Enrollment
322
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUTCHINSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 200762000539
Wiley Elementary
900 W 21st, Hutchinson, KS 67502 · (620) 615-5250 · Reno County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL322 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Kansas public elementary schools
- C-Test 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
197 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 15% smaller than its 6th grade class (52).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
37.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
21.2%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 | 37.0% | 21.2% |
| 2023-24 | 28.2% | 14.2% |
% 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
27.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.9%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Wiley Elementary
Wiley Elementary's state test result (27.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiley Elementary this school | 322 | 61.2% | 27.6% |
| Swaney Elem Derby | 351 | 60.7% | 47.3% |
| Jefferson Elem Great Bend | 297 | 58.2% | 55.3% |
| Eisenhower Elem Wellington | 277 | 59.6% | 40.8% |
| Lincoln Elem Hays | 274 | 59.5% | 47.9% |
| Lincoln Elem Great Bend | 275 | 57.8% | 48.9% |
Matched among Kansas elementary 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 Wiley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Reno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #515 of 625 | #10 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #543 of 625 | #11 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #491 of 625 | #10 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 322 | #333 of 714 | #7 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #461 of 539 | #10 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.2% | #295 of 540 | #6 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.2% | #240 of 658 | #5 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.2% | #106 of 151 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
322
+20 (+7%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 337
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
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 | 322 | 20.7 | 15.6:1 | 61% (197) |
| 2023-24 | 311 | 19.9 | 15.6:1 | 60% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 285 | 19.9 | 14.3:1 | 61% (174) |
| 2020-21 | 302 | 23 | 13.1:1 | 59% (179) |
| 2017-18 | 306 | 21.9 | 14.0:1 | 57% (175) |
| 2015-16 | 335 | 22 | 15.2:1 | 69% (230) |
| 2010-11 | 349 | 22 | 15.9:1 | 59% (207) |
| 2000-01 | 226 | 15 | 15.1:1 | 30% (68) |
| 1990-91 | 337 | 16 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wiley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (306 to 322); teachers down 5% (21.9 to 20.7).
About Wiley Elementary
Wiley Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Kansas, located in Hutchinson. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 322 students in pre-K through 6.
Besides Wiley Elementary, Hutchinson Public Schools runs 9 other schools. The district enrolls 3,957 students.
At Wiley Elementary, White students make up 72% of the student body. The remaining shares are 17% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. Reno County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school's share is lower. Pick two students at random and there is a 44% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 20.7 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.6:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. The school's lunch program data list 61% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Wiley Elementary a D. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Kansas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Wiley Elementary's results are 5.3 points below predicted: 27.6% against 32.9%.
Reno County has about 61,553 residents, and the median household income is $60,645, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. In all, Reno County has 33 public schools and roughly 8,909 students.
The closest public school to Wiley Elementary is Hutchinson Middle School 8, about 0.9 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Wiley Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Distant. That means it sits in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Over 4 years, Wiley Elementary's enrollment climbed 7%, to 322. The number of students per teacher rose from 13.1 to 15.6 over 4 years.
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Reno County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
61,553
Census ACS
Median income
$60,645
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
8,909 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hutchinson Public Schools
- Hutchinson High SchoolHigh · 1,214 students
- Morgan ElementaryElementary · 388 students
- McCandless ElementaryElementary · 346 students
- Graber ElementaryElementary · 311 students
- Hutchinson Virtual SchoolCombined · 300 students
- Hutchinson Middle School 7Middle · 284 students
Other schools in Hutchinson
- Hutchinson High SchoolHigh · 1,214 students
- Prairie Hills MiddleMiddle · 532 students
- Plum Creek ElementaryElementary · 448 students
- Union Valley ElemElementary · 435 students
- Morgan ElementaryElementary · 388 students
- McCandless ElementaryElementary · 346 students
Other Wiley Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Wiley Elementary. Wiley Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Wiley ElemHolcomb, KS · 218 students
- Wiley Elementary SchoolSHELBY TOWNSHIP, MI · 570 students
- Wiley ElementaryRaleigh, NC · 429 students
- Wiley Elementary SchoolWILEY, CO · 155 students
Nearby schools
- Hutchinson Middle School 80.9 mi · 264
- Morgan Elementary0.9 mi · 388
- Hutchinson Magnet School at Allen1.0 mi · 249
- Faris Elementary1.5 mi · 279
- Reno Valley Middle School1.6 mi · 137
- Graber Elementary1.7 mi · 311
Frequently asked questions
About Wiley ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Wiley Elementary?
Wiley Elementary enrolls approximately 322 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Wiley Elementary serve?
Wiley Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Wiley Elementary?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Wiley Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Wiley Elementary?
Student demographics at Wiley Elementary are roughly 72% White, 17% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Wiley Elementary?
Wiley Elementary is overseen by Hutchinson Public Schools in Reno County.
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