Maize South Intermediate School

Maize South Intermediate School operates as a mid-tier middle school in Wichita, Kansas, part of Maize. Current enrollment sits at 431 students spanning grades 5 through 6.

Within Maize, which oversees 12 schools and 8,065 students, Maize South Intermediate School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Maize South Intermediate School logs that White students make up the majority at 69%. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school reports having 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. The state averages about 12.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Maize South Intermediate School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.1%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Sedgwick County indicate the typical household earns roughly $69,365 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Sedgwick County's 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 84,569 students), Maize South Intermediate School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Maize South Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Maize South Intermediate School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 40.9%.

The school occupies an urban site.

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