Enrollment
221
Elementary
DISTRICT 204 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEOTI·NCES 200861001221
Wichita County Elementary
109 N. Indian Road, Leoti, KS 67861 · (620) 375-2314 · Wichita County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL221 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Kansas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
11.2:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
114 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 | 30 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 32 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 20 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 19% larger than its 6th grade class (27).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Wichita County Elementary→Wichita County Junior-Senior High School
Based on grade levels within Leoti. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
65.7%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
65.7%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 | 65.7% | 65.7% |
| 2023-24 | 47.6% | 58.3% |
% 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
63.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 38% 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 26 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 Wichita County Elementary
Wichita County Elementary's state test result (63.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wichita County Elementary this school | 221 | 51.6% | 63.3% |
| Scott City Lower Elem Scott City | 230 | 53.9% | N/A |
| Cimarron Elem Cimarron | 312 | 46.5% | 39.3% |
| West Elementary Goodland | 201 | 58.2% | N/A |
| North Elementary Goodland | 254 | 59.4% | 32.3% |
| Abilene Elem Valley Center | 254 | 50.0% | 72.9% |
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 Wichita County Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #79 of 625 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #68 of 625 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #108 of 625 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 221 | #511 of 714 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #50 of 539 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.4% | #254 of 540 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.6% | #358 of 658 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.3% | #275 of 377 |
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
221
-8 (-3%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 244
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 221 | 19.7 | 11.2:1 | 52% (114) |
| 2023-24 | 221 | 19.2 | 11.5:1 | 58% (128) |
| 2022-23 | 210 | 19 | 11.1:1 | 55% (116) |
| 2020-21 | 229 | 19 | 12.1:1 | 49% (112) |
| 2017-18 | 241 | 21.2 | 11.4:1 | 52% (125) |
| 2015-16 | 237 | 22 | 10.8:1 | 57% (134) |
| 2010-11 | 262 | 19 | 13.8:1 | 66% (172) |
| 2000-01 | 227 | 16 | 14.2:1 | 40% (91) |
| 1990-91 | 244 | 17 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wichita County Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (241 to 221); teachers down 7% (21.2 to 19.7).
About Wichita County Elementary
Families in Leoti, Kansas, are served by Wichita County Elementary, a small elementary school. The school had 221 students in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Kansas) has about 313 students.
Leoti serves 408 students across 2 schools.
At 61%, White students outnumber all other groups at Wichita County Elementary combined. Smaller groups are 38% Hispanic. County-wide, 73% of Wichita County residents are White. By the diversity index, Wichita County Elementary comes in at 48%.
Federal data list 19.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Wichita County Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 11.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Kansas is 13.2:1, higher than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 52%. That is close to the 52% average for public schools in Wichita County.
allk12 grades Wichita County Elementary an A+. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at Wichita County Elementary are 25.8 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 63.3%, compared with a predicted 37.5%, which ranks in the top 10% in Kansas.
County data help place the school in context: in Wichita County, median household income is about $79,063, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Wichita County Elementary is among the 2 public schools in Wichita County.
The closest public school, Wichita County Junior-Senior High School, is about 0.1 miles from Wichita County Elementary. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Wichita County Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Wichita County Elementary is coded Rural: Remote, for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
The number of students declined from 229 to 221 over 4 years.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Wichita County Elementary covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Wichita County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,091
Census ACS
Median income
$79,063
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2
408 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Wichita County Junior-Senior High School0.1 mi · 187
- Greeley County Jr./Sr. High21.1 mi · 131
- Greeley County Elem School21.1 mi · 115
- Scott City Middle24.3 mi · 409
- Scott Community Learning Center24.9 mi · 4
- Scott City High24.9 mi · 302
Frequently asked questions
About Wichita County ElementaryHow many students attend Wichita County Elementary?
Wichita County Elementary enrolls approximately 221 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Wichita County Elementary serve?
Wichita County Elementary serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wichita County Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wichita County Elementary is approximately 11.2:1 (20 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Wichita County Elementary?
Wichita County Elementary reports a student body of 61% White, 38% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Wichita County Elementary in?
Wichita County Elementary is part of Leoti.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.