Williams Science and Fine Arts Magnet School

Located at 1301 SE Monroe St, in Topeka, Kansas, Williams Science and Fine Arts Magnet School is an average-sized elementary-level community that instructs 447 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Topeka Public Schools. Compared to the state average of about 313 students per school, that is 43% bigger than typical.

Within Topeka Public Schools, which oversees 25 schools and 11,695 students, Williams Science and Fine Arts Magnet School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Williams Science and Fine Arts Magnet School logs that 31% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 26% Black, 20% multiracial, 20% White. The wider county runs roughly 14% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Williams Science and Fine Arts Magnet School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 93% of students at Williams Science and Fine Arts Magnet School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Shawnee County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Williams Science and Fine Arts Magnet School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 17.7%; this one delivers 24.4%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Shawnee County indicate median household income runs about $67,104, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Shawnee County's 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,294 students), Williams Science and Fine Arts Magnet School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Topeka High, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Williams Science and Fine Arts Magnet School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 23.6%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Williams Science and Fine Arts Magnet School's enrollment has ticked down 19% since 2018, when it stood at 555 (now 447). The Black share of enrollment declined from 36% to 26% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.