Chisholm Trail Elem

Chisholm Trail Elem, a moderately sized elementary campus in Park City, Kansas, run under Wichita, teaches 381 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 22% above the state mean of about 313.

Wichita runs 87 schools in total, collectively educating 47,545 students. Chisholm Trail Elem is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Chisholm Trail Elem records that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 25% Hispanic, 12% Black, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Sedgwick County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Chisholm Trail Elem sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.1%; this one delivers 31.0%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Sedgwick County put the typical household earns roughly $69,365 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sedgwick County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 84,569 students), of which Chisholm Trail Elem is one.

Heights High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Chisholm Trail Elem comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 36.2%.

Chisholm Trail Elem operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Chisholm Trail Elem's enrollment has ticked down 22% since 2018, when it stood at 486 (now 381). White enrollment moved from 69% to 53% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 22.9:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.