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Enrollment
2,435
High
DISTRICT 1,219 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICHITA·NCES 201299000344
East High
2301 E Douglas, Wichita, KS 67211 · (316) 973-7200 · Sedgwick County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,435 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of Kansas public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
147 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
1,903 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 51%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 622 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 660 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 615 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 537 | 22% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
75%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
30.7%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
19.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 | 30.7% | 19.4% |
| 2023-24 | 19.5% | 11.6% |
% 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
20.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.8%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 East High
East High's state test result (20.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| East High this school | 2,435 | 78.2% | 20.1% |
| Southeast High Wichita | 2,066 | 79.3% | 10.3% |
| Sumner Academy of Arts & Science Kansas City | 1,045 | 62.8% | 48.5% |
| Washington High Kansas City | 1,180 | 67.0% | 6.3% |
| F L Schlagle High Kansas City | 841 | 74.4% | 6.0% |
| South High Wichita | 1,662 | 87.5% | 11.8% |
Matched among Kansas high 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 East High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #219 of 262 | #14 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #231 of 262 | #14 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #194 of 262 | #15 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,435 | #1 of 332 | #1 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #159 of 172 | #13 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.5% | #2 of 172 | #2 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.2% | #12 of 263 | #6 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.6% | #56 of 75 | #9 of 12 |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,435
+174 (+8%) vs 2020
+38% since 1990-91, when it was 1,765
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 2,435 | 146.5 | 16.6:1 | 78% (1,903) |
| 2023-24 | 2,338 | 145.9 | 16.0:1 | 78% (1,831) |
| 2022-23 | 2,295 | 145.3 | 15.8:1 | 78% (1,798) |
| 2020-21 | 2,261 | 142 | 15.9:1 | 75% (1,691) |
| 2017-18 | 2,329 | 143.2 | 16.3:1 | 68% (1,578) |
| 2015-16 | 2,216 | 149 | 14.9:1 | 67% (1,489) |
| 2010-11 | 2,265 | 135 | 16.8:1 | 67% (1,523) |
| 2000-01 | 2,149 | 147 | 14.6:1 | 46% (982) |
| 1990-91 | 1,765 | 100 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for East High.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (2,329 to 2,435); teachers up 2% (143.2 to 146.5).
About East High
In Wichita, Kansas, part of Sedgwick County, East High is a high school. It offers grades 9 through 12 and has 2,435 students enrolled. That is 494% bigger than the average of about 410 students for high schools in Kansas.
Wichita enrolls 47,545 students in 87 schools, including East High.
The largest group at East High is Hispanic students, at 38%. Other students are 23% White, 21% Black, 11% Asian, and 7% multiracial. That is higher than the 17% Hispanic share among all Sedgwick County residents. The diversity index for East High is 75%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 146.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 16.6:1. The school's 16.6:1 compares with an average of 11.9:1 for high schools in Kansas. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 78%. The rate at public schools in Sedgwick County averages 63%, lower than here.
Among Kansas public high schools, East High outscored 46%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
East High is 4.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (20.1% versus 24.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Kansas.
The county, Sedgwick County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $69,365 a year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Sedgwick County has 160 public schools with about 84,569 students, including East High.
A public school about 0.7 miles away, Washington Accelerated Learning Elem, is the closest to East High. East High has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, East High ranks 4th on proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2,261 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 2,435 by 2024-25.
This page is set up for the East High community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- 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
- West HighHigh · 1,306 students
Other schools in Wichita
- 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
- Northwest HighHigh · 1,424 students
Other East High schools
19 other US public schools in 11 states are named East High. East High is the 3rd largest of the 20.
- East High SchoolAurora, IL · 4,020 students
- East High SchoolDENVER, CO · 2,476 students
- East High SchoolDes Moines, IA · 1,952 students
- East HighSALT LAKE CITY, UT · 1,764 students
- East HighMadison, WI · 1,643 students
Nearby schools
- Washington Accelerated Learning Elem0.7 mi · 470
- College Hill Elem0.8 mi · 378
- Spaght Multimedia Magnet1.3 mi · 480
- Linwood Elementary1.5 mi · 452
- Education Imagine Academy1.6 mi · 566
- Jefferson Elem1.6 mi · 381
Frequently asked questions
About East HighHow many students attend East High?
East High enrolls approximately 2,435 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does East High serve?
East High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at East High?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at East High.
What is the student diversity at East High?
Student demographics at East High are roughly 23% White, 38% Hispanic, 21% Black, 11% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees East High?
East High is overseen by Wichita in Sedgwick County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.