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Enrollment
471
Elementary
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICHITA·NCES 201299000269
Earhart Environ Magnet Elem
4401 N Arkansas, Wichita, KS 67204 · (316) 973-3250 · Sedgwick County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL471 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% of Kansas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
283 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 51%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 38 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
61%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
49.5%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
34.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 | 49.5% | 34.3% |
| 2023-24 | 45.9% | 32.3% |
% 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
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Earhart Environ Magnet Elem
Earhart Environ Magnet Elem's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earhart Environ Magnet Elem this school | 471 | 60.1% | 42.6% |
| Whitson Elem Topeka | 416 | 64.2% | 46.6% |
| Grand Star Elementary Gardner | 380 | 56.3% | 43.2% |
| Schwegler Elem Lawrence | 434 | 61.5% | 37.4% |
| New York Elem Lawrence | 415 | 57.3% | 34.7% |
| South Breeze Elementary Newton | 316 | 62.0% | 29.1% |
Matched among Kansas elementary 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 Earhart Environ Magnet Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #331 of 625 | #35 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #418 of 625 | #38 of 92 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #319 of 625 | #35 of 92 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 471 | #97 of 714 | #25 of 98 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #511 of 539 | #94 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.2% | #141 of 540 | #51 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.1% | #257 of 658 | #60 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.0% | #23 of 151 | #6 of 24 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
471
+59 (+14%) vs 2020
+61% since 1990-91, when it was 293
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 471 | 27.3 | 17.2:1 | 60% (283) |
| 2023-24 | 434 | 28.1 | 15.4:1 | 60% (259) |
| 2022-23 | 445 | 25.8 | 17.3:1 | 63% (279) |
| 2020-21 | 412 | 25 | 16.5:1 | 58% (241) |
| 2017-18 | 386 | 23 | 16.8:1 | 57% (220) |
| 2015-16 | 404 | 23 | 17.6:1 | 55% (222) |
| 2010-11 | 389 | 22 | 17.7:1 | 60% (233) |
| 2000-01 | 327 | 20 | 16.4:1 | 44% (144) |
| 1990-91 | 293 | 15 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Earhart Environ Magnet Elem.
Since 2017-18: students up 22% (386 to 471); teachers up 19% (23 to 27.3).
About Earhart Environ Magnet Elem
Earhart Environ Magnet Elem is an elementary school in Wichita, Kansas, reachable at (316) 973-3250. It enrolled 471 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 50% higher than the average for elementary schools in Kansas, which is about 313.
Besides Earhart Environ Magnet Elem, Wichita runs 86 other schools. The district enrolls 47,545 students.
A majority of students at Earhart Environ Magnet Elem, 52%, are White. The remaining shares are 32% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 6% Black. Sedgwick County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school's share is lower. The chance that two students picked at random at Earhart Environ Magnet Elem belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 61%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.2:1, with 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Kansas, the typical ratio is 13.2:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Earhart Environ Magnet Elem is 60%. That is close to the 63% average for public schools in Sedgwick County.
The allk12 Grade for Earhart Environ Magnet Elem is B-. Compared with Kansas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 53% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with Kansas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Earhart Environ Magnet Elem's results are 9.2 points above predicted: 42.6% against 33.4%.
Census estimates describe Sedgwick County this way: median household income is about $69,365, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 160 public schools in Sedgwick County, with a combined enrollment of about 84,569.
The closest public school, Ortiz Elementary School, is about 1.3 miles from Earhart Environ Magnet Elem. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Earhart Environ Magnet Elem is 2nd of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal data place Earhart Environ Magnet Elem in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 412 to 471.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
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- South HighHigh · 1,662 students
- Heights HighHigh · 1,505 students
Nearby schools
- Ortiz Elementary School1.3 mi · 323
- Pleasant Valley Elem2.0 mi · 308
- Pleasant Valley Middle School2.1 mi · 760
- Cloud Elem2.3 mi · 580
- Chisholm Trail Elem2.4 mi · 381
- Heights High2.8 mi · 1,505
Frequently asked questions
About Earhart Environ Magnet ElemHow many students attend Earhart Environ Magnet Elem?
Earhart Environ Magnet Elem enrolls approximately 471 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Earhart Environ Magnet Elem serve?
Earhart Environ Magnet Elem serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Earhart Environ Magnet Elem?
Approximately 17.2:1 students per teacher at Earhart Environ Magnet Elem.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Earhart Environ Magnet Elem?
At Earhart Environ Magnet Elem, the student body is approximately 52% White, 32% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Earhart Environ Magnet Elem public or private?
Earhart Environ Magnet Elem 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.