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Which teacher or staff member at Maize Central Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
542
Elementary
DISTRICT 570 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MAIZE·NCES 200914001783
Maize Central Elementary
304 W. Academy Ave, Maize, KS 67101 · (316) 722-0427 · Sedgwick County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL542 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
172 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 125 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 13% smaller than its 4th grade class (115).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
63.6%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
56.2%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 | 63.6% | 56.2% |
| 2023-24 | 46.2% | 49.8% |
% 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
54.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.0%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Maize Central Elementary
Maize Central Elementary's state test result (54.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maize Central Elementary this school | 542 | 31.7% | 54.0% |
| Pray-Woodman Elementary Maize | 507 | 32.7% | 54.9% |
| Stone Creek Elementary Derby | 451 | 33.3% | 55.9% |
| Amelia Earhart Elementary School Goddard | 514 | 31.5% | 65.3% |
| Explorer Elementary School Goddard | 433 | 31.2% | 58.3% |
| Apollo Elementary School Goddard | 544 | 29.0% | 68.0% |
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 Maize Central Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #160 of 625 | #17 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #147 of 625 | #14 of 92 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #128 of 625 | #13 of 92 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 542 | #47 of 714 | #12 of 98 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #320 of 539 | #49 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.0% | #226 of 540 | #61 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.7% | #538 of 658 | #84 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.6% | #78 of 377 | #15 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
542
-71 (-12%) vs 2020
-24% since 2010-11, when it was 716
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 542 | 39.1 | 13.9:1 | 32% (172) |
| 2023-24 | 545 | 40.2 | 13.6:1 | 32% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 557 | 39.4 | 14.1:1 | 30% (165) |
| 2020-21 | 613 | 36 | 17.0:1 | 25% (156) |
| 2017-18 | 709 | 35.7 | 19.9:1 | 24% (171) |
| 2015-16 | 701 | 42 | 16.7:1 | 28% (195) |
| 2010-11 | 716 | 38 | 18.8:1 | 15% (110) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Maize Central Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (709 to 542); teachers up 9% (35.7 to 39.1).
About Maize Central Elementary
Maize Central Elementary is a large elementary school in Kansas, located in Maize. A federal count lists 542 students at the school, in kindergarten through 4. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Kansas) has about 313 students.
Maize Central Elementary is run by Maize, whose 12 schools enroll 8,065 students.
At 65%, White students outnumber all other groups at Maize Central Elementary combined. The school is also 22% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Maize Central Elementary has a diversity index of 52%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Maize Central Elementary's 39.1 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.9:1. That ratio is over the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 32%. The 63% average for public schools in Sedgwick County is 31 points higher.
On BeatsExpectations, Maize Central Elementary is 6.9 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Kansas schools.
According to the American Community Survey, in Sedgwick County, median household income is about $69,365, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 160 public schools operate in Sedgwick County, serving about 84,569 students.
The school nearest to Maize Central Elementary is Vermillion Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Maize Central Elementary ranks 3rd in a group of 9 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Maize Central Elementary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 542, 12% below the 613 of 2020-21. The school's ratio fell from 17.0:1 to 13.9:1 between 2020-21 and 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 Maize
- Maize Sr HighHigh · 1,444 students
- Maize South High SchoolHigh · 1,107 students
- Vermillion Elementary SchoolElementary · 874 students
- Maize Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 651 students
- Maize Middle SchoolMiddle · 635 students
- Maize South ElementaryElementary · 514 students
Other schools in Maize
- Maize Sr HighHigh · 1,444 students
- Vermillion Elementary SchoolElementary · 874 students
- Maize Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 651 students
- Maize Middle SchoolMiddle · 635 students
- Pray-Woodman ElementaryElementary · 507 students
- Maize ElementaryElementary · 413 students
Nearby schools
- Vermillion Elementary School0.2 mi · 874
- Maize Elementary0.2 mi · 413
- Pray-Woodman Elementary0.2 mi · 507
- Maize Sr High0.5 mi · 1,444
- Maize Middle School0.7 mi · 635
- Maize Intermediate School0.8 mi · 651
Frequently asked questions
About Maize Central ElementaryHow many students attend Maize Central Elementary?
Maize Central Elementary enrolls approximately 542 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Maize Central Elementary serve?
Maize Central Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Maize Central Elementary?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Maize Central Elementary.
How diverse is Maize Central Elementary?
Maize Central Elementary reports a student body of 65% White, 22% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Maize Central Elementary?
Maize Central Elementary is overseen by Maize in Sedgwick County.
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