Clark Elem

This page covers Clark Elem, a low-enrollment elementary school in Wichita, Kansas. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 240 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Kansas is roughly 313 students; this school is 23% smaller than that.

Wichita enrolls 47,545 students, and its 87 schools include Clark Elem.

By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Clark Elem is Black (40%). Other groups make up 22% White, 20% Hispanic, and 13% multiracial. Sedgwick County as a whole is about 8% Black, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Clark Elem belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 73%.

With 20.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2023-24, the ratio at Clark Elem was 12.0:1. Among elementary schools in Kansas, the typical ratio is 13.2:1. Clark Elem's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 91%. It compares with 63% for public schools in Sedgwick County.

Across Sedgwick County, median household income is about $69,365, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The public schools of Sedgwick County number 160 and enroll about 84,569.

Nearest public school: Bostic Traditional Magnet Elem, about 0.8 miles away. The five-mile area around Clark Elem holds at least 8 other public schools.

Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.

Clark Elem had 354 students in 2017-18 and 240 in 2023-24, a 32% decrease. The percentage of Black students fell from 51% to 40% between 2017-18 and 2023-24. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.0:1 in 2017-18, and 11.5:1 in 2023-24.

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