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Enrollment
480
Elementary
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICHITA·NCES 201299001719
Spaght Multimedia Magnet
2316 E 10th, Wichita, KS 67214 · (316) 973-7300 · Sedgwick County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL480 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of Kansas public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
460 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 | 38 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
64%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
19.6%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
6.4%
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 6 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 | 19.6% | 6.4% |
| 2023-24 | 11.0% | 9.2% |
% 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
12.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% 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 Spaght Multimedia Magnet
Spaght Multimedia Magnet's state test result (12.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spaght Multimedia Magnet this school | 480 | 95.8% | 12.6% |
| Grant Elem Kansas City | 289 | 95.8% | 10.2% |
| Caldwell Elem Wichita | 465 | 92.5% | 14.3% |
| Gordon Parks Academy Wichita | 485 | 90.7% | 18.0% |
| L'Ouverture Computer Technology Magnet Wichita | 232 | 95.3% | 16.2% |
| Quindaro Elem Kansas City | 325 | 95.4% | 21.8% |
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 Spaght Multimedia Magnet ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.6% | #617 of 625 | #88 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.4% | #622 of 625 | #89 of 92 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #611 of 625 | #87 of 92 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 480 | #87 of 714 | #22 of 98 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #376 of 539 | #68 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #106 of 540 | #40 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.8% | #6 of 658 | #2 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.2% | #125 of 151 | #21 of 24 |
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
480
+45 (+10%) vs 2020
+28% since 2010-11, when it was 376
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 480 | 33.2 | 14.5:1 | 96% (460) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 34 | 12.8:1 | 98% (426) |
| 2022-23 | 423 | 38 | 11.1:1 | 96% (408) |
| 2020-21 | 435 | 36 | 12.1:1 | 94% (411) |
| 2017-18 | 465 | 32.9 | 14.1:1 | 93% (431) |
| 2015-16 | 543 | 35 | 15.5:1 | 91% (492) |
| 2010-11 | 376 | 26 | 14.5:1 | 97% (364) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spaght Multimedia Magnet.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (465 to 480); teachers up 1% (32.9 to 33.2).
About Spaght Multimedia Magnet
Spaght Multimedia Magnet, a large elementary school, is located in Wichita, Kansas. In all, 480 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. It has 53% more students than the average for elementary schools in Kansas (about 313).
Wichita has 47,545 students in 87 schools, and Spaght Multimedia Magnet is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at Spaght Multimedia Magnet, about 44 are Hispanic, the largest group. Smaller groups are 40% Black, 9% multiracial, and 7% White. For comparison, the population of Sedgwick County is roughly 17% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 64%.
Staffing at Spaght Multimedia Magnet comes to 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.5:1. Elementary schools in Kansas average 13.2:1, 1.3 fewer students per teacher than here. Spaght Multimedia Magnet counts 96% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Sedgwick County averages 63%, lower than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Spaght Multimedia Magnet lands at F, ahead of 2% of Kansas public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Spaght Multimedia Magnet would be expected to post about 16.3%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 12.6%.
The county, Sedgwick County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $69,365, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 160, with about 84,569 students.
Measured in a straight line, Washington Accelerated Learning Elem is about 0.9 miles from Spaght Multimedia Magnet. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Spaght Multimedia Magnet is behind the 19.6% nearby average, ranking 7th of 9.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 435 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 480 by 2024-25. Students per teacher increased from 12.1 in 2020-21 to 14.5 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
- Washington Accelerated Learning Elem0.9 mi · 470
- Wichita Alternative High0.9 mi · 133
- L'Ouverture Computer Technology Magnet1.0 mi · 232
- Mueller Aerospace/Engineering Discovery Magne1.0 mi · 304
- East High1.3 mi · 2,435
- College Hill Elem1.3 mi · 378
Frequently asked questions
About Spaght Multimedia MagnetHow large is Spaght Multimedia Magnet?
Spaght Multimedia Magnet enrolls approximately 480 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Spaght Multimedia Magnet serve?
Spaght Multimedia Magnet serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Spaght Multimedia Magnet?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Spaght Multimedia Magnet is approximately 14.5:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Spaght Multimedia Magnet?
Student demographics at Spaght Multimedia Magnet are roughly 7% White, 44% Hispanic, 40% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Spaght Multimedia Magnet in?
Spaght Multimedia Magnet is part of Wichita.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.