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Enrollment
431
Middle
DISTRICT 555 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MAIZE·NCES 200914002132
Maize South Intermediate School
9701 W 37th Street N, Wichita, KS 67205 · (316) 462-8501 · Sedgwick County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL431 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Kansas public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
116 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 51%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 197 | 46% |
| Grade 6 | 234 | 54% |
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
55.8%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
49.8%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 | 55.8% | 49.8% |
| 2023-24 | 46.8% | 38.0% |
% 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
51.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 South Intermediate School
Maize South Intermediate School's state test result (51.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maize South Intermediate School this school | 431 | 26.9% | 51.1% |
| Maize South Middle School Wichita | 501 | 28.9% | 43.5% |
| Challenger Intermediate School Goddard | 454 | 31.7% | 41.3% |
| Andover Central Middle School Andover | 642 | 28.2% | 57.1% |
| Lawrence Southwest Middle School Lawrence | 641 | 24.8% | 47.5% |
| Frontier Trail Middle School Olathe | 693 | 21.8% | 48.4% |
Matched among Kansas middle 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 Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #21 of 192 | #2 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #37 of 192 | #3 of 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #29 of 192 | #2 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 431 | #102 of 225 | #28 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #61 of 161 | #6 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.4% | #80 of 161 | #21 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.9% | #165 of 195 | #28 of 31 |
Ranked against other public middle 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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 431 | 34 | 12.7:1 | 27% (116) |
| 2023-24 | 454 | 31.6 | 14.4:1 | 24% (108) |
| 2022-23 | 465 | 31.6 | 14.7:1 | 25% (115) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Maize South Intermediate School.
About Maize South Intermediate School
Located in Wichita, Kansas, Maize South Intermediate School is a medium-sized middle-grades school. Its 431 students are spread across grades 5 through 6.
Maize oversees Maize South Intermediate School and 11 other schools, with 8,065 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, Maize South Intermediate School is 69% White. After that, the student body is 16% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 3% Black. For comparison, Sedgwick County is about 69% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Maize South Intermediate School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 48%.
Federal staffing data show 34 full-time-equivalent teachers at Maize South Intermediate School and a ratio of 12.7:1. Middle schools in Kansas average about 12.7:1, a similar figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 27% of students. The rate at public schools in Sedgwick County averages 63%, higher than here.
allk12 grades Maize South Intermediate School an A. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with Maize South Intermediate School's lunch-eligibility share in Kansas is predicted to score 49.3%. Maize South Intermediate School scores 51.1%, 1.8 points above that line.
Across 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%. Maize South Intermediate School is among the 160 public schools in Sedgwick County.
Maize South Elementary is located about 0.2 miles from Maize South Intermediate School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 51.1% is above the 40.9% average for nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Maize South Intermediate School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Discussions about Maize South Intermediate School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 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 Elementary0.2 mi · 514
- Maize South High School0.4 mi · 1,107
- Maize South Middle School0.4 mi · 501
- Maize Virtual Preparatory School0.4 mi · 446
- Maize Middle School1.2 mi · 635
- Maize Sr High1.6 mi · 1,444
Frequently asked questions
About Maize South Intermediate SchoolHow many students attend Maize South Intermediate School?
Maize South Intermediate School enrolls approximately 431 students in grades 05-06.
What age range does Maize South Intermediate School serve?
Maize South Intermediate School serves students from grade 05 through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Maize South Intermediate School?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Maize South Intermediate School.
What is the student diversity at Maize South Intermediate School?
Student demographics at Maize South Intermediate School are roughly 69% White, 16% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Maize South Intermediate School in?
Maize South Intermediate School is part of Maize.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.