Enrollment
262
Elementary
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICHITA·NCES 201299000305
O K Elem
1607 N West, Wichita, KS 67203 · (316) 973-0600 · Sedgwick County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL262 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% of Kansas public elementary schools
- C-Test 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
12.7:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
207 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 | 41 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 33% larger than its 5th grade class (33).
Student demographics
64%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
35.6%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
20.0%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 | 35.6% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.3% | 28.8% |
% 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
29.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.4%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 O K Elem
O K Elem's state test result (29.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| O K Elem this school | 262 | 79.0% | 29.9% |
| Frances Willard Elem Arkansas City | 281 | 77.2% | 17.0% |
| Lowman Hill Elem Topeka | 294 | 82.7% | 30.1% |
| Adams Elem Arkansas City | 306 | 75.8% | 23.6% |
| W A White Elem Emporia | 248 | 83.5% | 25.6% |
| Park Elem Great Bend | 304 | 73.4% | 29.0% |
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 O K Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #489 of 625 | #53 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #548 of 625 | #56 of 92 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #502 of 625 | #56 of 92 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 262 | #442 of 714 | #88 of 98 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #178 of 539 | #17 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #108 of 540 | #41 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.0% | #117 of 658 | #43 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.0% | #43 of 377 | #9 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
262
-30 (-10%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 426
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
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 | 262 | 20.7 | 12.7:1 | 79% (207) |
| 2023-24 | 276 | 23.2 | 11.9:1 | 74% (204) |
| 2022-23 | 297 | 23.2 | 12.8:1 | 74% (221) |
| 2020-21 | 292 | 22 | 13.3:1 | 65% (191) |
| 2017-18 | 364 | 21.3 | 17.1:1 | 63% (229) |
| 2015-16 | 298 | 23 | 13.0:1 | 61% (183) |
| 2010-11 | 233 | 17 | 13.7:1 | 65% (152) |
| 2000-01 | 304 | 18 | 16.9:1 | 27% (83) |
| 1990-91 | 426 | 23 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for O K Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (364 to 262); teachers down 3% (21.3 to 20.7).
About O K Elem
O K Elem is a low-enrollment elementary school that serves part of Wichita, Kansas. It reports enrollment of 262 students in pre-K through 5.
O K Elem sits within Wichita, which has 87 schools and 47,545 students.
Of every 100 students at O K Elem, about 42 are Hispanic, the largest group. After that, the student body is 41% White, 8% multiracial, and 6% Black. Census figures show Sedgwick County is about 17% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 64, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 20.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.7 students per teacher. That is in line with the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. Of all students at O K Elem, 79% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Sedgwick County averages 63%, lower than here.
O K Elem holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 32% of Kansas public elementary schools.
O K Elem's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 29.9% is 5.5 points above the 24.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Sedgwick County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $69,365 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Sedgwick County number 160, with about 84,569 students.
Hadley Middle School is about 0.6 miles from O K Elem, the shortest distance to any other public school. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, O K Elem ranks 3rd of 8 on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put O K Elem inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Enrollment figures show a decline of 30 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs 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
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- Hadley Middle School0.6 mi · 507
- Black Traditional Magnet Elem0.7 mi · 335
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- Dodge Literacy Magnet1.9 mi · 547
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Frequently asked questions
About O K ElemHow large is O K Elem?
O K Elem enrolls approximately 262 students in grades PK-05.
Is O K Elem an elementary, middle, or high school?
O K Elem is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does O K Elem have?
O K Elem employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at O K Elem?
At O K Elem, the student body is approximately 41% White, 42% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees O K Elem?
O K Elem is overseen by Wichita in Sedgwick County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.