Wilbur Middle School

Located at 340 N Tyler Rd, in Wichita, Kansas, Wilbur Middle School is a large middle-grades school that hosts 822 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Wichita. That puts it 104% above the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 402 students.

Across the 87 schools in Wichita (47,545 students total), Wilbur Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Wilbur Middle School lists that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 27% Hispanic, 11% Black, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Sedgwick County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Sedgwick County's rate of about 63%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Wilbur Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.1%; this one delivers 24.8%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Sedgwick County put median household earnings sit near $69,365, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sedgwick County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 84,569 students), of which Wilbur Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Levy Sp Ed Center, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Wilbur Middle School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 23.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wilbur Middle School has remained close to its prior level, going from 834 students in 2018 to 822 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 19% to 27% over that span.

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