Sowers Alternative High School

Set in Wichita, Kansas, Sowers Alternative High School is a very small high school, operated by Wichita. It hosts 60 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 85% below the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 410 students.

Wichita comprises 87 schools with combined enrollment of 47,545 students; Sowers Alternative High School is among them.

On demographics, Sowers Alternative High School lists that 38% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 32% Black, 15% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 3% Native American. By comparison, Sedgwick County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 4.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Sedgwick County's rate of about 63%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Sedgwick County indicate median household earnings sit near $69,365, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Sedgwick County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 84,569 students), of which Sowers Alternative High School is one.

The closest other public school is Jardine Technology Middle Magnet, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sowers Alternative High School has climbed 9%, going from 55 students in 2018 to 60 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 55% to 38% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Sowers Alternative High School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.