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What's one thing Allen Elem gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
514
Elementary
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICHITA·NCES 201299000251
Allen Elem
1881 S Elpyco, Wichita, KS 67218 · (316) 973-1750 · Sedgwick County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL514 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
471 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 51%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 75 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 58% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
26.6%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
9.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.6% | 9.4% |
| 2023-24 | 21.8% | 13.2% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
17.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Allen Elem
Allen Elem's state test result (17.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Elem this school | 514 | 91.6% | 17.7% |
| Caldwell Elem Wichita | 465 | 92.5% | 14.3% |
| Williams Science and Fine Arts Magnet School Topeka | 447 | 92.8% | 24.4% |
| Midland Trail Kansas City | 495 | 88.3% | 36.3% |
| Washington Elem Junction City | 350 | 91.7% | 25.3% |
| Ross Elementary Topeka | 563 | 87.4% | 12.7% |
Matched among Kansas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Allen Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.7% | #584 of 625 | #71 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.4% | #610 of 625 | #82 of 92 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #572 of 625 | #72 of 92 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 514 | #64 of 714 | #16 of 98 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #345 of 539 | #59 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.2% | #28 of 540 | #15 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.6% | #38 of 658 | #17 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.6% | #316 of 377 | #57 of 67 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
514
+73 (+17%) vs 2020
+79% since 1990-91, when it was 287
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 12.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 514 | 36.5 | 14.1:1 | 92% (471) |
| 2023-24 | 450 | 33.6 | 13.4:1 | 93% (417) |
| 2022-23 | 472 | 33.4 | 14.1:1 | 91% (431) |
| 2020-21 | 441 | 35 | 12.6:1 | 91% (403) |
| 2017-18 | 539 | 35 | 15.4:1 | 83% (450) |
| 2015-16 | 528 | 38 | 13.9:1 | 84% (442) |
| 2010-11 | 540 | 32 | 16.9:1 | 87% (468) |
| 2000-01 | 306 | 18 | 17.0:1 | 61% (187) |
| 1990-91 | 287 | 18 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Allen Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (539 to 514); teachers up 4% (35 to 36.5).
About Allen Elem
Allen Elem is a large elementary school found in Wichita, Kansas. The latest federal count shows 514 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Kansas is about 313 students, so this school is 64% bigger than average.
Across its 87 schools, Wichita enrolls 47,545 students. Allen Elem is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at Allen Elem, at 42%. Other reported shares: 28% Black, 15% White, 11% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Sedgwick County's residents are about 17% Hispanic, 25 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.1:1, with 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is higher than the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Allen Elem is 92%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Sedgwick County is 63%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Allen Elem would score about 18.3%. It scores 17.7%, within a point of that figure.
Across Sedgwick County, the median household income is $69,365, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Sedgwick County is home to 160 public schools and about 84,569 public school students.
The closest other public school is Griffith Elem, about 0.6 miles away. Allen Elem has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Allen Elem ranks 2nd of 7 nearby schools, at 17.7% versus a 14.1% average.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Allen Elem climbed 17% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 441 to 514 students. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.6:1 in 2020-21, and 14.1:1 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Sedgwick County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
528,226
Census ACS
Median income
$69,365
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
84,569 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wichita
- East HighHigh · 2,435 students
- Southeast HighHigh · 2,066 students
- North HighHigh · 2,041 students
- South HighHigh · 1,662 students
- Heights HighHigh · 1,505 students
- Northwest HighHigh · 1,424 students
Other schools in Wichita
- East HighHigh · 2,435 students
- Southeast HighHigh · 2,066 students
- North HighHigh · 2,041 students
- Campus High HaysvilleHigh · 1,803 students
- South HighHigh · 1,662 students
- Heights HighHigh · 1,505 students
Other Allen Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 10 states are named Allen Elementary. Allen Elem is the 2nd largest of the 12.
- Allen Elementary SchoolFRISCO, TX · 677 students
- Allen Elementary SchoolAllen, KY · 462 students
- Allen Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 442 students
- Allen Elementary SchoolColumbus, GA · 436 students
- Allen Elementary SchoolSoddy Daisy, TN · 416 students
Nearby schools
- Griffith Elem0.6 mi · 370
- Caldwell Elem0.7 mi · 465
- Curtis Middle School0.8 mi · 846
- Jefferson Elem1.3 mi · 381
- Colvin Elem1.3 mi · 571
- Jardine Technology Middle Magnet1.5 mi · 499
Frequently asked questions
About Allen ElemHow many students attend Allen Elem?
Allen Elem enrolls approximately 514 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Allen Elem serve?
Allen Elem serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Allen Elem?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at Allen Elem.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Allen Elem?
At Allen Elem, the student body is approximately 15% White, 42% Hispanic, 28% Black, 3% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Allen Elem public or private?
Allen Elem is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wichita.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.