Cleaveland Traditional Magnet Elementary

Cleaveland Traditional Magnet Elementary operates as a moderately sized elementary school in Wichita, Kansas, one of the schools within Wichita. Current enrollment sits at 296 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Within Wichita, which oversees 87 schools and 47,545 students, Cleaveland Traditional Magnet Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Cleaveland Traditional Magnet Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 30% White, 14% Black, 13% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 17%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Cleaveland Traditional Magnet Elementary reports 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Cleaveland Traditional Magnet Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Sedgwick County's rate of about 63%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Sedgwick County put median household income runs about $69,365, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Cleaveland Traditional Magnet Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Kelly Liberal Arts Academy, roughly 1.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 6-year window, the student count rose 11%: 266 students in 2018 compared to 296 in 2024. White enrollment moved from 45% to 30% across the same window.

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