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Enrollment
612
Elementary
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICHITA·NCES 201299000325
Woodman Elem
2500 Hiram, Wichita, KS 67217 · (316) 973-0200 · Sedgwick County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL612 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of Kansas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
14.1:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
535 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 51%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 75 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
70%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
23.6%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
12.9%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 | 23.6% | 12.9% |
| 2023-24 | 21.4% | 12.5% |
% 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
19.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Woodman Elem
Woodman Elem's state test result (19.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodman Elem this school | 612 | 87.4% | 19.6% |
| Dodge Literacy Magnet Wichita | 547 | 83.0% | 20.2% |
| Oak Grove Elem Kansas City | 532 | 79.9% | 36.2% |
| Enders STEM and Leadership Magnet Wichita | 509 | 84.1% | 20.5% |
| Turner Elem Kansas City | 560 | 80.7% | 33.8% |
| Enterprise Elem Wichita | 424 | 92.5% | 13.6% |
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 Woodman Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #574 of 625 | #66 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.9% | #595 of 625 | #72 of 92 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #591 of 625 | #80 of 92 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 612 | #22 of 714 | #6 of 98 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #343 of 539 | #58 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.5% | #41 of 540 | #21 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.4% | #64 of 658 | #28 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #267 of 377 | #50 of 67 |
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
612
+41 (+7%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 740
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 612 | 43.5 | 14.1:1 | 87% (535) |
| 2023-24 | 561 | 45 | 12.5:1 | 88% (494) |
| 2022-23 | 577 | 42.6 | 13.5:1 | 90% (518) |
| 2020-21 | 571 | 43 | 13.3:1 | 85% (487) |
| 2017-18 | 671 | 38.8 | 17.3:1 | 81% (542) |
| 2015-16 | 691 | 45 | 15.4:1 | 82% (565) |
| 2010-11 | 745 | 43 | 17.3:1 | 85% (636) |
| 2000-01 | 616 | 46 | 13.4:1 | 59% (364) |
| 1990-91 | 740 | 42 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodman Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (671 to 612); teachers up 12% (38.8 to 43.5).
About Woodman Elem
Woodman Elem is a large elementary school found in Wichita, Kansas. The school had 612 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Kansas) has about 313 students.
Woodman Elem is part of Wichita, where 87 schools serve 47,545 students.
Woodman Elem's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 41%. Smaller groups are 30% White, 14% multiracial, 11% Black, and 3% Asian. County-wide, 17% of Sedgwick County residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, Woodman Elem comes in at 70%.
Federal data list 43.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Woodman Elem in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Kansas is 13.2:1, lower than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 87%. On average, public schools in Sedgwick County report 63%.
allk12 grades Woodman Elem a D. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Woodman Elem sits between the top and bottom 10% of Kansas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 19.6% and a predicted 20.3%.
Census Bureau estimates for Sedgwick County show that median household income is about $69,365, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 160 public schools operate in Sedgwick County, serving about 84,569 students.
The nearest public school is Truesdell Middle School, at about 0.1 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Woodman Elem is 2nd on average proficiency.
Woodman Elem falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 612, 7% above the 571 of 2020-21.
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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
- Truesdell Middle School0.1 mi · 924
- Kelly Liberal Arts Academy0.9 mi · 429
- Stanley Elem1.0 mi · 439
- Enders STEM and Leadership Magnet1.1 mi · 509
- Payne Elem1.3 mi · 231
- South High1.5 mi · 1,662
Frequently asked questions
About Woodman ElemWhat is the total enrollment at Woodman Elem?
Woodman Elem enrolls approximately 612 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Woodman Elem serve?
Woodman Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Woodman Elem?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at Woodman Elem.
What is the student diversity at Woodman Elem?
Student demographics at Woodman Elem are roughly 30% White, 41% Hispanic, 11% Black, 3% Asian, 14% Two or more.
What district is Woodman Elem in?
Woodman Elem is part of Wichita.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.