Maize South Middle School

Maize South Middle School operates as a mid-tier middle-grades school in Wichita, Kansas, run under Maize. Current enrollment sits at 501 students spanning grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 25% above the state mean of about 402.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Maize South Middle School shows that White students make up the majority at 69%; the rest reads as 16% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Sedgwick County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Sedgwick County's rate of about 63%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Maize South Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.4%, the actual is 43.5%, a residual of -4.9 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Sedgwick County shows 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%. In all, Sedgwick County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 84,569 students), of which Maize South Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Maize Virtual Preparatory School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Maize South Middle School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 42.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Maize South Middle School has edged down 42%, going from 866 students in 2018 to 501 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 78% to 69% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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