Summary
Hyde International Studies/Commun Elementary Magnet serves 260 students in prekindergarten through grade 5 in Wichita, and has the smallest enrollment among the 11 nearby schools compared. Its 2025–2026 results put it among the area’s strongest schools: SchoolDigger ranked Hyde 78th of 657 Kansas elementary schools, in the 88th percentile with 4 stars. Most importantly, Hyde placed second among the nearby schools in all three tested subjects, behind only Bostic Traditional Magnet Elementary.
Hyde’s strength spans English language arts, math and science: 68% of students were proficient in ELA, 62% in math and 60% in science. Bostic scored higher in each subject, but no other nearby school did. Hyde’s results also exceeded state rates by 22 points in ELA, 21 in math and 21 in science, and Wichita district rates by 38, 41 and 38 points, respectively. Hyde’s results were well above nearby-school averages, too. Within Hyde, third grade was strongest in ELA, at 74%, while fourth-grade math, at 58%, was a relative low point; it still topped the state in both subjects and grades.
Hyde’s scores improved over the four reported years, although not steadily: from 2022–2023 to 2025–2026, proficiency rose 11 points in ELA, 15 in math and 11 in science. ELA dipped 2 points in the latest year, while science fell 11 points from its 2024–2025 high. SchoolDigger’s measure of how well Hyde serves male students rose from the 32nd percentile in 2018–2019 to the 81st in 2025–2026; Hyde’s overall standing that latest year was the 88th percentile. Other context: the 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 13.9, compared with a nearby-school average of 14.2, and Hyde’s free/reduced-lunch rate was 43%, the lowest locally versus an average of 84% at nearby schools. Chronic absenteeism was 14%, below the state’s 18% and district’s 30%.
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