📍 825 N 17th Street, Atchison, Atchison County, 66002
Atchison Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Atchison, Atchison County. The school has 703 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Atchison Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 55.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1. 29% of students are proficient in reading. 21% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Atchison Elementary School enrolls 703 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 55.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 73% White, 13% Two or more races and 6.7% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 516 | 73% |
| Two or more races | 94 | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 47 | 6.7% |
| Black or African American | 41 | 5.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
480 of the school's 703 students (68%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 439 qualify for free lunch and 41 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Atchison Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district KS-20, state senate district 1, state house district 63.
Atchison Elementary School is one of 4 schools in Atchison Public Schools, based in Atchison, Kansas. The district serves 1,458 students district-wide and employs 151 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 703 students, Atchison Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 365 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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