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If you could change one rule at Kensler Elem, what would it be?
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Enrollment
488
Elementary
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICHITA·NCES 201299000289
Kensler Elem
1030 Wilbur Lane, Wichita, KS 67212 · (316) 973-1350 · Sedgwick County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL488 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
364 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 | 58 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
67%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
39.9%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
22.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 | 39.9% | 22.5% |
| 2023-24 | 24.9% | 22.6% |
% 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
31.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Kensler Elem
Kensler Elem's state test result (31.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kensler Elem this school | 488 | 74.6% | 31.6% |
| Northview Elem Manhattan | 364 | 73.1% | 36.3% |
| Oak Grove Elem Kansas City | 532 | 79.9% | 36.2% |
| Apache Elem Overland Park | 526 | 76.8% | 28.4% |
| Chisholm Trail Elem Park City | 381 | 71.1% | 31.0% |
| McCarter Elem Topeka | 401 | 68.3% | 40.3% |
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 Kensler Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #476 of 625 | #50 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #526 of 625 | #54 of 92 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #452 of 625 | #50 of 92 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 488 | #83 of 714 | #20 of 98 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #360 of 539 | #63 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #70 of 540 | #32 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.6% | #141 of 658 | #44 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.1% | #185 of 377 | #36 of 67 |
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
488
+12 (+3%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 489
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 488 | 34.2 | 14.3:1 | 75% (364) |
| 2023-24 | 510 | 36.9 | 13.8:1 | 78% (397) |
| 2022-23 | 503 | 32.2 | 15.6:1 | 76% (382) |
| 2020-21 | 476 | 32 | 14.9:1 | 78% (371) |
| 2017-18 | 568 | 34.6 | 16.4:1 | 67% (382) |
| 2015-16 | 630 | 35 | 18.0:1 | 66% (414) |
| 2010-11 | 634 | 36 | 17.6:1 | 65% (411) |
| 2000-01 | 564 | 37 | 15.2:1 | 37% (211) |
| 1990-91 | 489 | 25 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kensler Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (568 to 488); teachers down 1% (34.6 to 34.2).
About Kensler Elem
Kensler Elem is a large elementary school in Kansas, located in Wichita. It had 488 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Kansas have about 313 students on average; enrollment here is 56% higher.
Kensler Elem is a school in Wichita. The district has 87 schools and 47,545 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Kensler Elem is White, with 42% of students. The remaining shares are 36% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Sedgwick County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school's share is lower. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 67%.
Its staff includes 34.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.3 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Kansas, the average ratio is 13.2:1. Kensler Elem has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 75%. The 63% average for public schools in Sedgwick County is 12 points lower.
Kensler Elem's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 31.6% is 5.1 points above the 26.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Sedgwick County, home to about 528,226 people, the median household earns about $69,365 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Sedgwick County number 160, with about 84,569 students.
Kensler Elem's nearest public school is Northwest High (about 0.5 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Kensler Elem is 4th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Kensler Elem is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment was 488 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 476.
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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
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
Nearby schools
- Northwest High0.5 mi · 1,424
- Levy Sp Ed Center1.0 mi · 81
- McCollom Elem1.0 mi · 288
- Wilbur Middle School1.2 mi · 822
- Peterson Elem1.4 mi · 321
- Benton Elem1.7 mi · 273
Frequently asked questions
About Kensler ElemHow many students attend Kensler Elem?
Kensler Elem enrolls approximately 488 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Kensler Elem serve?
Kensler Elem serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kensler Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kensler Elem is approximately 14.3:1 (34 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Kensler Elem?
Kensler Elem reports a student body of 42% White, 36% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Kensler Elem public or private?
Kensler Elem 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.