Enrollment
249
Elementary
DISTRICT 215 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOODSON·NCES 201311000769
Yates Center Elem
802 S State, Yates Center, KS 66783 · (620) 625-8860 · Woodson County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL249 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
146 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 29 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 26 | 10% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
Yates Center Elem→Yates Center High
Based on grade levels within Woodson. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
54.8%
KS avg 44.5% . +15.7pp since 2023
Math
51.6%
KS avg 38.8% . +11.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.8% | 51.6% |
| 2023-24 | 39.1% | 39.8% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades.
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
48.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.1%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% 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 15 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 →
Where Yates Center Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #236 of 625 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #197 of 625 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #238 of 625 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 249 | #466 of 714 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #130 of 539 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.4% | #496 of 540 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.6% | #277 of 658 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.5% | #23 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
249
-65 (-21%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 432
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 249 | 20.5 | 12.2:1 | 59% (146) |
| 2023-24 | 270 | 18.5 | 14.6:1 | 53% (143) |
| 2022-23 | 312 | 21.4 | 14.6:1 | 53% (166) |
| 2020-21 | 314 | 23 | 13.7:1 | 56% (176) |
| 2017-18 | 369 | 22.7 | 16.3:1 | 66% (244) |
| 2015-16 | 366 | 28 | 13.1:1 | 64% (233) |
| 2010-11 | 349 | 26 | 13.4:1 | 59% (206) |
| 2000-01 | 351 | 25 | 14.0:1 | 49% (171) |
| 1990-91 | 432 | 26 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Yates Center Elem.
About Yates Center Elem
Yates Center Elem is a public elementary school in Yates Center, Kansas. It enrolls 249 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 6. The school is 20% below the average for elementary schools in Kansas.
In Woodson, 2 schools enroll a combined 430 students.
Yates Center Elem is 90% White by enrollment. The next largest groups are 5% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. That is in line with Woodson County, where about 93% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Yates Center Elem scores 19%.
The school's 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Kansas average 13.2:1. Income data for the school show 59% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Woodson County is close, at 58%.
Yates Center Elem beats its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 14.5 points (48.6% versus 34.1%), a top-10% result in Kansas on BeatsExpectations.
In Woodson County, median household income comes to about $50,326, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Woodson County counts 2 public schools with about 430 students.
About 1.0 miles separate Yates Center Elem from the closest public school, Yates Center High. Yates Center Elem's average proficiency of 48.6% compares with 23.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Yates Center Elem falls in the Rural: Remote locale category, used for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
The school's student count fell 21% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Students per teacher dropped from 13.7 in 2020-21 to 12.2 in 2024-25.
Yates Center Elem has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Woodson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,109
Census ACS
Median income
$50,326
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2
430 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Yates Center High1.0 mi · 181
- Altoona-Midway Middle/High School14.7 mi · 79
- Southern Coffey County Middle School15.8 mi · 50
- Southern Coffey County High School15.8 mi · 37
- Humboldt Virtual Education16.9 mi · 351
- Humboldt Elementary School17.0 mi · 342
Frequently asked questions
About Yates Center ElemHow large is Yates Center Elem?
Yates Center Elem enrolls approximately 249 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Yates Center Elem serve?
Yates Center Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Yates Center Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Yates Center Elem is approximately 12.2:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Yates Center Elem?
At Yates Center Elem, the student body is approximately 90% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Yates Center Elem?
Yates Center Elem is overseen by Woodson in Woodson County.
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