Maize Elementary

Maize Elementary operates as a mid-sized primary school in Maize, Kansas, part of Maize. Current enrollment sits at 413 students spanning grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 313 students per school, that is 32% bigger than typical.

Across the 12 schools in Maize (8,065 students total), Maize Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Maize Elementary lists that White students make up the majority at 67%. The remainder consists of 15% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 5% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Maize Elementary records 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Sedgwick County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Maize Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.5%; this one delivers 47.6%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Sedgwick County indicate median household income runs about $69,365, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Maize Elementary is one of 160 public schools in Sedgwick County (combined enrollment of about 84,569 students).

The closest other public school is Vermillion Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Maize Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 45.7%.

Maize Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Maize Elementary has contracted 26%, going from 556 students in 2018 to 413 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 76% to 67%. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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