White City Elem

White City Elem is one of the tight-knit elementary campuss in White City, Kansas, one of the schools within Rural Vista, with 140 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 313 students per school, that is 55% below typical.

Across the 4 schools in Rural Vista (297 students total), White City Elem accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, White City Elem reports that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Morris County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting White City Elem tighter than the state norm the norm. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, White City Elem tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.7%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Morris County put median household earnings sit near $58,686, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Morris County runs 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 876 students), of which White City Elem is one.

White City High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), White City Elem ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.2%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. White City Elem's enrollment has grew 43% since 2018, when it stood at 98 (now 140). Over the same period, the White share declined from 94% to 89%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 8.7:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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