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Enrollment
822
Middle
DISTRICT 615 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICHITA·NCES 201299000342
Wilbur Middle School
340 N Tyler Rd, Wichita, KS 67212 · (316) 973-1100 · Sedgwick County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL822 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of Kansas public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
14.0:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
586 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 51%
Community
5
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 | 281 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 271 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 270 | 33% |
Student demographics
65%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
30.1%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
25.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 | 30.1% | 25.5% |
| 2023-24 | 21.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
24.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.1%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Wilbur Middle School
Wilbur Middle School's state test result (24.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilbur Middle School this school | 822 | 71.3% | 24.8% |
| Robert E Clark Middle Bonner Springs | 599 | 64.3% | 23.8% |
| Lakewood Middle School Salina | 647 | 66.2% | 29.9% |
| Mayberry Cultural and Fine Arts Magnet Middle Wichita | 623 | 79.0% | 18.3% |
| Pittsburg Middle School Pittsburg | 692 | 73.8% | 32.2% |
| Marjorie French Middle School Topeka | 480 | 64.4% | 27.1% |
Matched among Kansas middle 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 Wilbur Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #137 of 192 | #18 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #142 of 192 | #19 of 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #146 of 192 | #20 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 822 | #9 of 225 | #5 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #114 of 161 | #16 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.6% | #31 of 161 | #13 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.3% | #41 of 195 | #13 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.4% | #91 of 98 | #7 of 7 |
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
822
+49 (+6%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 759
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 822 | 58.7 | 14.0:1 | 71% (586) |
| 2023-24 | 774 | 55.3 | 14.0:1 | 70% (542) |
| 2022-23 | 800 | 57.2 | 14.0:1 | 69% (548) |
| 2020-21 | 773 | 59 | 13.1:1 | 65% (505) |
| 2017-18 | 834 | 58 | 14.4:1 | 58% (480) |
| 2015-16 | 843 | 65 | 13.0:1 | 57% (477) |
| 2010-11 | 939 | 61 | 15.4:1 | 51% (477) |
| 2000-01 | 1,022 | 53 | 19.3:1 | 27% (276) |
| 1990-91 | 759 | 45 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilbur Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (834 to 822); teachers up 1% (58 to 58.7).
About Wilbur Middle School
At 340 N Tyler Rd in Wichita, Kansas, Wilbur Middle School operates as a large middle-grades school. It had 822 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Kansas enroll about 402 students on average.
Wilbur Middle School is in Wichita, a district with 47,545 students across 87 schools.
White students are 51% of those enrolled at Wilbur Middle School. Beyond that, enrollment is 27% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 8% multiracial. In Sedgwick County overall, about 69% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 65, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 14.0:1 is based on 58.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in Kansas average 12.7:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 71%. For comparison, public schools in Sedgwick County average 63%.
On the allk12 Grade, Wilbur Middle School lands at C+, ahead of 42% of Kansas public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Wilbur Middle School is -3.2 points: 24.8% actual, 28.1% predicted.
The school is in Sedgwick County, where the median household earns about $69,365 a year, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Sedgwick County, 160 public schools serve about 84,569 students.
Wilbur Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Levy Sp Ed Center, about 0.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Wilbur Middle School ranks 6th of 9 nearby schools, at 24.8% versus a 23.9% average.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 822 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 773.
This page is set up for the Wilbur Middle School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Nearby schools
- Levy Sp Ed Center0.5 mi · 81
- Peterson Elem0.8 mi · 321
- Benton Elem0.8 mi · 273
- Kensler Elem1.2 mi · 488
- McCollom Elem1.2 mi · 288
- Northwest High1.3 mi · 1,424
Frequently asked questions
About Wilbur Middle SchoolHow many students attend Wilbur Middle School?
Wilbur Middle School enrolls approximately 822 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Wilbur Middle School serve?
Wilbur Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Wilbur Middle School?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Wilbur Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wilbur Middle School?
At Wilbur Middle School, the student body is approximately 51% White, 27% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Wilbur Middle School public or private?
Wilbur Middle School 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.