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West Elk Schools, Howard, KS

CEP schoolWest Elk Schools is a public school in Howard, part of West Elk School District. It enrolled 371 students in 2024-25, with 10.9 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
371
Teachers (FTE)
34.0
Students per teacher
10.9
Grades
PK to 12

This school's ratio is 5.2 lower than the district figure of 16.1. The Kansas average across schools is 13.8. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school10.9
District16.1
Kansas13.8
United States15.3

School details

Address
1199 State Highway 99, Howard, KS 67349
Phone
(620)374-2147
District
West Elk School District
County
Elk County
Level
Other
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Remote
NCES school ID
200750002013
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
203
Reduced-price lunch
49
Free or reduced-price lunch
25267.9% 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 similar schools in West Elk 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.