Maize Sr High

Maize Sr High, an expansive high school in Maize, Kansas, part of Maize, educates 1,444 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 410 students each, so Maize Sr High sits 252% larger than that benchmark.

Maize comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 8,065 students; Maize Sr High is among them.

Demographically, Maize Sr High reports that White students make up the majority at 70%; the rest looks like 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Maize Sr High has 94 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.9:1, putting Maize Sr High higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 30% of students at Maize Sr High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Sedgwick County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Maize Sr High is in the bottom 10% of Kansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 48.1%; Maize Sr High posts 25.3%, -22.8 points below that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Sedgwick County put median household income runs about $69,365, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Maize Sr High is one of 160 public schools in Sedgwick County (combined enrollment of about 84,569 students).

Pray-Woodman Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Maize Sr High. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Maize Sr High ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 48.5%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Maize Sr High has climbed 11%, going from 1,297 students in 2018 to 1,444 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 75% to 70% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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