Enrollment
288
Elementary
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICHITA·NCES 201299000298
McCollom Elem
1201 Waddington, Wichita, KS 67212 · (316) 973-0350 · Sedgwick County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL288 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
158 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 24 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
46.9%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
34.2%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 | 46.9% | 34.2% |
| 2023-24 | 35.2% | 23.9% |
% 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
36.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.9%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 McCollom Elem
McCollom Elem's state test result (36.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCollom Elem this school | 288 | 54.9% | 36.3% |
| Moonlight Elementary School Gardner | 320 | 57.5% | 34.1% |
| Prairie Park Elem Lawrence | 354 | 51.7% | 34.6% |
| East Antioch Elem Overland Park | 282 | 49.6% | 39.8% |
| Woodlawn Elem Lawrence | 240 | 52.1% | 31.4% |
| Henry Leavenworth Leavenworth | 297 | 58.6% | 29.3% |
Matched among Kansas elementary 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 McCollom Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #414 of 625 | #43 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #419 of 625 | #39 of 92 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #358 of 625 | #41 of 92 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 288 | #395 of 714 | #83 of 98 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #101 of 539 | #10 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.8% | #134 of 540 | #49 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.9% | #316 of 658 | #63 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.0% | #16 of 377 | #3 of 67 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
288
-83 (-22%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 476
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 288 | 24.3 | 11.9:1 | 55% (158) |
| 2023-24 | 311 | 24.3 | 12.8:1 | 60% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 321 | 26.3 | 12.2:1 | 57% (184) |
| 2020-21 | 371 | 28 | 13.3:1 | 53% (195) |
| 2017-18 | 450 | 27 | 16.7:1 | 42% (191) |
| 2015-16 | 473 | 30 | 15.8:1 | 37% (176) |
| 2010-11 | 410 | 25 | 16.4:1 | 34% (138) |
| 2000-01 | 422 | 24 | 17.6:1 | 20% (83) |
| 1990-91 | 476 | 23 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McCollom Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (450 to 288); teachers down 10% (27 to 24.3).
About McCollom Elem
In Wichita, Kansas, McCollom Elem is a mid-sized elementary school. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 288 students.
The 87 schools in Wichita enroll 47,545 students altogether, McCollom Elem among them.
At McCollom Elem, 56% of students are White. Other students are 20% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, and 8% Black. That is lower than the 69% White share among all Sedgwick County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 62%.
There are 24.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 11.9:1. The average for elementary schools in Kansas, 13.2:1, is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at McCollom Elem is about 55%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, McCollom Elem falls in the middle 80% of Kansas schools: 36.3% actual against 35.9% predicted.
For the population of Sedgwick County, median household income comes to about $69,365, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Sedgwick County counts 160 public schools with about 84,569 students.
McCollom Elem's closest public school neighbor is Northwest High, about 0.6 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 36.3% is above the 22.8% average for nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Enrollment decreased 22% over 4 years, reaching 288 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 13.3:1 to 11.9:1.
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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
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- East HighHigh · 2,435 students
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- North HighHigh · 2,041 students
- South HighHigh · 1,662 students
- Heights HighHigh · 1,505 students
- Northwest HighHigh · 1,424 students
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- East HighHigh · 2,435 students
- Southeast HighHigh · 2,066 students
- North HighHigh · 2,041 students
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- South HighHigh · 1,662 students
- Heights HighHigh · 1,505 students
Nearby schools
- Northwest High0.6 mi · 1,424
- Peterson Elem0.7 mi · 321
- Kensler Elem1.0 mi · 488
- Wilbur Middle School1.2 mi · 822
- Levy Sp Ed Center1.4 mi · 81
- Benton Elem2.0 mi · 273
Frequently asked questions
About McCollom ElemHow large is McCollom Elem?
McCollom Elem enrolls approximately 288 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does McCollom Elem serve?
McCollom Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at McCollom Elem?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at McCollom Elem.
How diverse is McCollom Elem?
McCollom Elem reports a student body of 56% White, 20% Hispanic, 8% Black, 0% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees McCollom Elem?
McCollom Elem is overseen by Wichita in Sedgwick County.
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