Summary:
Schools in 67212 include eight schools serving elementary, middle, high school and alternative-school students, with 4,007 students across the area in the Wichita district. Across the schools, equal-school averages were 32% proficient in ELA, 24% in math and 28% in science, respectively 14, 17 and 10 points below state averages. The most important takeaway is that results vary sharply: standout schools sit alongside very low reported scores, rather than the area being uniformly strong or weak.
Peterson Elementary is the strongest all-around elementary school in the reported results, with 52% proficient in ELA and 47% in math. Those results are 22 and 27 points above the averages at the other four elementary schools, and 7 and 6 points above the state rates. Kensler Elementary leads in science at 44%, 6 points above the state; its fifth-grade science result is 1 point below the state. Northwest High also stands out in 10th-grade ELA, at 43%, 3 points above the state. At the bottom, Levy Sp Educational Center reported 3% in ELA and 0% in math, while Bryant Opportunity Academy reported 3% in ELA and 0% in math; their small enrollments and different school settings make direct comparisons with conventional schools less useful.
Recent results show modest average gains in ELA and math, but no clear overall catch-up to the state: the school averages rose 2 points in each subject, while the state also improved. Science moved the other way, falling 3 points among schools with results in both years, although the state fell more. School-level changes were mixed: Kensler math rose 11 points and Northwest math rose 10, while McCollom Elementary fell 8 points in both ELA and math. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking rose from 27 to 46 for Northwest and from 18 to 32 for Kensler, but fell from 64 to 52 for Peterson. Northwest also pairs a 93% graduation rate with 34% chronic absenteeism, compared with 18% statewide—another reason to weigh more than one measure when comparing schools.
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