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Alumni: what's one memory from Maize South High School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,107
High
DISTRICT 1,276 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MAIZE·NCES 200914001956
Maize South High School
3701 N. Tyler Road, Wichita, KS 67205 · (316) 462-8000 · Sedgwick County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,107 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of Kansas public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
287 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 51%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 286 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 275 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 287 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 259 | 23% |
Student demographics
48%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
42.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
40.9%
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 41 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 | 42.0% | 40.9% |
| 2023-24 | 36.5% | 40.2% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.8%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 South High School
Maize South High School's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maize South High School this school | 1,107 | 25.9% | 32.5% |
| Maize Sr High Maize | 1,444 | 29.5% | 25.3% |
| Olathe West High School Olathe | 1,557 | 22.5% | 34.4% |
| Andover Central High School Andover | 886 | 22.1% | 36.5% |
| Goddard High Goddard | 962 | 33.8% | 22.3% |
| Lawrence Free State High Lawrence | 1,774 | 30.3% | 41.3% |
Matched among Kansas high 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 South High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #96 of 262 | #4 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #93 of 262 | #6 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #97 of 262 | #7 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,107 | #46 of 332 | #11 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #140 of 172 | #10 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.4% | #53 of 172 | #10 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.9% | #234 of 263 | #17 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.8% | #8 of 75 | #2 of 12 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,107
-19 (-2%) vs 2020
+75% since 2010-11, when it was 634
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 1,107 | 71.7 | 15.4:1 | 26% (287) |
| 2023-24 | 1,121 | 66.9 | 16.8:1 | 25% (285) |
| 2022-23 | 1,095 | 66.9 | 16.4:1 | 21% (229) |
| 2020-21 | 1,126 | 55 | 20.5:1 | 16% (176) |
| 2017-18 | 887 | 41.9 | 21.2:1 | 11% (102) |
| 2015-16 | 792 | 49 | 16.2:1 | 11% (84) |
| 2010-11 | 634 | 39 | 16.3:1 | 14% (86) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Maize South High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (887 to 1,107); teachers up 71% (41.9 to 71.7).
About Maize South High School
Maize South High School is a high school located in Wichita, Kansas, in Sedgwick County. The school had 1,107 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (high schools in Kansas) has about 410 students.
District-wide, Maize has 12 schools and 8,065 students.
At 69%, White students outnumber all other groups at Maize South High School combined. The school is also 17% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 3% Black. That is close to the 69% White share among all Sedgwick County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Maize South High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 48%.
Maize South High School counts 71.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.4 students for each one. Among high schools in Kansas, the typical ratio is 11.9:1. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Sedgwick County is 63%.
Maize South High School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 47% of Kansas public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Maize South High School ranks in the bottom 10% in Kansas. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 32.5%, against a prediction of 49.8%.
In the county around the school, Sedgwick County, median household income is about $69,365, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. A total of 160 public schools operate in Sedgwick County, serving about 84,569 students.
The shortest distance from Maize South High School to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to Maize South Middle School. The five-mile area around Maize South High School holds at least 8 other public schools. Maize South High School comes in 7th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 1,126 in 2020-21 and 1,107 in 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 20.5:1 to 15.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Maize South High School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Vermillion Elementary SchoolElementary · 874 students
- Maize Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 651 students
- Maize Middle SchoolMiddle · 635 students
- Maize Central ElementaryElementary · 542 students
- Maize South ElementaryElementary · 514 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
- Maize South Middle School0.3 mi · 501
- Maize Virtual Preparatory School0.3 mi · 446
- Maize South Intermediate School0.4 mi · 431
- Maize South Elementary0.4 mi · 514
- Maize Middle School1.4 mi · 635
- Vermillion Elementary School1.9 mi · 874
Frequently asked questions
About Maize South High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Maize South High School?
Maize South High School enrolls approximately 1,107 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Maize South High School serve?
Maize South High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Maize South High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Maize South High School is approximately 15.4:1 (72 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Maize South High School?
Student demographics at Maize South High School are roughly 69% White, 17% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Maize South High School in?
Maize South High School is part of Maize.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.