Isely Traditional Magnet Elem

Isely Traditional Magnet Elem, a high-enrollment elementary-level community in Bel Aire, Kansas, one of the schools within Wichita, instructs 621 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 313 students each, so Isely Traditional Magnet Elem sits 98% above that benchmark.

Isely Traditional Magnet Elem is one of 87 schools operated by Wichita, a district that hosts 47,545 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Isely Traditional Magnet Elem records that the most-represented group is White (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 21% Black, 14% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 7% Asian. By comparison, Sedgwick County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Isely Traditional Magnet Elem tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.9%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Sedgwick County put median household earnings sit near $69,365, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Isely Traditional Magnet Elem is one of 160 public schools in Sedgwick County (combined enrollment of about 84,569 students).

Nearest neighbor: Northeast Magnet High School, around 1.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Isely Traditional Magnet Elem. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Isely Traditional Magnet Elem ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 20.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Isely Traditional Magnet Elem's enrollment has rose 18% since 2018, when it stood at 525 (now 621). White enrollment moved from 62% to 44% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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