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Price-Harris Communications Magnet

Public, Magnet Grades PK, KG-5
337th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 657 Kansas Elementary Schools
Better than 49% of Kansas elementary schools
Summary

Price-Harris Communications Magnet is a Wichita, Kansas, elementary school serving 477 students in PK–5, in a group of ten nearby elementary schools. Its 2025–26 results show a clear academic pattern: the school is comparatively strong in English language arts (ELA) and math, while science is its most important area to watch.

Price-Harris’s ELA proficiency was 53% and math was 44%, each the third-highest result among the ten nearby schools; both were also above the nearby averages of 39% and 29%. Compared with Kansas, Price-Harris was 8 percentage points higher in ELA and 3 points higher in math. Science proficiency was 31%: fourth-highest nearby and 4 points above the local average, but 7 points below the state. It was still 10 points above the Wichita district. Grade-level results point to a particular weakness in third-grade math, which was 9 points below the state, while fourth-grade ELA was 6 points above it.

ELA and math have improved since 2022–23, rising 18 and 8 percentage points, respectively. Science, by contrast, has fallen 9 points from its 2024–25 high and is now slightly below its 2022–23 level. SchoolDigger rates Price-Harris 2 stars, at the 49th statewide percentile; its 2024–25 student-teacher ratio of 16.9 was the highest among nearby schools, whose average was 14.1. SchoolDigger’s statewide effectiveness measure places the school at the 72nd percentile for White students, up from the 39th percentile in 2023–24, and at the 79th percentile for students receiving special education services—30 points above its overall percentile. These group rankings are SchoolDigger measures, and subgroup sample sizes are not provided.

477
Students ?
16.9
Student/teacher ratio ?
$13,949
Per pupil spending ?
64.4%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
 706 N Armour Dr
       Wichita, KS  67206-1402

(316) 973-1650

District: Wichita


Students who attend Price-Harris Communications Magnet usually attend:

Middle:    Coleman Middle School
    Wells Alternative Middle School
High:    Chisholm Life Skills Center
    Southeast High
    Sowers Alternative High School
    Wichita Alternative High
Racial breakdown:

White:
44.0%
Hispanic:
21.6%
African American:
19.9%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 28th percentile in 2016 → 49th in 2026
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 21 percentile points since 2016
✓Among the top-ranked schools in Wichita
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school43%
District avg24%
Kansas avg42%
337th of 657
Kansas public elementary schools ?
Bottom 49%▲ up 21 pts since 2016
From bottom 28% (2016) to bottom 49% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
6th of 54Elementary Schools in the Wichita
253rd of 268Wichita among Kansas districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202649.8337 of 65748.7%★★☆☆☆
202548.5343 of 65647.7%★★☆☆☆
202438.7424 of 65335.1%★★☆☆☆
202340.5407 of 66038.3%★★☆☆☆
202246.4362 of 66845.8%★★☆☆☆
202143.0394 of 67041.2%★★☆☆☆
201950.5330 of 66750.5%★★★☆☆
201842.5403 of 65638.6%★★☆☆☆
201736.2445 of 65932.5%★★☆☆☆
201632.9475 of 65627.6%★☆☆☆☆
201537.6471 of 67830.5%★★☆☆☆
201359.3337 of 66849.6%★★☆☆☆
201236.6535 of 66018.9%★☆☆☆☆
201153.6371 of 63141.2%★★☆☆☆
201061.7276 of 63056.2%★★★☆☆
200936.8492 of 62120.8%★☆☆☆☆
200832.1492 of 61419.9%★☆☆☆☆
200736.4460 of 60023.3%★☆☆☆☆
200621.7504 of 58513.8%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202658.323 of 7268.1%★★★★☆
202578.99 of 7087.1%★★★★☆
202451.930 of 7258.3%★★★☆☆
202378.88 of 7489.2%★★★★★
202279.57 of 6889.7%★★★★★
202149.726 of 7364.4%★★★☆☆
201971.210 of 7386.3%★★★★☆
201861.917 of 6573.8%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202639.9380 of 58535.0%★★☆☆☆
202140.2368 of 59137.7%★★☆☆☆
201947.8319 of 59146.0%★★☆☆☆
201836.2392 of 57431.7%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202665.263 of 26976.6%★★★★☆
202563.566 of 26274.8%★★★★☆
202481.924 of 26090.8%★★★★★
202371.343 of 24582.4%★★★★☆
202270.641 of 25483.9%★★★★☆
202160.068 of 22970.3%★★★★☆
201958.681 of 23565.5%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202651.1266 of 54651.3%★★★☆☆
202553.5229 of 53357.0%★★★☆☆
202447.2278 of 54649.1%★★☆☆☆
202349.5261 of 54151.8%★★★☆☆
202257.7175 of 51265.8%★★★☆☆
202148.3257 of 49448.0%★★☆☆☆
201945.9285 of 50944.0%★★☆☆☆
201831.2403 of 51221.3%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202658.2226 of 59462.0%★★★☆☆
202148.1309 of 60548.9%★★☆☆☆
201955.1250 of 58657.3%★★★☆☆
201850.1279 of 57551.5%★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202260.810 of 2965.5%★★★☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202669.268 of 31878.6%★★★★☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202665.9163 of 57671.7%★★★★☆
202555.7250 of 57656.6%★★★☆☆
202441.5355 of 57938.7%★★☆☆☆
202343.8342 of 58441.4%★★☆☆☆
202265.4166 of 59672.1%★★★★☆
202155.3248 of 58757.8%★★★☆☆
201963.1192 of 59267.6%★★★☆☆
201857.0233 of 57459.4%★★★☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Special Education (2026)79th percentile+30 vs school
Hispanic (2026)77th percentile+28 vs school
White (2026)72nd percentile+23 vs school
African American (2026)68th percentile+19 vs school
Multi-racial (2022)66th percentile+20 vs school
Male (2026)62nd percentile+13 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)51st percentile+3 vs school
Female (2026)35th percentile-14 vs school
By subject vs Kansas (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts53%+8 vs state
Mathematics44%+3 vs state
Science31%-7 vs state

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by a parent
Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Open Quote Price-Harris Elementary is great.
Before Eloise started Kindergarten this year, we were pretty nervous about it. Public schools don't get the best press. Most of the time you see someone post something on Facebook about their kid's school it's something negative. On top of that, the Kansas government doesn't exactly prioritize education.
We have been surprised at how great things are going for Eloise at Price-Harris. She loves it there. Her teacher is fantastic. The PTO at the school is very inclusive and active. All of the faculty we have met are passionate and work like crazy for those kids. Close Quote





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Students at Price-Harris Communications Magnet are 44% White, 22% Hispanic, 20% African American, 10% Two or more races, 4% Asian.

Price-Harris Communications Magnet ranks 337th of 657 Kansas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2024-25 school year, 477 students attended Price-Harris Communications Magnet.

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Latest Kansas data All new data »
2025–26 attendance dataNewOct 13, 2026
2025–26 KAP test scoresNewOct 13, 2026
2023–24 school spending dataJan 8, 2026
2024–25 dropout ratesDec 4, 2025


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kansas State Department of Education.

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