Total enrollment
45,435
-690 (-1%) vs SY 2020-21
88 schools in Wichita
Kansas · 47,545 students · 3 cities
From elementary through high school, Wichita runs 88 public K-12 schools (58 elementary, 16 middle, and 11 high), with combined enrollment of about 47,545.
4-year change in Wichita
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
81
-7 (-8%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Wichita ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Kansas | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.2% | #122 of 124 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 47,545 | #1 of 156 | #106 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 87 | #1 of 156 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #128 of 154 | #4,796 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 81.7% | #4 of 156 | #1,117 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.5% | #1 of 85 | #179 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Wichita
State test results across the district's 75 scored schools run from Bostic Traditional Magnet Elem at 69.2% proficient to Wichita Alternative High at 2.6%, a gap of 66.6 points. That is the widest gap among 60 Kansas districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 80 district schools that reported both years went from 46,733 to 45,399 students (down 3%) and from 3,035 to 3,142 full-time teachers (up 4%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Wichita
Across 88 schools, Wichita instructs about 47,545 students in Kansas. By footprint it is a sizable district.
Looking at the level breakdown, Wichita comprises 58 elementary, 16 middle, 11 high schools, and 3 combined or other.
Per-school enrollment averages around 540 in this district, meaningfully above the Kansas typical of 355.
Over the past 4-year window. Combined enrollment now sits at 45,435 students, remained close to its prior level from the 46,125 reported in SY 2020-21. The school count fell from 88 to 81 across the same 4-year window.
On this page, the community for Wichita discusses comparison threads between local schools and program reviews. Discussions cut across districts, schools, and grade levels.