Challenger Intermediate School

Located at 325 N Walnut, in Goddard, Kansas, Challenger Intermediate School is a moderately sized middle-grades school that enrolls 454 students (grades 5 through 6), part of Goddard.

Goddard runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 6,344 students. Challenger Intermediate School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Challenger Intermediate School lists that 72% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 17% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Challenger Intermediate School records 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. An estimated 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Sedgwick County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Challenger Intermediate School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.3%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Sedgwick County indicate median household earnings sit near $69,365, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Sedgwick County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 84,569 students), of which Challenger Intermediate School is one.

The closest other public school is Oak Street Elementary School K-4, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Challenger Intermediate School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 42.8%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 6%: 427 students in 2018 compared to 454 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 83% to 72% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.8:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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