Other / mixed grade configuration · Maple Hill, KS

Maple Hill Elem

Federal NCES profile for Maple Hill Elem, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 45/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 200324000623
0/100100/10045/100
👥 S:T ratio
50
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
34
📋 Attendance
67
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Maple Hill Elem earns 45/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Kansas median.

45
Resource Index · Typical
12.4:1
students per teacher
39.4%
free-lunch eligible
99
students enrolled

Maple Hill Elem has class sizes near the Kansas median. Computed live against every Kansas school reporting to NCES.

School address

Enrollment

99

Kansas · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

8.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

12.4:1

vs 13.8:1 Kansas avg

-10% vs state

Free-lunch eligible

39.4%

vs 42.7% Kansas avg

-8% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Maple Hill Elem compares with Kansas and U.S. medians

At or below state median
0:135:112.4:1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Maple Hill Elem

Maple Hill Elem is a small combined-grade school in Maple Hill, Kansas, enrolling 99 students.

Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 12.4:1 puts it in the smaller third of Kansas schools by student-teacher ratio.

Its free-meal eligibility rate of 39.4% lands close to the Kansas typical range, neither a high- nor low-need campus by this measure.

Enrollment of 99 puts it in the smaller third of Kansas schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 1,346 scored Kansas schools.

Among 132 similarly sized, similarly resourced-need Kansas schools statewide, it ranks #96, in the lower tier once campus size and economic need are matched.

Counselor availability sits well past the ASCA benchmark, roughly 330 students sharing each counselor, though short of the most stretched campuses.

13.1% of students were chronically absent in the 2021-22 collection, in line with the post-pandemic national range.

Wabaunsee also operates Alma Elementary School (199 students) and Wabaunsee Sr High (115 students) alongside Maple Hill Elem.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Maple Hill Elem compares

Maple Hill Elem on the metrics families compare, against Kansas and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Kansas Kansas avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 12.4:1 ▼ 10% 13.8:1 15.7:1
Free-lunch eligible 39.4% ▼ 8% 42.7% 51.7%
Enrollment 99 top 85% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

12.4:1
Leaner classes than 72% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
99
Bigger than 10% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
39.4%
free-lunch eligible - 8% below the Kansas average of 42.7%
Below the 40% Title I threshold; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.
Staffing depth
12.4:1
students per teacher - 10% below state mean
Top 36% in Kansas - lower ratio than 64% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
13.1%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 10-15% range, above the pre-pandemic national baseline but within the broader post-pandemic picture.
Funding equity
$15,792
per pupil, district-wide - above Kansas avg of $15,487
Close to the U.S. public-school average per-pupil spend.
Support staff
Counselors0.3 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Wabaunsee, which includes Maple Hill Elem.

$15,792
Per student
+2%
vs Kansas
Avg $15,487
-5%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 26.8%
State 66.5%
Federal 6.7%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Maple Hill Elem Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Alma Elementary School Larger Lower economic need Higher S:T ratio
Wabaunsee Sr High Similar size Lower economic need Similar S:T ratio
Wabaunsee Junior High Similar size Lower economic need Higher S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to Maple Hill Elem's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Wabaunsee · 3 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar other schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Kansas, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Maple Hill Elem's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Maple Hill Elem

How many students attend Maple Hill Elem?

Maple Hill Elem has 99 students enrolled. It is a public school in Maple Hill, KS.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Maple Hill Elem?

The student-teacher ratio at Maple Hill Elem is 12.4:1, which is 10% lower than the Kansas average of 13.8:1 and 21% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Maple Hill Elem?

39.4% of students at Maple Hill Elem are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Kansas average of 42.7%.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Maple Hill Elem?

Maple Hill Elem has a Resource Investment Index of 45/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Maple Hill Elem a good school?

Maple Hill Elem earns 45/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Kansas median. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Wabaunsee?

Besides Maple Hill Elem, Wabaunsee also operates Alma Elementary School (199 students), Wabaunsee Sr High (115 students), and Wabaunsee Junior High (95 students). See the Wabaunsee district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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