAND ELEM.WHEATLAND, MO · 140 students
Nearby schools
- Wheatland High School0.8 mi · 41
- Grinnell Middle School8.9 mi · 22
- Grinnell Grade School8.9 mi · 43
- Quinter Elem12.8 mi · 176
- Quinter Jr-Sr High13.1 mi · 133
- Hoxie Elem16.7 mi · 253
Frequently asked questions
About Wheatland Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wheatland Elementary School?
Wheatland Elementary School enrolls approximately 58 students in grades PK-04.
Is Wheatland Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wheatland Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Wheatland Elementary School have?
Wheatland Elementary School employs 5 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Wheatland Elementary School?
Student demographics at Wheatland Elementary School are roughly 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black.
Is Wheatland Elementary School public or private?
Wheatland Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wheatland.
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