Enrollment
378
Elementary
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICHITA·NCES 201299000266
College Hill Elem
211 N Clifton, Wichita, KS 67208 · (316) 973-9600 · Sedgwick County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL378 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% 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.
- A-Beats 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
14.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
269 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 39 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
70%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
48.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
26.8%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 | 48.0% | 26.8% |
| 2023-24 | 43.4% | 26.3% |
% 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
40.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.1%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 College Hill Elem
College Hill Elem's state test result (40.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| College Hill Elem this school | 378 | 71.2% | 40.3% |
| Westwood Elem Junction City | 278 | 76.3% | 48.7% |
| Earl Lawson Early Education Center Leavenworth | 282 | 66.7% | N/A |
| McEachron Elem Topeka | 422 | 68.2% | 32.7% |
| McCarter Elem Topeka | 401 | 68.3% | 40.3% |
| Randolph Elem Topeka | 346 | 72.8% | 31.6% |
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 College Hill Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #362 of 625 | #37 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #491 of 625 | #49 of 92 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #343 of 625 | #39 of 92 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 378 | #227 of 714 | #58 of 98 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #392 of 539 | #72 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.8% | #48 of 540 | #25 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.2% | #165 of 658 | #46 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.1% | #170 of 377 | #32 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
378
+31 (+9%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 597
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 378 | 25.8 | 14.7:1 | 71% (269) |
| 2023-24 | 385 | 27.6 | 13.9:1 | 72% (278) |
| 2022-23 | 395 | 28.1 | 14.1:1 | 71% (280) |
| 2020-21 | 347 | 27 | 12.8:1 | 62% (216) |
| 2017-18 | 445 | 22.9 | 19.4:1 | 63% (282) |
| 2015-16 | 422 | 24 | 17.6:1 | 64% (270) |
| 2010-11 | 386 | 24 | 16.1:1 | 63% (242) |
| 2000-01 | 463 | 30 | 15.4:1 | 47% (218) |
| 1990-91 | 597 | 29 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for College Hill Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (445 to 378); teachers up 12% (22.9 to 25.8).
About College Hill Elem
Students in Wichita, Kansas, attend College Hill Elem, a mid-sized elementary school. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 378 students. The school is 21% larger than the average for elementary schools in Kansas.
College Hill Elem is part of Wichita, where 87 schools serve 47,545 students.
About 44% of students at College Hill Elem are White, the largest single group. The school is also 24% Hispanic, 19% Black, and 11% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 69%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 70, compared with 70 nationally.
College Hill Elem has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1, with 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Kansas is 13.2:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 71% at College Hill Elem. Public schools in Sedgwick County average 63%.
College Hill Elem earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 55% of Kansas public elementary schools.
College Hill Elem posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 40.3%, compared with a predicted 28.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Kansas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Looking at the county, Sedgwick County, the median household earns about $69,365 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting College Hill Elem, Sedgwick County has 160 public schools.
About 0.8 miles separate College Hill Elem from the closest public school, East High. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 25.0%; College Hill Elem's is 40.3%, ranking 2nd of 9.
For locale, NCES codes College Hill Elem as City: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 31 students, from 347 to 378. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 12.8:1 to 14.7:1.
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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
- East High0.8 mi · 2,435
- Hyde Intl Studies/Commun Elem Magnet0.8 mi · 260
- Robinson Middle School0.8 mi · 682
- Jefferson Elem1.1 mi · 381
- Adams Elem1.2 mi · 446
- Washington Accelerated Learning Elem1.3 mi · 470
Frequently asked questions
About College Hill ElemWhat is the total enrollment at College Hill Elem?
College Hill Elem enrolls approximately 378 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does College Hill Elem serve?
College Hill Elem serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at College Hill Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at College Hill Elem is approximately 14.7:1 (26 FTE teachers).
How diverse is College Hill Elem?
College Hill Elem reports a student body of 44% White, 24% Hispanic, 19% Black, 0% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees College Hill Elem?
College Hill Elem is overseen by Wichita in Sedgwick County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.