Enrollment
36
Middle
DISTRICT 615 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICHITA·NCES 201299000321
Wells Alternative Middle School
1221 E Galena Suite 373, Wichita, KS 67216 · (316) 973-7650 · Sedgwick County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL36 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of Kansas public middle 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
3.6:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
33 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 10 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 13 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 13 | 36% |
Student demographics
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
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KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
0.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
0.0%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 0 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 0 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 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2023-24 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
0.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 0% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 18% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Wells Alternative Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 36 | #217 of 225 | #32 of 32 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
36
-10 (-22%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 52
Student : Teacher
3.6:1
was 4.6:1
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 | 36 | 10 | 3.6:1 | 92% (33) |
| 2023-24 | 40 | 9 | 4.4:1 | 93% (37) |
| 2022-23 | 29 | 9 | 3.2:1 | 90% (26) |
| 2020-21 | 46 | 10 | 4.6:1 | 91% (42) |
| 2017-18 | 38 | 9.1 | 4.2:1 | 76% (29) |
| 2015-16 | 26 | 7 | 3.7:1 | 92% (24) |
| 2010-11 | 39 | 12 | 3.3:1 | 87% (34) |
| 2000-01 | 104 | 15 | 6.9:1 | 81% (84) |
| 1990-91 | 52 | 11 | 4.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wells Alternative Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (38 to 36); teachers up 10% (9.1 to 10).
About Wells Alternative Middle School
Wells Alternative Middle School is a middle-grades school with a street address in Wichita, Kansas. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 36 students enrolled. The average among middle schools in Kansas is roughly 402 students; this school is 91% smaller than that.
Wichita counts 47,545 students in its 87 schools, and Wells Alternative Middle School is one of them.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Wells Alternative Middle School, at 36%. Beyond that, enrollment is 28% Black, 17% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, and 3% Native American. The White share of the county population is higher, at 69%.
Wells Alternative Middle School's 10 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 3.6:1. On average, middle schools in Kansas have 12.7:1, compared with 3.6:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 92%. The 63% average for public schools in Sedgwick County is 29 points lower.
Measured against Kansas public middle schools, Wells Alternative Middle School receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 18.3% for Wells Alternative Middle School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 0.0%. The 18.3-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Kansas schools.
Among Sedgwick County residents, the median household income is $69,365, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Besides Wells Alternative Middle School, Sedgwick County has 159 other public schools.
Nearby, Anderson Elem is about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of Wells Alternative Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Wells Alternative Middle School is 7th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 36 students in 2024-25, 10 fewer than the 46 it had in 2020-21.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Wells Alternative Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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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
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- 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
- Anderson Elem0.6 mi · 477
- Enterprise Elem1.2 mi · 424
- Sowers Alternative High School1.3 mi · 60
- South High1.3 mi · 1,662
- Enders STEM and Leadership Magnet1.5 mi · 509
- Jardine Technology Middle Magnet1.7 mi · 499
Frequently asked questions
About Wells Alternative Middle SchoolHow many students attend Wells Alternative Middle School?
Wells Alternative Middle School enrolls approximately 36 students in grades 06-08.
Is Wells Alternative Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wells Alternative Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Wells Alternative Middle School have?
Wells Alternative Middle School employs 10 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 3.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Wells Alternative Middle School?
Student demographics at Wells Alternative Middle School are roughly 36% White, 17% Hispanic, 28% Black, 17% Two or more.
What district is Wells Alternative Middle School in?
Wells Alternative Middle School is part of Wichita.
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