Enrollment
335
Elementary
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICHITA·NCES 201299000254
Black Traditional Magnet Elem
1045 High, Wichita, KS 67203 · (316) 973-3500 · Sedgwick County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL335 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Kansas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
280 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 68 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
70%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
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KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
40.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
15.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 | 40.0% | 15.5% |
| 2023-24 | 27.4% | 19.5% |
% 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
25.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.2%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Black Traditional Magnet Elem
Black Traditional Magnet Elem's state test result (25.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Traditional Magnet Elem this school | 335 | 83.6% | 25.0% |
| Lawrence Elem Wichita | 394 | 86.3% | 24.8% |
| Lowman Hill Elem Topeka | 294 | 82.7% | 30.1% |
| Kelly Liberal Arts Academy Wichita | 429 | 86.0% | 18.6% |
| Stony Point South Kansas City | 247 | 78.1% | 22.5% |
| Griffith Elem Wichita | 370 | 87.6% | 20.6% |
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 Black Traditional Magnet Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #535 of 625 | #56 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.5% | #574 of 625 | #63 of 92 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #451 of 625 | #49 of 92 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 335 | #319 of 714 | #69 of 98 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #491 of 539 | #91 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.0% | #47 of 540 | #24 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.6% | #90 of 658 | #37 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.4% | #68 of 377 | #14 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
335
-25 (-7%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 266
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 335 | 20.4 | 16.4:1 | 84% (280) |
| 2023-24 | 280 | 18.8 | 14.9:1 | 90% (252) |
| 2022-23 | 320 | 19.6 | 16.3:1 | 87% (278) |
| 2020-21 | 360 | 27 | 13.3:1 | 79% (284) |
| 2017-18 | 443 | 22.6 | 19.6:1 | 72% (320) |
| 2015-16 | 438 | 24 | 18.3:1 | 74% (322) |
| 2010-11 | 316 | 18 | 17.6:1 | 81% (255) |
| 2000-01 | 314 | 17 | 18.5:1 | 55% (174) |
| 1990-91 | 266 | 18 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Black Traditional Magnet Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (443 to 335); teachers down 10% (22.6 to 20.4).
About Black Traditional Magnet Elem
Black Traditional Magnet Elem is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of Wichita, Kansas. It enrolls 335 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.
Within Wichita, Black Traditional Magnet Elem is one of 87 schools. The district enrolls 47,545 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Black Traditional Magnet Elem is Hispanic, with 39% of students. Other groups make up 33% White, 15% Black, and 11% multiracial. Sedgwick County as a whole is about 17% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Black Traditional Magnet Elem scores 70%.
Its staff includes 20.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 16.4 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Kansas, 13.2:1, is lower. Black Traditional Magnet Elem has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 84%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Sedgwick County is 63%.
Black Traditional Magnet Elem earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 19% of Kansas public elementary schools.
Schools in Kansas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 22.2%. Black Traditional Magnet Elem scores 25.0%.
American Community Survey estimates for Sedgwick County show that the median household earns about $69,365 a year, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Sedgwick County has 160 public schools with about 84,569 students, including Black Traditional Magnet Elem.
About 0.6 miles separate Black Traditional Magnet Elem from the closest public school, Hadley Middle School. The five-mile area around Black Traditional Magnet Elem holds at least 8 other public schools. Black Traditional Magnet Elem ranks 4th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 25.0% against a local average of 28.2%.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school shrank from 360 students in 2020-21 to 335 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.4:1.
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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
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- Hadley Middle School0.6 mi · 507
- O K Elem0.7 mi · 262
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Frequently asked questions
About Black Traditional Magnet ElemHow large is Black Traditional Magnet Elem?
Black Traditional Magnet Elem enrolls approximately 335 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Black Traditional Magnet Elem serve?
Black Traditional Magnet Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Black Traditional Magnet Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Black Traditional Magnet Elem is approximately 16.4:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Black Traditional Magnet Elem?
Student demographics at Black Traditional Magnet Elem are roughly 33% White, 39% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Black Traditional Magnet Elem in?
Black Traditional Magnet Elem is part of Wichita.
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