Peterson Elem

Peterson Elem operates as an average-sized K-5 school in Wichita, Kansas, run under Wichita. Current enrollment sits at 321 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Peterson Elem is one of 87 schools operated by Wichita, a district that enrolls 47,545 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Peterson Elem shows that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 24% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 8% Black, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Peterson Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.3%, the actual is 45.0%, a residual of +11.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Sedgwick County shows the typical household earns roughly $69,365 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sedgwick County's 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 84,569 students), Peterson Elem is one campus in the mix.

McCollom Elem is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Peterson Elem at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 21.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 33%: 477 students in 2018 compared to 321 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 73% to 50%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.