Curtis Middle School

As a roomy junior high in Wichita, Kansas, Curtis Middle School works with 846 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Wichita. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 402 students each, so Curtis Middle School sits 110% larger than that benchmark.

Wichita comprises 87 schools with combined enrollment of 47,545 students; Curtis Middle School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Curtis Middle School reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 28% Black, 15% White, 9% Asian, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 17% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Curtis Middle School records 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Sedgwick County's rate of about 63%.

After controlling for student poverty, Curtis Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 18.0%; this one delivers 9.6%.

In the area at large, census data for Sedgwick County shows median household earnings sit near $69,365, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Sedgwick County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 84,569 students), of which Curtis Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Caldwell Elem, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Curtis Middle School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 34.4%.

Curtis Middle School operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Curtis Middle School's enrollment has expanded 11% since 2018, when it stood at 761 (now 846). The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 32% to 28% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Curtis Middle School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.