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Plum Creek Elementary

PublicElementaryGrades PK–5

901 East 43rd Avenue, Hutchinson, KS 67502 · (620) 662-5535 · Part of Buhler Unified School District 313

Hutchinson’s School Grade C better than 29% of Kansas school districts

Directions
Students
448
Students per teacher
16:1
Free or reduced lunch
35%
Setting
Rural
Grades
PK–5
The gist

What stands out about Plum Creek Elementary

  • Its own letter, A−: reading and math results near the top of Kansas’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 9 pts above the state
  • Reading / language arts 17 pts above the state
  • Next stop for Hutchinson kids: 5 middle schools

On the path

Where Hutchinson kids come from and go next. The whole path →

PK–5Plum Creek ElementaryYou are here
7–85 middle schoolsDepends on your address

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency37%
State average 27.9%
Reading / language arts52%
State average 35.5%

Its own letter, A−, places these results among Kansas’s 1,221 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

901 East 43rd Avenue, Hutchinson

Students

Enrollment by grade
Pre-K84
Kindergarten54
Grade 152
Grade 260
Grade 370
Grade 463
Grade 565
Enrollment over time
423’20
428’21
467’22
466’23
448’24

Up 5.9% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 85%Hispanic 11%Black 2%Two or more races 1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Asian <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Plum Creek Elementary from Hutchinson families.

Other schools in Buhler Unified School District 313

The district →
Union Valley Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Hutchinson
A−
435 students15:1
Buhler Grade School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Buhler
A
241 students15:1
Ad Astra Virtual Academy
Other · Grades K–12 · Hutchinson
171 students
Prairie Hills Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Hutchinson
C+
532 students13:1
Ad Astra Alternative Academy
High · Grades 7–12 · Hutchinson
11 students16:1
Buhler High
High · Grades 9–12 · Buhler
C
674 students14:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Kansas’s other public schools; Hutchinson’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.