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What's the most underrated thing about Seltzer Elem that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
494
Elementary
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICHITA·NCES 201299000312
Seltzer Elem
11660 E Lincoln, Wichita, KS 67207 · (316) 973-4001 · Sedgwick County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL494 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
332 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 | 79 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
80%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
43.7%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
29.6%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 | 43.7% | 29.6% |
| 2023-24 | 40.8% | 30.0% |
% 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
35.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.0%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Seltzer Elem
Seltzer Elem's state test result (35.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seltzer Elem this school | 494 | 67.2% | 35.3% |
| Lowell Brune Elementary School Kansas City | 432 | 72.7% | 21.1% |
| John F Kennedy Elem Kansas City | 419 | 73.5% | 23.6% |
| Christa McAuliffe Academy Wichita | 829 | 52.5% | 29.9% |
| Bostic Traditional Magnet Elem Wichita | 305 | 54.1% | 69.2% |
| Hazel Grove Elem Kansas City | 537 | 87.0% | 25.4% |
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 Seltzer Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #432 of 625 | #45 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #467 of 625 | #45 of 92 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #394 of 625 | #43 of 92 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 494 | #78 of 714 | #19 of 98 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #463 of 539 | #86 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 79.9% | #1 of 540 | #1 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.2% | #189 of 658 | #50 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #166 of 377 | #31 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
494
+48 (+11%) vs 2020
+102% since 1990-91, when it was 245
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 494 | 31.7 | 15.6:1 | 67% (332) |
| 2023-24 | 482 | 34.8 | 13.8:1 | 65% (311) |
| 2022-23 | 492 | 34.8 | 14.1:1 | 64% (315) |
| 2020-21 | 446 | 33 | 13.5:1 | 59% (263) |
| 2017-18 | 583 | 25.5 | 22.9:1 | 54% (314) |
| 2015-16 | 567 | 36 | 15.8:1 | 63% (359) |
| 2010-11 | 619 | 37 | 16.7:1 | 52% (322) |
| 2000-01 | 398 | 20 | 19.9:1 | 24% (96) |
| 1990-91 | 245 | 12 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Seltzer Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (583 to 494); teachers up 24% (25.5 to 31.7).
About Seltzer Elem
Seltzer Elem is a large elementary school found in Wichita, Kansas. Federal data show 494 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Kansas average about 313 students, which makes this school 58% above average.
Seltzer Elem is in Wichita, a district with 47,545 students across 87 schools.
Of every 100 students at Seltzer Elem, about 23 are Asian, the largest group. Smaller groups are 22% Black, 21% Hispanic, 20% White, and 13% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Sedgwick County is roughly 4% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 80%.
Seltzer Elem reports a ratio of 15.6 students per teacher, from 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Kansas is 13.2:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Seltzer Elem, 67% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Seltzer Elem is 5.3 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 35.3% actual, 30.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Kansas.
The county, Sedgwick County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $69,365 a year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Seltzer Elem, Sedgwick County has 160 public schools.
Beech Elem is the nearest public school to Seltzer Elem, about 1.8 miles away. Within five miles of Seltzer Elem, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Seltzer Elem is 4th of 8 on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Seltzer Elem as City: Large.
From 446 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 494 by 2024-25. Students per teacher increased from 13.5 in 2020-21 to 15.6 in 2024-25.
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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
- Beech Elem1.8 mi · 538
- Southeast High1.9 mi · 2,066
- Christa McAuliffe Academy2.0 mi · 829
- Bostic Traditional Magnet Elem2.1 mi · 305
- Minneha Core Knowledge Elem2.1 mi · 644
- Clark Elem2.9 mi · 240
Frequently asked questions
About Seltzer ElemHow large is Seltzer Elem?
Seltzer Elem enrolls approximately 494 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Seltzer Elem serve?
Seltzer Elem serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Seltzer Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Seltzer Elem is approximately 15.6:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Seltzer Elem?
At Seltzer Elem, the student body is approximately 20% White, 21% Hispanic, 22% Black, 23% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Seltzer Elem?
Seltzer Elem is overseen by Wichita in Sedgwick County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.