McCollom Elem

McCollom Elem is an average-sized elementary school in Wichita, Kansas, part of Wichita. The school teaches 288 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Wichita comprises 87 schools with combined enrollment of 47,545 students; McCollom Elem is among them.

Demographically, McCollom Elem reports that 56% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 8% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 55% of students at McCollom Elem qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, McCollom Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.9%, the actual is 36.3%, a residual of +0.3 points.

In the broader community, census data for Sedgwick County shows median household income runs about $69,365, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. McCollom Elem is one of 160 public schools in Sedgwick County (combined enrollment of about 84,569 students).

Nearest neighbor: Northwest High, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, McCollom Elem comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 22.8%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. McCollom Elem's enrollment has ticked down 36% since 2018, when it stood at 450 (now 288). The White share of enrollment edged down from 67% to 56% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.