Brooks Magnet Middle School

Set in Wichita, Kansas, Brooks Magnet Middle School is an average-sized intermediate school, run under Wichita. It hosts 578 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 44% larger than the state mean of about 402.

Brooks Magnet Middle School is one of 87 schools operated by Wichita, a district that serves 47,545 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Brooks Magnet Middle School lists that the most-represented group is Black (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 22% White, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 8% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Sedgwick County's rate of about 63%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Brooks Magnet Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.2%; this one delivers 18.9%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Sedgwick County put the typical household earns roughly $69,365 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sedgwick County's 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 84,569 students), Brooks Magnet Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Buckner Performing Arts Magnet Elem, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Brooks Magnet Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 14.3%.

Brooks Magnet Middle School operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 6%: 547 students in 2018 compared to 578 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 22% to 27% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

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