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Jefferson Elementary, Arkansas City, KS

CEP schoolJefferson Elementary is a public elementary school in Arkansas City, part of Arkansas City School District. It enrolled 261 students in 2024-25, with 16.3 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "Jefferson Elem".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
261
Teachers (FTE)
16.0
Students per teacher
16.3
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 2.7 higher than the district figure of 13.6. The Kansas average across schools is 13.8. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.3
District13.6
Kansas13.8
United States15.3

School details

Address
131 Osage Ave, Arkansas City, KS 67005
Phone
(620)441-2060
District
Arkansas City School District
County
Cowley County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Town: Distant
NCES school ID
200345001234
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
165
Reduced-price lunch
24
Free or reduced-price lunch
18972.4% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Arkansas City School District

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.