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Enrollment
644
Elementary
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICHITA·NCES 201299000301
Minneha Core Knowledge Elem
701 N Webb Road, Wichita, KS 67206 · (316) 973-8800 · Sedgwick County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL644 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
450 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 51%
Community
5
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 | 69 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
77%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
37.6%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
27.1%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 | 37.6% | 27.1% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 33.5% |
% 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
33.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.7%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Minneha Core Knowledge Elem
Minneha Core Knowledge Elem's state test result (33.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minneha Core Knowledge Elem this school | 644 | 69.9% | 33.8% |
| Gammon Elem Wichita | 448 | 82.1% | 22.1% |
| Beech Elem Wichita | 538 | 86.6% | 13.2% |
| Welborn Elem Kansas City | 504 | 88.7% | 14.1% |
| John F Kennedy Elem Kansas City | 419 | 73.5% | 23.6% |
| Isely Traditional Magnet Elem Bel Aire | 621 | 55.4% | 37.9% |
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 Minneha Core Knowledge Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #451 of 625 | #46 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #486 of 625 | #48 of 92 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #482 of 625 | #52 of 92 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 644 | #15 of 714 | #3 of 98 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #484 of 539 | #90 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.6% | #5 of 540 | #4 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.9% | #175 of 658 | #49 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.5% | #70 of 151 | #15 of 24 |
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
644
+64 (+11%) vs 2020
+41% since 1990-91, when it was 457
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 644 | 40.1 | 16.1:1 | 70% (450) |
| 2023-24 | 621 | 40.9 | 15.2:1 | 72% (450) |
| 2022-23 | 578 | 39.8 | 14.5:1 | 71% (412) |
| 2020-21 | 580 | 39 | 14.9:1 | 68% (393) |
| 2017-18 | 583 | 37.2 | 15.7:1 | 63% (367) |
| 2015-16 | 670 | 37 | 18.1:1 | 70% (470) |
| 2010-11 | 641 | 39 | 16.4:1 | 71% (452) |
| 2000-01 | 698 | 41 | 17.0:1 | 57% (400) |
| 1990-91 | 457 | 28 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Minneha Core Knowledge Elem.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (583 to 644); teachers up 8% (37.2 to 40.1).
About Minneha Core Knowledge Elem
Minneha Core Knowledge Elem is an elementary school located in Wichita, Kansas, in Sedgwick County. There are 644 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Kansas enroll around 313, and this school is 106% above that mark.
Minneha Core Knowledge Elem belongs to Wichita, a district of 87 schools and 47,545 students.
The largest group at Minneha Core Knowledge Elem is Black students, at 31%. It is also 26% White, 23% Hispanic, 10% Asian, and 10% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Sedgwick County is roughly 8% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Minneha Core Knowledge Elem scores 77%.
There are about 16.1 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Minneha Core Knowledge Elem, which has 40.1. Elementary schools in Kansas average 13.2:1, 2.9 fewer students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Minneha Core Knowledge Elem is about 70%.
Minneha Core Knowledge Elem's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (33.8%) and its predicted rate (28.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Kansas schools.
In Sedgwick County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $69,365, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 160 public schools and about 84,569 students.
Minneha Core Knowledge Elem's nearest public school is Price-Harris Communications Magnet (about 1.5 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Minneha Core Knowledge Elem. On state test proficiency, Minneha Core Knowledge Elem ranks 5th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
From 580 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 644 by 2024-25. Students per teacher increased from 14.9 in 2020-21 to 16.1 in 2024-25.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Wichita
- East HighHigh · 2,435 students
- Southeast HighHigh · 2,066 students
- North HighHigh · 2,041 students
- South HighHigh · 1,662 students
- Heights HighHigh · 1,505 students
- Northwest HighHigh · 1,424 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
Nearby schools
- Price-Harris Communications Magnet1.5 mi · 477
- Bostic Traditional Magnet Elem1.7 mi · 305
- Coleman Middle School1.7 mi · 631
- Seltzer Elem2.1 mi · 494
- Clark Elem2.2 mi · 240
- Beech Elem2.6 mi · 538
Frequently asked questions
About Minneha Core Knowledge ElemHow many students attend Minneha Core Knowledge Elem?
Minneha Core Knowledge Elem enrolls approximately 644 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Minneha Core Knowledge Elem serve?
Minneha Core Knowledge Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Minneha Core Knowledge Elem have?
Minneha Core Knowledge Elem employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Minneha Core Knowledge Elem?
At Minneha Core Knowledge Elem, the student body is approximately 26% White, 23% Hispanic, 31% Black, 10% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Minneha Core Knowledge Elem?
Minneha Core Knowledge Elem is overseen by Wichita in Sedgwick County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.