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Enrollment
2,066
High
DISTRICT 1,219 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICHITA·NCES 201299000348
Southeast High
2641 S. 127th St E, Wichita, KS 67207 · (316) 973-2700 · Sedgwick County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,066 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Kansas public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 high schools
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
123 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
1,638 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 51%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 506 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 551 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 537 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 472 | 23% |
Student demographics
76%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
19.9%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
13.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 | 19.9% | 13.4% |
| 2023-24 | 10.8% | 7.1% |
% 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
10.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.2%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% 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 Southeast High
Southeast High's state test result (10.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southeast High this school | 2,066 | 79.3% | 10.3% |
| East High Wichita | 2,435 | 78.2% | 20.1% |
| Washington High Kansas City | 1,180 | 67.0% | 6.3% |
| Sumner Academy of Arts & Science Kansas City | 1,045 | 62.8% | 48.5% |
| F L Schlagle High Kansas City | 841 | 74.4% | 6.0% |
| Northeast Magnet High School Bel Aire | 686 | 60.1% | 28.5% |
Matched among Kansas high 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 Southeast High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.3% | #254 of 262 | #19 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.4% | #249 of 262 | #18 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #250 of 262 | #20 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,066 | #5 of 332 | #3 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #161 of 172 | #15 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.2% | #1 of 172 | #1 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.3% | #9 of 263 | #5 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.5% | #25 of 75 | #5 of 12 |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,066
+99 (+5%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 1,795
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 2,066 | 122.6 | 16.9:1 | 79% (1,638) |
| 2023-24 | 1,973 | 112.4 | 17.6:1 | 78% (1,547) |
| 2022-23 | 2,189 | 122.4 | 17.9:1 | 78% (1,715) |
| 2020-21 | 1,967 | 121 | 16.3:1 | 75% (1,482) |
| 2017-18 | 1,853 | 115.9 | 16.0:1 | 69% (1,270) |
| 2015-16 | 1,584 | 113 | 14.0:1 | 71% (1,131) |
| 2010-11 | 1,645 | 94 | 17.5:1 | 74% (1,210) |
| 2000-01 | 1,842 | 105 | 17.5:1 | 42% (782) |
| 1990-91 | 1,795 | 101 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southeast High.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (1,853 to 2,066); teachers up 6% (115.9 to 122.6).
About Southeast High
Southeast High is a high school with a street address in Wichita, Kansas. It enrolls 2,066 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 9 through 12. That is 404% larger than the average of about 410 students for high schools in Kansas.
Wichita runs 87 schools with a combined 47,545 students. Southeast High is one of them.
Of every 100 students at Southeast High, about 32 are Hispanic, the largest group. It is also 28% Black, 17% White, 15% Asian, and 6% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Sedgwick County is roughly 17% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 76, compared with 70 nationally.
Southeast High has 122.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1. The gap from the 11.9:1 average for high schools in Kansas is 5.0 students per teacher. At Southeast High, 79% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 16 points above the 63% average for public schools in Sedgwick County.
Among Kansas public high schools, Southeast High outscored 11%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 24.2% for a school in Kansas with Southeast High's free or reduced-price lunch share. Southeast High posts 10.3%.
Census data for Sedgwick County show median household income comes to about $69,365, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 160 public schools in the county, enrolling about 84,569, Southeast High among them.
Christa McAuliffe Academy is the nearest public school to Southeast High, about 1.3 miles away. Southeast High is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 41.5% proficiency; Southeast High posts 10.3%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe.
A 5% rise took enrollment from 1,967 in 2020-21 to 2,066 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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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Other Southeast High schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Southeast High. Southeast High is the largest of the 7.
- Southeast HighCherokee, KS · 152 students
- SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLBRADENTON, FL · 1,638 students
- Southeast High SchoolOklahoma City, OK · 860 students
- SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLKANSAS CITY, MO · 498 students
- Southeast High SchoolRavenna, OH · 424 students
Nearby schools
- Christa McAuliffe Academy1.3 mi · 829
- Seltzer Elem1.9 mi · 494
- Beech Elem2.2 mi · 538
- Wineteer Elem2.3 mi · 397
- Bostic Traditional Magnet Elem3.3 mi · 305
- Clark Elem3.9 mi · 240
Frequently asked questions
About Southeast HighHow many students attend Southeast High?
Southeast High enrolls approximately 2,066 students in grades 09-12.
Is Southeast High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Southeast High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Southeast High have?
Southeast High employs 123 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
How diverse is Southeast High?
Southeast High reports a student body of 17% White, 32% Hispanic, 28% Black, 15% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Southeast High?
Southeast High is overseen by Wichita in Sedgwick County.
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