Enrollment
99
Kansas · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Maple Hill, KS
Federal NCES profile for Maple Hill Elem, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 45/100.
The verdict
Maple Hill Elem earns 45/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Kansas median.
Maple Hill Elem has class sizes near the Kansas median. Computed live against every Kansas school reporting to NCES.
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
How Maple Hill Elem compares with Kansas and U.S. medians
At or below state median
12.4:1 - 1.4 below the Kansas state median of 13.8:1, indicating smaller average class loads than typical schools in the state.
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
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
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.
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Wabaunsee, which includes Maple Hill Elem.
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.
| 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.
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.
Maple Hill Elem has 99 students enrolled. It is a public school in Maple Hill, KS.
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.
39.4% of students at Maple Hill Elem are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Kansas average of 42.7%.
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).
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.
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.
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