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Enrollment
643
Elementary
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICHITA·NCES 201299000333
Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet
1243 N Market, Wichita, KS 67214 · (316) 973-3100 · Sedgwick County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL643 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of Kansas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
16.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
546 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 | 36 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 67 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 67 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 59 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 22% larger than its 8th grade class (59).
Student demographics
18%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
37.2%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
27.6%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 | 37.2% | 27.6% |
| 2023-24 | 23.4% | 22.1% |
% 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
27.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet
Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet's state test result (27.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet this school | 643 | 84.9% | 27.3% |
| Miller Elem Dodge City | 780 | 86.3% | 32.5% |
| Sunflower Elementary School Liberal | 570 | 87.2% | 24.6% |
| Cottonwood Elementary School Liberal | 500 | 89.2% | 20.9% |
| Prairie View Elementary School Liberal | 426 | 88.3% | 21.5% |
| Cloud Elem Wichita | 580 | 94.0% | 13.7% |
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 Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #518 of 625 | #54 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #481 of 625 | #47 of 92 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #489 of 625 | #54 of 92 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 643 | #16 of 714 | #4 of 98 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #480 of 539 | #89 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.9% | #511 of 540 | #94 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.9% | #84 of 658 | #33 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.2% | #88 of 151 | #16 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
643
+59 (+10%) vs 2020
+44% since 1990-91, when it was 446
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 643 | 40.2 | 16.0:1 | 85% (546) |
| 2023-24 | 596 | 39.2 | 15.2:1 | 87% (516) |
| 2022-23 | 613 | 42.2 | 14.5:1 | 84% (517) |
| 2020-21 | 584 | 42 | 13.9:1 | 85% (495) |
| 2017-18 | 600 | 37.4 | 16.0:1 | 83% (496) |
| 2015-16 | 604 | 35 | 17.3:1 | 81% (491) |
| 2010-11 | 587 | 34 | 17.3:1 | 83% (485) |
| 2000-01 | 501 | 34 | 14.7:1 | 95% (476) |
| 1990-91 | 446 | 27 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (600 to 643); teachers up 7% (37.4 to 40.2).
About Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet
Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet is a large elementary school for students in Wichita, Kansas. Federal data show 643 students enrolled in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Kansas enroll around 313, and this school is 105% larger than that mark.
Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet is part of Wichita, where 87 schools serve 47,545 students.
Hispanic students are 90% of those enrolled at Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet. Other reported shares: 6% White and 2% Black. That compares with about 17% Hispanic among all Sedgwick County residents. A diversity index of 18% means there is an 18% chance two randomly chosen students at Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet are from different groups.
There are 40.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.0:1. The average for elementary schools in Kansas, 13.2:1, is lower. Of all students at Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet, 85% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 63% average for public schools in Sedgwick County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 Grade, Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet lands at C, ahead of 27% of Kansas public elementary schools.
A school with Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet's lunch-eligibility share in Kansas is predicted to score 21.5%. Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet scores 27.3%, 5.8 points above that line.
The school's county is Sedgwick County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $69,365 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet shares Sedgwick County with 159 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Park Elementary is about 0.3 miles from Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet is ahead of the 21.5% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 8.
Under the NCES locale system, Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet is City: Large.
Enrollment was 643 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 584. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.9:1 in 2020-21, and 16.0:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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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Frequently asked questions
About Horace Mann Dual Language MagnetWhat is the total enrollment at Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet?
Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet enrolls approximately 643 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet serve?
Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet is approximately 16.0:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet?
At Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet, the student body is approximately 6% White, 90% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet public or private?
Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet 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.