Truesdell Middle School

Truesdell Middle School is an intermediate school of expansive scale in Wichita, Kansas, one of the schools within Wichita, teacheing 924 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 402 students each, so Truesdell Middle School sits 130% bigger than that benchmark.

Wichita runs 87 schools in total, collectively educating 47,545 students. Truesdell Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Truesdell Middle School records that the largest single group is White at 36%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 33% Hispanic, 19% Black, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. The state averages about 12.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 92% of students at Truesdell Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Sedgwick County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Truesdell Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 18.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 8.1%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Sedgwick County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $69,365 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Truesdell Middle School is one of 160 public schools in Sedgwick County (combined enrollment of about 84,569 students).

Nearest neighbor: Woodman Elem, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Truesdell Middle School. On composite proficiency, Truesdell Middle School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 16.3%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Truesdell Middle School has ticked down 11%, going from 1,042 students in 2018 to 924 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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