Enrollment
372
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANDOVER·NCES 200336001183
Meadowlark Elementary
1122 N. 159th St. East, Wichita, KS 67230 · (316) 218-4630 · Butler County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL372 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Kansas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
81 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
67.2%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
59.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 | 67.2% | 59.4% |
| 2023-24 | 60.7% | 59.7% |
% 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
61.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.8%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Meadowlark Elementary
Meadowlark Elementary's state test result (61.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowlark Elementary this school | 372 | 21.8% | 61.6% |
| Belmont Elementary School Shawnee | 381 | 23.4% | 60.5% |
| Christa McAuliffe Elem Lenexa | 400 | 19.0% | 67.7% |
| Oliver Brown Elementary Manhattan | 338 | 18.0% | 55.6% |
| Quail Run Elementary Lawrence | 421 | 25.2% | 60.2% |
| Horizon Elementary Shawnee | 351 | 20.2% | 63.9% |
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 Meadowlark Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Butler County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #94 of 625 | #3 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #123 of 625 | #3 of 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #92 of 625 | #3 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 372 | #236 of 714 | #5 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #388 of 539 | #14 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.1% | #281 of 540 | #3 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.8% | #586 of 658 | #18 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.1% | #52 of 151 | #4 of 11 |
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
372
+88 (+31%) vs 2020
+8% since 2000-01, when it was 346
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 372 | 25.4 | 14.7:1 | 22% (81) |
| 2023-24 | 369 | 21.9 | 16.9:1 | 22% (83) |
| 2022-23 | 367 | 22.9 | 16.0:1 | 21% (76) |
| 2020-21 | 284 | 18 | 15.8:1 | 7% (19) |
| 2017-18 | 329 | 21.2 | 15.5:1 | 15% (48) |
| 2015-16 | 311 | 21 | 14.8:1 | 14% (42) |
| 2010-11 | 364 | 22 | 16.6:1 | 9% (34) |
| 2000-01 | 346 | 22 | 15.7:1 | 5% (18) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meadowlark Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (329 to 372); teachers up 20% (21.2 to 25.4).
About Meadowlark Elementary
Meadowlark Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Wichita, Kansas. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 372 students enrolled.
Andover operates 11 schools. Combined enrollment is 9,460 students.
At Meadowlark Elementary, 72% of students are White. The school is also 11% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 3% Asian. That is lower than the 87% White share among all Butler County residents. The diversity index for Meadowlark Elementary is 46%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Meadowlark Elementary, giving a ratio of 14.7:1. Elementary schools in Kansas average 13.2:1, 1.5 fewer students per teacher than here. A total of 81 students, or 22%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 37% average among public schools in Butler County.
On the allk12 Grade, Meadowlark Elementary lands at A-, ahead of 80% of Kansas public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Meadowlark Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of Kansas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 61.6%; the prediction is 51.8%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Butler County show that the median household earns about $81,610 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Butler County has 42 public schools with about 18,052 students, including Meadowlark Elementary.
Andover eCademy is the nearest public school to Meadowlark Elementary, about 0.9 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 61.6% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 8 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Meadowlark Elementary had a net gain of 88 students, or 31%. By 2024-25, the school had 14.7 students per teacher, compared with 15.8 in 2020-21.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Meadowlark Elementary. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Butler County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
68,287
Census ACS
Median income
$81,610
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
18,052 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Andover
- Andover eCademyCombined · 3,617 students
- Andover HighHigh · 1,018 students
- Andover Central High SchoolHigh · 886 students
- Andover Middle SchoolMiddle · 773 students
- Andover Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 642 students
- Robert M. Martin ElementaryElementary · 480 students
Other schools in Wichita
- East HighHigh · 2,435 students
- Southeast HighHigh · 2,066 students
- North HighHigh · 2,041 students
- Campus High HaysvilleHigh · 1,803 students
- South HighHigh · 1,662 students
- Heights HighHigh · 1,505 students
Other Meadowlark Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 7 states are named Meadowlark Elementary. Meadowlark Elementary is the 7th largest of the 12.
- Meadowlark ElementaryPittsburg, KS · 403 students
- Meadowlark Elementary SchoolLiberal, KS · 362 students
- Meadowlark ElementaryWinston-Salem, NC · 827 students
- Meadowlark ElementaryBozeman, MT · 492 students
- Meadowlark ElementaryCheyenne, WY · 453 students
Nearby schools
- Andover eCademy0.9 mi · 3,617
- Cottonwood Elementary1.2 mi · 388
- Andover Middle School1.2 mi · 773
- Andover High1.3 mi · 1,018
- Wheatland Elementary1.4 mi · 443
- Andover Central High School1.6 mi · 886
Frequently asked questions
About Meadowlark ElementaryHow many students attend Meadowlark Elementary?
Meadowlark Elementary enrolls approximately 372 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Meadowlark Elementary serve?
Meadowlark Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Meadowlark Elementary?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Meadowlark Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Meadowlark Elementary?
Student demographics at Meadowlark Elementary are roughly 72% White, 10% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Meadowlark Elementary?
Meadowlark Elementary is overseen by Andover in Butler County.
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