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Enrollment
829
Elementary
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICHITA·NCES 201299002056
Christa McAuliffe Academy
2055 S 143rd E, Wichita, KS 67230 · (316) 973-9985 · Sedgwick County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL829 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Kansas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
13.7:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
435 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 51%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 56 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 152 | 18% |
| Grade 7 | 143 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 131 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 57% smaller than its 8th grade class (131).
Student demographics
77%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
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
43.4%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
31.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 | 43.4% | 31.3% |
| 2023-24 | 27.5% | 22.5% |
% 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
29.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.1%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Christa McAuliffe Academy
Christa McAuliffe Academy's state test result (29.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christa McAuliffe Academy this school | 829 | 52.5% | 29.9% |
| Seltzer Elem Wichita | 494 | 67.2% | 35.3% |
| Lowell Brune Elementary School Kansas City | 432 | 72.7% | 21.1% |
| Bostic Traditional Magnet Elem Wichita | 305 | 54.1% | 69.2% |
| John F Kennedy Elem Kansas City | 419 | 73.5% | 23.6% |
| Overland Trail Elementary Overland Park | 531 | 14.5% | 66.8% |
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 Christa McAuliffe Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #488 of 625 | #52 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #456 of 625 | #44 of 92 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #400 of 625 | #44 of 92 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 829 | #5 of 714 | #2 of 98 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #297 of 539 | #42 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.8% | #4 of 540 | #3 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.5% | #345 of 658 | #69 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.8% | #370 of 377 | #67 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
829
-69 (-8%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 829 | 60.6 | 13.7:1 | 52% (435) |
| 2023-24 | 847 | 60.3 | 14.0:1 | 51% (433) |
| 2022-23 | 863 | 61.2 | 14.1:1 | 49% (419) |
| 2020-21 | 898 | 61 | 14.7:1 | 46% (415) |
| 2017-18 | 836 | 54.3 | 15.4:1 | 40% (332) |
| 2015-16 | 749 | 55 | 13.6:1 | 40% (302) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Christa McAuliffe Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (836 to 829); teachers up 12% (54.3 to 60.6).
About Christa McAuliffe Academy
The public elementary school Christa McAuliffe Academy is located in Wichita, Kansas. The latest federal count shows 829 students in pre-K through 8. The average for elementary schools in Kansas is about 313 students, so this school is 165% larger than average.
District-wide, Wichita has 87 schools and 47,545 students.
Christa McAuliffe Academy has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 33%. Beyond that, enrollment is 24% Asian, 20% Hispanic, 12% Black, and 10% multiracial. In Sedgwick County overall, about 69% of residents are White. Christa McAuliffe Academy's diversity index is 77%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.7:1, with 60.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Christa McAuliffe Academy is 52%. For comparison, public schools in Sedgwick County average 63%.
Measured against Kansas public elementary schools, Christa McAuliffe Academy receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Christa McAuliffe Academy scores 29.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 37.1%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Sedgwick County show that the median household income is $69,365, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Christa McAuliffe Academy is one of 160 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, Southeast High, is about 1.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Christa McAuliffe Academy places 7th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal data place Christa McAuliffe Academy in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 829, an 8% decrease from 898 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.7:1 to 13.7:1 over the same years.
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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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wichita
- East HighHigh · 2,435 students
- Southeast HighHigh · 2,066 students
- North HighHigh · 2,041 students
- South HighHigh · 1,662 students
- Heights HighHigh · 1,505 students
- Northwest HighHigh · 1,424 students
Other schools in Wichita
- East HighHigh · 2,435 students
- Southeast HighHigh · 2,066 students
- North HighHigh · 2,041 students
- Campus High HaysvilleHigh · 1,803 students
- South HighHigh · 1,662 students
- Heights HighHigh · 1,505 students
Nearby schools
- Southeast High1.3 mi · 2,066
- Seltzer Elem2.0 mi · 494
- Prairie Creek Elementary3.0 mi · 474
- Beech Elem3.2 mi · 538
- Sunflower Elementary School3.3 mi · 367
- Andover Central High School3.5 mi · 886
Frequently asked questions
About Christa McAuliffe AcademyHow many students attend Christa McAuliffe Academy?
Christa McAuliffe Academy enrolls approximately 829 students in grades PK-08.
Is Christa McAuliffe Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Christa McAuliffe Academy is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Christa McAuliffe Academy?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Christa McAuliffe Academy.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Christa McAuliffe Academy?
At Christa McAuliffe Academy, the student body is approximately 33% White, 20% Hispanic, 12% Black, 24% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Christa McAuliffe Academy public or private?
Christa McAuliffe Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wichita.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.