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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Curtis Middle School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
846
Middle
DISTRICT 615 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICHITA·NCES 201299000328
Curtis Middle School
1031 S Edgemoor, Wichita, KS 67218 · (316) 973-7350 · Sedgwick County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL846 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of Kansas public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
781 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 51%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 268 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 287 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 291 | 34% |
Student demographics
72%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
14.8%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
10.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 | 14.8% | 10.4% |
| 2023-24 | 10.0% | 5.0% |
% 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
9.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.0%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 Curtis Middle School
Curtis Middle School's state test result (9.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Middle School this school | 846 | 92.3% | 9.6% |
| Mead Middle School Wichita | 678 | 95.6% | 10.6% |
| Gloria Willis Middle School Kansas City | 737 | 85.8% | 9.7% |
| Coleman Middle School Wichita | 631 | 84.3% | 12.2% |
| Carl B. Bruce Middle School Kansas City | 821 | 90.7% | 8.8% |
| Truesdell Middle School Wichita | 924 | 91.8% | 8.1% |
Matched among Kansas middle 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 Curtis Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.6% | #183 of 192 | #27 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.4% | #184 of 192 | #27 of 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.8% | #185 of 192 | #27 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 846 | #6 of 225 | #3 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #63 of 161 | #7 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.4% | #7 of 161 | #4 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.3% | #6 of 195 | #5 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.2% | #20 of 54 | #9 of 17 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
846
-31 (-4%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 903
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 846 | 66.8 | 12.7:1 | 92% (781) |
| 2023-24 | 774 | 64.4 | 12.0:1 | 91% (708) |
| 2022-23 | 828 | 65.2 | 12.7:1 | 94% (778) |
| 2020-21 | 877 | 64 | 13.7:1 | 91% (799) |
| 2017-18 | 761 | 58.4 | 13.0:1 | 89% (679) |
| 2015-16 | 723 | 60 | 12.1:1 | 88% (634) |
| 2010-11 | 656 | 65 | 10.1:1 | 92% (604) |
| 2000-01 | 842 | 58 | 14.5:1 | 71% (602) |
| 1990-91 | 903 | 55 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Curtis Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (761 to 846); teachers up 14% (58.4 to 66.8).
About Curtis Middle School
Curtis Middle School is a large middle school in Wichita, Kansas. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 846 students. It has 110% more students than the average for middle schools in Kansas (about 402).
The 87 schools of Wichita, including Curtis Middle School, enroll 47,545 students.
No group is above 50% at Curtis Middle School; the largest is Hispanic, at 41%. Other reported shares: 28% Black, 15% White, 9% Asian, and 7% multiracial. Sedgwick County's residents are about 17% Hispanic, 24 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Curtis Middle School scores 72%.
On staff are 66.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.7:1. It is about the same as the 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas. About 92% of students at Curtis Middle School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 63% average for public schools in Sedgwick County.
Curtis Middle School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 10% of Kansas public middle schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Curtis Middle School would score about 18.0%. It scores 9.6%, 8.4 points below that figure.
In Sedgwick County, home to about 528,226 people, the median household earns about $69,365 a year, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Curtis Middle School shares Sedgwick County with 159 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Caldwell Elem is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Curtis Middle School places 8th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Curtis Middle School is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 4%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.7:1 in 2020-21, and 12.7:1 in 2024-25.
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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
Other Curtis Middle schools
One other US public school is named Curtis Middle. Curtis Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Curtis MiddleSan Bernardino, CA · 679 students
Nearby schools
- Caldwell Elem0.1 mi · 465
- Allen Elem0.8 mi · 514
- Jefferson Elem0.8 mi · 381
- Clark Elem1.0 mi · 240
- Griffith Elem1.1 mi · 370
- Hyde Intl Studies/Commun Elem Magnet1.5 mi · 260
Frequently asked questions
About Curtis Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Curtis Middle School?
Curtis Middle School enrolls approximately 846 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Curtis Middle School serve?
Curtis Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Curtis Middle School have?
Curtis Middle School employs 67 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Curtis Middle School?
Student demographics at Curtis Middle School are roughly 15% White, 41% Hispanic, 28% Black, 9% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Curtis Middle School public or private?
Curtis Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wichita.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.