Stanley Elem

Stanley Elem, a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Wichita, Kansas, operated by Wichita, educates 439 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 40% larger than the state mean of about 313.

Stanley Elem is one of 87 schools operated by Wichita, a district that hosts 47,545 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Stanley Elem lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 27% White, 18% Black, 12% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 17% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Stanley Elem records 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Sedgwick County (around 63%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Stanley Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 18.9%, the actual is 16.4%, a residual of -2.5 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Sedgwick County indicate the typical household earns roughly $69,365 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Stanley Elem is one of 160 public schools in Sedgwick County (combined enrollment of about 84,569 students).

Truesdell Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Stanley Elem comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 15.5%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 438 students in 2018 compared to 439 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 36% to 27% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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