📍 1700 W Beeson Rd, Dodge City, Ford County, 67801
Beeson Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Dodge City, Ford County. The school has 365 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Dodge City school district. It serves grades K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.8:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Beeson Elementary enrolls 365 students across grades K–5. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 16 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 89% Hispanic or Latino, 9% White and 1.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 325 | 89% |
| White | 33 | 9% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 1.4% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
330 of the school's 365 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 286 qualify for free lunch and 44 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.
Beeson Elementary 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-10, state senate district 38, state house district 115.
Beeson Elementary is one of 11 schools in Dodge City, based in Dodge City, Kansas. The district serves 7,268 students district-wide and employs 343 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 365 students, Beeson Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 661 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe