Total enrollment
82,459
-2,363 (-3%) vs SY 2017-18
Sedgwick County
Kansas · Public K-12
In Sedgwick County, Kansas, the public-school system rolls up to 160 schools and roughly 84,569 K-12 students, with county median household income around $69,365. By level, that breaks down as 98 elementary, 32 middle, and 24 high schools.
7-year change in Sedgwick County
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25School count
153
-4 (-3%) vs SY 2017-18
% White
47%
was 52%
% Hispanic
28%
was 25%
% Black
12%
was 12%
% Asian
4%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
Schools
160
13 districts
Enrollment
84,569
NCES CCD
Median income
$69,365
Above Kansas avg
Free/reduced lunch
62.9%
Above Kansas avg
Elementary
98
39,720 students
Middle
32
18,989 students
High
24
24,673 students
Combined / other
6
1,187 students
LARGEST DISTRICT
Wichita
47,545 students · 13 districts in Sedgwick County
County vs. school enrollment demographics
Left bar is the racial makeup of Sedgwick County residents (Census ACS 5-year). Right bar is the enrollment-weighted makeup of public schools in the county (NCES CCD). NCES systematically under-reports Hispanic, Pacific Islander, and Native American enrollment for many schools; where the resident share is meaningful but the reported school share is zero, we mark the school bar "not reported".
County residents
School enrollment
Bachelor's+
32.1%
adults 25+
Poverty rate
9.7%
ACS 5-year
Unemployment
5.0%
civilian labor
Median age
36
24.9% under 18
Test scores in Sedgwick County
Latest 2024-25 ELA proficiency, 144 schools ranked. Kansas state average: 44.5%.
Top 5 schools (ELA)
- Abilene Elem· 88.2%
- Wheatland Elementary· 80.5%
- Circle Greenwich Elementary· 75.8%
- Apollo Elementary School· 75.5%
- Maize Virtual Preparatory School· 74.5%
Lowest 5 schools (ELA)
- Bryant Opportunity Academy· 3.2%
- Hamilton Middle School· 13.3%
- Truesdell Middle School· 14.7%
- Curtis Middle School· 14.8%
- Mead Middle School· 15.0%
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East High | Wichita | High | 09-12 | 2,435 | · |
| Derby High School | Derby | High | 09-12 | 2,172 | · |
| Southeast High | Wichita | High | 09-12 | 2,066 | · |
| North High | Wichita | High | 09-12 | 2,041 | · |
| Campus High Haysville | Wichita | High | 09-12 | 1,803 | · |
| South High | Wichita | High | 09-12 | 1,662 | · |
| Heights High | Wichita | High | 09-12 | 1,505 | · |
| Maize Sr High | Maize | High | 09-12 | 1,444 | · |
| Northwest High | Wichita | High | 09-12 | 1,424 | · |
| West High | Wichita | High | 09-12 | 1,306 | · |
| Maize South High School | Wichita | High | 09-12 | 1,107 | · |
| Valley Center High | Valley Center | High | 09-12 | 1,011 | · |
| Eisenhower High School | Goddard | High | 09-12 | 991 | · |
| Goddard High | Goddard | High | 09-12 | 962 | · |
| Truesdell Middle School | Wichita | Middle | 06-08 | 924 | · |
| Derby Middle Sch | Derby | Middle | 06-08 | 923 | · |
| Vermillion Elementary School | Maize | Elementary | PK-04 | 874 | · |
| Curtis Middle School | Wichita | Middle | 06-08 | 846 | · |
| Derby North Middle School | Derby | Middle | 06-08 | 832 | · |
| Christa McAuliffe Academy | Wichita | Elementary | PK-08 | 829 | · |
| Wilbur Middle School | Wichita | Middle | 06-08 | 822 | · |
| Valley Center Middle School | Valley Center | Middle | 06-08 | 802 | · |
| Pleasant Valley Middle School | Wichita | Middle | 06-08 | 760 | · |
| Haysville Middle School | Haysville | Middle | 06-08 | 755 | · |
| Northeast Magnet High School | Bel Aire | High | 09-12 | 686 | · |
| Robinson Middle School | Wichita | Middle | 06-08 | 682 | · |
| Mead Middle School | Wichita | Middle | 06-08 | 678 | · |
| Maize Intermediate School | Maize | Middle | 05-06 | 651 | · |
| Minneha Core Knowledge Elem | Wichita | Elementary | PK-05 | 644 | · |
| Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet | Wichita | Elementary | PK-08 | 643 | · |
| Maize Middle School | Maize | Middle | 07-08 | 635 | · |
| Coleman Middle School | Wichita | Middle | 06-08 | 631 | · |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School | Goddard | Middle | 07-08 | 625 | · |
| Mayberry Cultural and Fine Arts Magnet Middle | Wichita | Middle | 06-08 | 623 | · |
| Isely Traditional Magnet Elem | Bel Aire | Elementary | PK-05 | 621 | · |
| Woodman Elem | Wichita | Elementary | PK-05 | 612 | · |
| Tanglewood Elem | Derby | Elementary | PK-05 | 607 | · |
| Hamilton Middle School | Wichita | Middle | 06-08 | 604 | · |
| Marshall Middle School | Wichita | Middle | 06-08 | 596 | · |
| Cloud Elem | Wichita | Elementary | PK-05 | 580 | · |
| Brooks Magnet Middle School | Wichita | Middle | 06-08 | 578 | · |
| Colvin Elem | Wichita | Elementary | PK-05 | 571 | · |
| Education Imagine Academy | Wichita | Combined | KG-12 | 566 | · |
| Haysville West Middle School | Haysville | Middle | 06-08 | 551 | · |
| Dodge Literacy Magnet | Wichita | Elementary | PK-05 | 547 | · |
| Apollo Elementary School | Goddard | Elementary | PK-04 | 544 | · |
| Maize Central Elementary | Maize | Elementary | KG-04 | 542 | · |
| Mulvane High | Mulvane | High | 09-12 | 540 | · |
| Beech Elem | Wichita | Elementary | PK-05 | 538 | · |
| Allison Traditional Magnet Middle | Wichita | Middle | 06-08 | 536 | · |
| Stucky Middle School | Wichita | Middle | 06-08 | 518 | · |
| Allen Elem | Wichita | Elementary | PK-05 | 514 | · |
| Amelia Earhart Elementary School | Goddard | Elementary | PK-04 | 514 | · |
| Maize South Elementary | Wichita | Elementary | KG-04 | 514 | · |
| Enders STEM and Leadership Magnet | Wichita | Elementary | PK-05 | 509 | · |
| Hadley Middle School | Wichita | Middle | 06-08 | 507 | · |
| Pray-Woodman Elementary | Maize | Elementary | KG-04 | 507 | · |
| Discovery Intermediate School | Goddard | Middle | 05-06 | 502 | · |
| Maize South Middle School | Wichita | Middle | 07-08 | 501 | · |
| Jardine Technology Middle Magnet | Wichita | Middle | 06-08 | 499 | · |
| Seltzer Elem | Wichita | Elementary | PK-05 | 494 | · |
| Kensler Elem | Wichita | Elementary | PK-05 | 488 | · |
| Goddard Middle School | Goddard | Middle | 07-08 | 485 | · |
| Gordon Parks Academy | Wichita | Elementary | PK-08 | 485 | · |
| Spaght Multimedia Magnet | Wichita | Elementary | PK-05 | 480 | · |
| Anderson Elem | Wichita | Elementary | PK-05 | 477 | · |
| Price-Harris Communications Magnet | Wichita | Elementary | PK-05 | 477 | · |
| Earhart Environ Magnet Elem | Wichita | Elementary | PK-05 | 471 | · |
| Washington Accelerated Learning Elem | Wichita | Elementary | PK-05 | 470 | · |
| Caldwell Elem | Wichita | Elementary | PK-05 | 465 | · |
| Clark Davidson Elem | Goddard | Elementary | PK-04 | 462 | · |
| Challenger Intermediate School | Goddard | Middle | 05-06 | 454 | · |
| Linwood Elementary | Wichita | Elementary | PK-05 | 452 | · |
| Stone Creek Elementary | Derby | Elementary | PK-05 | 451 | · |
| Gammon Elem | Wichita | Elementary | PK-05 | 448 | · |
| Andale Elem-Middle | Andale | Elementary | PK-08 | 447 | · |
| Irving Elementary | Wichita | Elementary | PK-05 | 447 | · |
| Adams Elem | Wichita | Elementary | PK-05 | 446 | · |
| Maize Virtual Preparatory School | Wichita | Combined | KG-12 | 446 | · |
| Garden Plain Elem | Garden Plain | Elementary | PK-08 | 445 | · |
| Valley Center Intermediate School | Valley Center | Elementary | 04-05 | 443 | · |
| Wheatland Elementary | Wichita | Elementary | KG-05 | 443 | · |
| Nelson Elem | Haysville | Elementary | PK-05 | 442 | · |
| Stanley Elem | Wichita | Elementary | PK-05 | 439 | · |
| Explorer Elementary School | Goddard | Elementary | PK-04 | 433 | · |
| Maize South Intermediate School | Wichita | Middle | 05-06 | 431 | · |
| Kelly Liberal Arts Academy | Wichita | Elementary | PK-05 | 429 | · |
| Enterprise Elem | Wichita | Elementary | PK-05 | 424 | · |
| White Elem | Wichita | Elementary | PK-05 | 414 | · |
| Maize Elementary | Maize | Elementary | KG-04 | 413 | · |
| Derby Hills Elem | Derby | Elementary | PK-05 | 410 | · |
| Prairie Elementary School | Haysville | Elementary | PK-05 | 407 | · |
| Mulvane Elem W D Munson | Mulvane | Elementary | PK-02 | 406 | · |
| Clearwater Intermediate - Middle School | Clearwater | Middle | 04-08 | 405 | · |
| Gardiner Elem | Wichita | Elementary | PK-05 | 405 | · |
| Mulvane Middle School | Mulvane | Middle | 06-08 | 404 | · |
| Freeman Elem | Haysville | Elementary | PK-05 | 397 | · |
| Wineteer Elem | Wichita | Elementary | PK-05 | 397 | · |
| Cheney Elem | Cheney | Elementary | PK-05 | 395 | · |
| Lawrence Elem | Wichita | Elementary | PK-05 | 394 | · |
Cities in Sedgwick County
About Sedgwick County
Sedgwick County is an expansive Kansas county of about 528,226 residents, home to 160 public schools and roughly 84,569 students.
Zooming out, census numbers show median household income runs near $69,365, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate is around 10%. That income level is 5% noticeably above the Kansas median.
On the level-by-level breakdown, Sedgwick County spans 98 elementary schools (39,720 students), 32 middle schools (18,989), 24 high schools (24,673), and 6 combined or other schools.
The largest single district in Sedgwick County is Wichita, which alone enrolls about 47,545 students.
Over the past 7-year window. Across the same 7-year window, public-school enrollment fell 3%: 84,822 students in SY 2017-18 versus 82,459 in SY 2024-25. The school count fell from 157 to 153 across the same 7-year window. The White share of public-school enrollment shrank from 52% to 47%.
On allk12, the community for Sedgwick County discusses enrollment trends, district policy changes, and bus-route updates. Members of the local community share what they see day-to-day.
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DATA · Census ACS 5-year · NCES Common Core of Data