16.1% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Eureka Unified School District 389, KS (631 out of 3.92k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females < 5, followed by Females 25 - 34 and then Females 75+.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Eureka Unified School District 389, KS is White, followed by Hispanic and Native American.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.