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If you could change one rule at Maize Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
413
Elementary
DISTRICT 570 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MAIZE·NCES 200914000383
Maize Elementary
305 W. Jones, Maize, KS 67101 · (316) 722-8230 · Sedgwick County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL413 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
144 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 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 14% smaller than its 4th grade class (88).
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
54.9%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
45.1%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 | 54.9% | 45.1% |
| 2023-24 | 46.1% | 44.2% |
% 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
47.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Elementary
Maize Elementary's state test result (47.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maize Elementary this school | 413 | 34.9% | 47.6% |
| Meadowlark Ridge Elem Salina | 431 | 36.7% | 55.7% |
| Deerfield Elem Lawrence | 433 | 32.1% | 50.7% |
| Ray Marsh Elem Shawnee | 458 | 32.1% | 64.7% |
| John Diemer Elem Overland Park | 427 | 30.7% | 61.0% |
| Shawnee Heights Elem Topeka | 429 | 37.5% | 35.6% |
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 Maize Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #252 of 625 | #26 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #268 of 625 | #27 of 92 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #231 of 625 | #25 of 92 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 413 | #169 of 714 | #44 of 98 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #218 of 539 | #25 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.9% | #228 of 540 | #63 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.9% | #509 of 658 | #79 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.7% | #57 of 377 | #12 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
413
-98 (-19%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 705
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 413 | 31.6 | 13.1:1 | 35% (144) |
| 2023-24 | 420 | 29.9 | 14.1:1 | 35% (145) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 29.6 | 14.4:1 | 32% (134) |
| 2020-21 | 511 | 28 | 18.3:1 | 21% (108) |
| 2017-18 | 556 | 26.8 | 20.8:1 | 23% (126) |
| 2015-16 | 542 | 33 | 16.4:1 | 26% (143) |
| 2010-11 | 754 | 31 | 24.3:1 | 15% (116) |
| 2000-01 | 793 | 35 | 22.7:1 | 5% (40) |
| 1990-91 | 705 | 34 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Maize Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (556 to 413); teachers up 18% (26.8 to 31.6).
About Maize Elementary
Maize Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Maize, Kansas. A federal count lists 413 students at the school, in kindergarten through 4. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Kansas is about 313, so this school runs 32% bigger than that.
Maize is the district for Maize Elementary. It has 12 schools and 8,065 students.
White students make up a majority at Maize Elementary, at 67%. The remaining shares are 15% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 5% Black. The White share in Sedgwick County as a whole is similar, at about 69%. Pick two students at random and there is a 52% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Maize Elementary is 31.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.1:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Kansas average 13.2:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 35%. The rate at public schools in Sedgwick County averages 63%, higher than here.
Maize Elementary is 2.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (47.6% versus 45.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Kansas.
Census Bureau estimates for Sedgwick County show that the median household income is $69,365, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Maize Elementary is one of 160 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is Vermillion Elementary School, at less than a tenth of a mile. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Maize Elementary is 5th among 9 schools close by.
The federal government classifies Maize Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment dropped 19% from its 2020-21 level of 511. The ratio was 18.3:1 in 2020-21 and 13.1:1 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 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 Central ElementaryElementary · 542 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
- Maize Central ElementaryElementary · 542 students
- Pray-Woodman ElementaryElementary · 507 students
Nearby schools
- Vermillion Elementary School0.1 mi · 874
- Maize Central Elementary0.2 mi · 542
- Pray-Woodman Elementary0.2 mi · 507
- Maize Sr High0.4 mi · 1,444
- Maize Middle School0.6 mi · 635
- Maize Intermediate School0.7 mi · 651
Frequently asked questions
About Maize ElementaryHow many students attend Maize Elementary?
Maize Elementary enrolls approximately 413 students in grades KG-04.
Is Maize Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Maize Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many students per teacher at Maize Elementary?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at Maize Elementary.
How diverse is Maize Elementary?
Maize Elementary reports a student body of 67% White, 15% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Maize Elementary public or private?
Maize Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Maize.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.