Woodrow Wilson Elem

Woodrow Wilson Elem is one of the small K-5 schools in Manhattan, Kansas, overseen by Manhattan-Ogden, with 207 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 313 students each, so Woodrow Wilson Elem sits 34% leaner than that benchmark.

Manhattan-Ogden runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 7,204 students. Woodrow Wilson Elem is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Woodrow Wilson Elem records that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 23% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, 15% Black. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Woodrow Wilson Elem tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Riley County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Woodrow Wilson Elem sits in the top 10% of Kansas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 31.4%; actual is 51.7%, +20.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Riley County indicate median household earnings sit near $61,098, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Riley County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,145 students), Woodrow Wilson Elem is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Bluemont Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Woodrow Wilson Elem comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 44.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Woodrow Wilson Elem's enrollment has edged down 44% since 2018, when it stood at 371 (now 207). Over the same period, the White share declined from 77% to 42%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 today.

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