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Enrollment
439
Elementary
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICHITA·NCES 201299000317
Stanley Elem
1749 S Martinson, Wichita, KS 67213 · (316) 973-1300 · Sedgwick County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL439 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
397 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 51%
Community
4
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 | 56 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
72%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
25.1%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
7.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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 | 25.1% | 7.3% |
| 2023-24 | 20.6% | 10.8% |
% 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
16.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.9%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Stanley Elem
Stanley Elem's state test result (16.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley Elem this school | 439 | 90.4% | 16.4% |
| Griffith Elem Wichita | 370 | 87.6% | 20.6% |
| Linwood Elementary Wichita | 452 | 91.8% | 12.0% |
| Kelly Liberal Arts Academy Wichita | 429 | 86.0% | 18.6% |
| Ross Elementary Topeka | 563 | 87.4% | 12.7% |
| Lawrence Elem Wichita | 394 | 86.3% | 24.8% |
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 Stanley Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.4% | #596 of 625 | #77 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.3% | #620 of 625 | #87 of 92 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #580 of 625 | #75 of 92 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 439 | #131 of 714 | #39 of 98 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #285 of 539 | #38 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.1% | #23 of 540 | #12 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.4% | #51 of 658 | #25 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.2% | #151 of 151 | #24 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
439
+43 (+11%) vs 2020
+40% since 1990-91, when it was 314
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 439 | 32.4 | 13.6:1 | 90% (397) |
| 2023-24 | 357 | 32.4 | 11.0:1 | 92% (328) |
| 2022-23 | 380 | 33.5 | 11.3:1 | 94% (356) |
| 2020-21 | 396 | 32 | 12.4:1 | 88% (347) |
| 2017-18 | 438 | 25.3 | 17.3:1 | 87% (383) |
| 2015-16 | 450 | 28 | 16.1:1 | 91% (411) |
| 2010-11 | 448 | 25 | 17.9:1 | 93% (415) |
| 2000-01 | 346 | 27 | 12.8:1 | 82% (283) |
| 1990-91 | 314 | 20 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stanley Elem.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (438 to 439); teachers up 28% (25.3 to 32.4).
About Stanley Elem
In Wichita, Kansas, part of Sedgwick County, Stanley Elem is an elementary school. It serves 439 students in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in Kansas is roughly 313 students; this school is 40% larger than that.
Wichita has a total of 87 schools and 47,545 students, Stanley Elem among them.
Hispanic students are the largest group at Stanley Elem, with 40% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 27% White, 18% Black, 12% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 23 points above the 17% share among Sedgwick County residents. Stanley Elem has a diversity index of 72%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 13.6:1 comes from the school's 32.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Kansas, the average ratio is about 13.2:1. The lunch program counts 90% of students at Stanley Elem as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 63% average for public schools in Sedgwick County is 27 points.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Stanley Elem falls in the middle 80% of Kansas schools: 16.4% actual against 18.9% predicted.
Census Bureau estimates for Sedgwick County show that median household income is 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%. Stanley Elem is one of 160 public schools in Sedgwick County, which together enroll about 84,569 students.
The closest public school, Truesdell Middle School, is about 0.9 miles from Stanley Elem. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Stanley Elem places 3rd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Stanley Elem is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Federal counts put enrollment at 396 in 2020-21 and 439 in 2024-25, an 11% gain. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.4:1 in 2020-21 to 13.6:1 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
Other Stanley Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Stanley Elementary. Stanley Elem is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Stanley ElementaryOverland Park, KS · 610 students
- STANLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLStanley, ND · 463 students
- Stanley ElementaryStanley, WI · 437 students
- Stanley ElementaryStanley, VA · 337 students
- Stanley Elementary SchoolTacoma, WA · 325 students
Nearby schools
- Truesdell Middle School0.9 mi · 924
- West High0.9 mi · 1,306
- Payne Elem1.0 mi · 231
- Woodman Elem1.0 mi · 612
- Harry Street Elem1.1 mi · 310
- Hamilton Middle School1.2 mi · 604
Frequently asked questions
About Stanley ElemWhat is the total enrollment at Stanley Elem?
Stanley Elem enrolls approximately 439 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Stanley Elem serve?
Stanley Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Stanley Elem?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Stanley Elem.
What is the student diversity at Stanley Elem?
Student demographics at Stanley Elem are roughly 27% White, 40% Hispanic, 18% Black, 2% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Stanley Elem public or private?
Stanley Elem is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wichita.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.