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What's one thing Gordon Parks Academy gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
485
Elementary
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICHITA·NCES 201299001904
Gordon Parks Academy
2201 E. 25th St., Wichita, KS 67219 · (316) 973-7500 · Sedgwick County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL485 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of Kansas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
13.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
440 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 51%
Community
4
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 | 37 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 45 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 58 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 19% smaller than its 8th grade class (58).
Student demographics
70%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
28.1%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
16.9%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 | 28.1% | 16.9% |
| 2023-24 | 16.5% | 8.2% |
% 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
18.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.7%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Gordon Parks Academy
Gordon Parks Academy's state test result (18.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Parks Academy this school | 485 | 90.7% | 18.0% |
| Spaght Multimedia Magnet Wichita | 480 | 95.8% | 12.6% |
| Jackson Elementary Wichita | 337 | 79.8% | 17.0% |
| Grant Elem Kansas City | 289 | 95.8% | 10.2% |
| Caldwell Elem Wichita | 465 | 92.5% | 14.3% |
| L'Ouverture Computer Technology Magnet Wichita | 232 | 95.3% | 16.2% |
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 Gordon Parks Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #581 of 625 | #70 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.9% | #564 of 625 | #61 of 92 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #562 of 625 | #67 of 92 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 485 | #84 of 714 | #21 of 98 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #250 of 539 | #33 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.4% | #42 of 540 | #22 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.7% | #49 of 658 | #23 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.0% | #34 of 151 | #9 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
485
+98 (+25%) vs 2020
+33% since 2010-11, when it was 365
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 485 | 36.6 | 13.3:1 | 91% (440) |
| 2023-24 | 452 | 38.3 | 11.8:1 | 91% (412) |
| 2022-23 | 396 | 35.9 | 11.1:1 | 90% (357) |
| 2020-21 | 387 | 37 | 10.5:1 | 90% (347) |
| 2017-18 | 411 | 32.2 | 12.8:1 | 89% (367) |
| 2015-16 | 452 | 36 | 12.6:1 | 91% (413) |
| 2010-11 | 365 | 25 | 14.6:1 | 86% (315) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gordon Parks Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (411 to 485); teachers up 14% (32.2 to 36.6).
About Gordon Parks Academy
The public elementary school Gordon Parks Academy is located in Wichita, Kansas. Its grade span covers pre-K through 8, with 485 students on the rolls. Across elementary schools in Kansas, the average enrollment is about 313.
Wichita counts 47,545 students in its 87 schools, and Gordon Parks Academy is one of them.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Gordon Parks Academy is Black, with 43% of students. The remaining students are 26% Hispanic, 16% White, and 13% multiracial. Among people living in Sedgwick County, the Black share is about 8%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 70%.
Gordon Parks Academy reports a ratio of 13.3 students per teacher, from 36.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. Lunch program data show 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 63% average for public schools in Sedgwick County.
Among Kansas public elementary schools, Gordon Parks Academy outscored 7%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Gordon Parks Academy's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (18.0%) and its predicted rate (18.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Kansas schools.
Census data for Sedgwick County show the median household earns about $69,365 a year, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Gordon Parks Academy, Sedgwick County has 160 public schools.
About 0.8 miles separate Gordon Parks Academy from the closest public school, Mueller Aerospace/Engineering Discovery Magne. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Gordon Parks Academy ranks 3rd of 9 on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
In 2020-21, Gordon Parks Academy enrolled 387 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 485. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 10.5:1 to 13.3:1.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Gordon Parks Academy schools
One other US public school is named Gordon Parks Academy. Gordon Parks Academy is the largest of the 2.
- Gordon Parks AcademyEAST ORANGE, NJ · 268 students
Nearby schools
- Mueller Aerospace/Engineering Discovery Magne0.8 mi · 304
- Buckner Performing Arts Magnet Elem0.9 mi · 313
- Wichita Alternative High1.0 mi · 133
- Brooks Magnet Middle School1.1 mi · 578
- L'Ouverture Computer Technology Magnet1.5 mi · 232
- Spaght Multimedia Magnet1.8 mi · 480
Frequently asked questions
About Gordon Parks AcademyHow large is Gordon Parks Academy?
Gordon Parks Academy enrolls approximately 485 students in grades PK-08.
Is Gordon Parks Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gordon Parks Academy is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gordon Parks Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gordon Parks Academy is approximately 13.3:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gordon Parks Academy?
At Gordon Parks Academy, the student body is approximately 16% White, 26% Hispanic, 43% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Gordon Parks Academy public or private?
Gordon Parks Academy 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.