Earhart Environ Magnet Elem

Earhart Environ Magnet Elem is an elementary school of big scale in Wichita, Kansas, overseen by Wichita, caters to 471 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 313 students each, so Earhart Environ Magnet Elem sits 50% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Wichita, which oversees 87 schools and 47,545 students, Earhart Environ Magnet Elem is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Earhart Environ Magnet Elem records that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Earhart Environ Magnet Elem reports 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 60% of students at Earhart Environ Magnet Elem qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Earhart Environ Magnet Elem sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.4%; this one delivers 42.6%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Sedgwick County) logs that 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%. Earhart Environ Magnet Elem is one of 160 public schools in Sedgwick County (combined enrollment of about 84,569 students).

Ortiz Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Earhart Environ Magnet Elem ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 23.7%.

Earhart Environ Magnet Elem operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Earhart Environ Magnet Elem's enrollment has climbed 22% since 2018, when it stood at 386 (now 471). Over the same period, the White share fell from 61% to 52%.

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