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Enrollment
507
Elementary
DISTRICT 570 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MAIZE·NCES 200914000978
Pray-Woodman Elementary
605 W Academy Ave, Maize, KS 67101 · (316) 721-0902 · Sedgwick County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL507 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
166 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 94 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 12% smaller than its 4th grade class (107).
Student demographics
50%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
63.1%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
62.8%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 | 63.1% | 62.8% |
| 2023-24 | 44.1% | 49.5% |
% 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
54.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Pray-Woodman Elementary
Pray-Woodman Elementary's state test result (54.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pray-Woodman Elementary this school | 507 | 32.7% | 54.9% |
| Stone Creek Elementary Derby | 451 | 33.3% | 55.9% |
| Amelia Earhart Elementary School Goddard | 514 | 31.5% | 65.3% |
| Maize Central Elementary Maize | 542 | 31.7% | 54.0% |
| Maize South Elementary Wichita | 514 | 30.5% | 44.3% |
| John Diemer Elem Overland Park | 427 | 30.7% | 61.0% |
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 Pray-Woodman Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #152 of 625 | #15 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #90 of 625 | #8 of 92 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #135 of 625 | #14 of 92 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 507 | #70 of 714 | #18 of 98 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #222 of 539 | #26 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.7% | #243 of 540 | #66 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.7% | #531 of 658 | #83 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.3% | #142 of 377 | #28 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
507
-66 (-12%) vs 2020
-20% since 2000-01, when it was 637
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 507 | 38.8 | 13.1:1 | 33% (166) |
| 2023-24 | 491 | 40 | 12.3:1 | 32% (156) |
| 2022-23 | 512 | 38.1 | 13.4:1 | 30% (156) |
| 2020-21 | 573 | 33 | 17.4:1 | 21% (123) |
| 2017-18 | 613 | 29 | 21.1:1 | 25% (156) |
| 2015-16 | 578 | 34 | 17.0:1 | 27% (156) |
| 2010-11 | 758 | 44 | 17.2:1 | 20% (151) |
| 2000-01 | 637 | 34 | 18.7:1 | 9% (55) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pray-Woodman Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (613 to 507); teachers up 34% (29 to 38.8).
About Pray-Woodman Elementary
Pray-Woodman Elementary serves students in Maize, Kansas, as a large elementary school. Federal data show 507 students enrolled in kindergarten through 4 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 313 students for elementary schools in Kansas.
Maize has a total of 12 schools and 8,065 students, Pray-Woodman Elementary among them.
At Pray-Woodman Elementary, 68% of students are White. The remaining students are 20% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 2% Black. Census estimates put Sedgwick County at about 69% White, close to the school's figure. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 50%.
Pray-Woodman Elementary has 38.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.1:1. The 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas is close to this figure. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 33% at Pray-Woodman Elementary. The gap from the 63% average for public schools in Sedgwick County is 30 points.
Pray-Woodman Elementary scores 54.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 46.5%.
For Sedgwick County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $69,365, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 160 public schools in the county, enrolling about 84,569, Pray-Woodman Elementary among them.
Maize Elementary is about 0.2 miles from Pray-Woodman Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Pray-Woodman Elementary is 2nd among 9 schools close by.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 507, down from 573 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 17.4:1 to 13.1:1.
The Pray-Woodman Elementary discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Maize
- Maize Sr HighHigh · 1,444 students
- Maize South High SchoolHigh · 1,107 students
- Vermillion Elementary SchoolElementary · 874 students
- Maize Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 651 students
- Maize Middle SchoolMiddle · 635 students
- Maize Central ElementaryElementary · 542 students
Other schools in Maize
- Maize Sr HighHigh · 1,444 students
- Vermillion Elementary SchoolElementary · 874 students
- Maize Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 651 students
- Maize Middle SchoolMiddle · 635 students
- Maize Central ElementaryElementary · 542 students
- Maize ElementaryElementary · 413 students
Nearby schools
- Maize Elementary0.2 mi · 413
- Maize Central Elementary0.2 mi · 542
- Vermillion Elementary School0.3 mi · 874
- Maize Sr High0.3 mi · 1,444
- Maize Intermediate School0.5 mi · 651
- Maize Middle School0.8 mi · 635
Frequently asked questions
About Pray-Woodman ElementaryHow many students attend Pray-Woodman Elementary?
Pray-Woodman Elementary enrolls approximately 507 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Pray-Woodman Elementary serve?
Pray-Woodman Elementary serves grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pray-Woodman Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pray-Woodman Elementary is approximately 13.1:1 (39 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Pray-Woodman Elementary?
Pray-Woodman Elementary reports a student body of 68% White, 20% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Pray-Woodman Elementary in?
Pray-Woodman Elementary is part of Maize.
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