Anderson Elem

Anderson Elem is one of the sprawling elementary-level communitys in Wichita, Kansas, overseen by Wichita, with 477 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 313 students per school, that is 52% bigger than typical.

Anderson Elem is one of 87 schools operated by Wichita, a district that works with 47,545 students overall.

Demographically, Anderson Elem lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 18% Black, 17% White, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 17%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. Roughly 93% of students at Anderson Elem qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Sedgwick County's rate of about 63%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Anderson Elem sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 17.5%; this one delivers 13.8%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Sedgwick County put median household income runs about $69,365, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Sedgwick County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 84,569 students), of which Anderson Elem is one.

Wells Alternative Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Anderson Elem. On composite proficiency, Anderson Elem comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 11.7%.

Anderson Elem operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 25%: 637 students in 2018 compared to 477 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.