Mueller Aerospace/Engineering Discovery Magne

Mueller Aerospace/Engineering Discovery Magne, an average-sized elementary-level community in Wichita, Kansas, overseen by Wichita, teaches 304 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within Wichita, which oversees 87 schools and 47,545 students, Mueller Aerospace/Engineering Discovery Magne is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Mueller Aerospace/Engineering Discovery Magne records that Black students make up the majority at 58%. Beyond that, the school logs 21% Hispanic, 10% White, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

In terms of school funding signals, Mueller Aerospace/Engineering Discovery Magne reports 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Sedgwick County (around 63%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mueller Aerospace/Engineering Discovery Magne tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 17.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 12.0%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Sedgwick County indicate median household earnings sit near $69,365, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Mueller Aerospace/Engineering Discovery Magne is one of 160 public schools in Sedgwick County (combined enrollment of about 84,569 students).

Nearest neighbor: Wichita Alternative High, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mueller Aerospace/Engineering Discovery Magne. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mueller Aerospace/Engineering Discovery Magne at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 14.3%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Mueller Aerospace/Engineering Discovery Magne's enrollment has declined 37% since 2018, when it stood at 481 (now 304). Black enrollment moved from 67% to 58% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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