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How has Isely Traditional Magnet Elem changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
621
Elementary
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICHITA·NCES 201299001720
Isely Traditional Magnet Elem
5256 N Woodlawn, Bel Aire, KS 67220 · (316) 973-8200 · Sedgwick County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL621 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% 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.
- CBeats 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
13.2:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
344 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 | 61 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
72%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
42.2%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
33.0%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 | 42.2% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 33.7% |
% 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
37.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.7%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Isely Traditional Magnet Elem
Isely Traditional Magnet Elem's state test result (37.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isely Traditional Magnet Elem this school | 621 | 55.4% | 37.9% |
| Broken Arrow Elem Shawnee | 382 | 56.8% | 45.9% |
| Price-Harris Communications Magnet Wichita | 477 | 64.4% | 39.3% |
| Rosehill Elem Lenexa | 477 | 57.2% | 37.9% |
| Rising Star Elem Lenexa | 473 | 51.2% | 42.8% |
| Hillcrest Elem Lawrence | 393 | 61.8% | 43.6% |
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 Isely Traditional Magnet Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #390 of 625 | #39 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #435 of 625 | #41 of 92 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #416 of 625 | #46 of 92 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 621 | #18 of 714 | #5 of 98 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #232 of 539 | #28 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.9% | #25 of 540 | #13 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.4% | #310 of 658 | #62 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.3% | #30 of 151 | #8 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
621
+94 (+18%) vs 2020
+171% since 2010-11, when it was 229
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 621 | 47.2 | 13.2:1 | 55% (344) |
| 2023-24 | 625 | 48.9 | 12.8:1 | 52% (328) |
| 2022-23 | 626 | 48.2 | 13.0:1 | 50% (314) |
| 2020-21 | 527 | 46 | 11.5:1 | 46% (240) |
| 2017-18 | 525 | 36.5 | 14.4:1 | 32% (167) |
| 2015-16 | 561 | 37 | 15.2:1 | 34% (190) |
| 2010-11 | 229 | 17 | 13.5:1 | 43% (98) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Isely Traditional Magnet Elem.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (525 to 621); teachers up 29% (36.5 to 47.2).
About Isely Traditional Magnet Elem
In Bel Aire, Kansas, part of Sedgwick County, Isely Traditional Magnet Elem is an elementary school. A total of 621 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. Against the 313-student average for elementary schools in Kansas, enrollment here is 98% higher.
Wichita enrolls 47,545 students, and its 87 schools include Isely Traditional Magnet Elem.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Isely Traditional Magnet Elem is White (44%). Smaller groups are 21% Black, 14% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 7% Asian. For comparison, the population of Sedgwick County is roughly 69% White. Isely Traditional Magnet Elem has a diversity index of 72%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At Isely Traditional Magnet Elem, 47.2 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 13.2:1. Across elementary schools in Kansas, the average ratio is about 13.2:1. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 55% of enrollment.
allk12 grades Isely Traditional Magnet Elem a C. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Isely Traditional Magnet Elem's average proficiency rate on state tests of 37.9% is 2.2 points above the 35.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Sedgwick County show that median household income is about $69,365, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Isely Traditional Magnet Elem is one of 160 public schools in Sedgwick County, which together enroll about 84,569 students.
The next-closest public school is Northeast Magnet High School, about 1.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 20.1% on proficiency, and Isely Traditional Magnet Elem is above that at 37.9%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 527 to 621. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.5:1 in 2020-21 to 13.2:1 in 2024-25.
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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
Nearby schools
- Northeast Magnet High School1.3 mi · 686
- Stucky Middle School1.8 mi · 518
- Heights High2.2 mi · 1,505
- Gammon Elem2.6 mi · 448
- Jackson Elementary3.1 mi · 337
- Brooks Magnet Middle School3.5 mi · 578
Frequently asked questions
About Isely Traditional Magnet ElemHow many students attend Isely Traditional Magnet Elem?
Isely Traditional Magnet Elem enrolls approximately 621 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Isely Traditional Magnet Elem serve?
Isely Traditional Magnet Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Isely Traditional Magnet Elem have?
Isely Traditional Magnet Elem employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
How diverse is Isely Traditional Magnet Elem?
Isely Traditional Magnet Elem reports a student body of 44% White, 14% Hispanic, 21% Black, 7% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Isely Traditional Magnet Elem?
Isely Traditional Magnet Elem is overseen by Wichita in Sedgwick County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.