Summary:
Three high schools in ZIP code 67217 serve grades 9–12: Campus High Haysville, South High, and Wichita Alternative High; enrollment ranges from 133 to 1,803 students. Across the three schools, average proficiency in 2025–26 was 20% in English language arts (ELA), 12% in math, and 12% in science, compared with state rates of 46%, 41%, and 38%. Even the leading school fell short of state rates by 13 points in ELA, 26 in math, and 20 in science, making math the largest challenge relative to the state.
Campus High Haysville led all three subjects, with 33% proficiency in ELA, 15% in math, and 18% in science; its latest SchoolDigger ranking was 285th of 340 schools, at the 16th percentile. South High was in the middle, at 22% in ELA, 8% in math, and 11% in science, and had the lowest dropout rate, 2%. Wichita Alternative High had the lowest ELA and science results, 6% and 7%, but its 12% math rate was 4 points above South’s. It also had the highest chronic absenteeism, 62%, and lowest graduation rate, 50%; its graduation rate was 36 points below Campus’s. SchoolDigger placed it at the 3rd percentile, compared with South’s 6th.
Recent results moved in different directions: average ELA proficiency fell by 3 points from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while math rose by 3 points. The math increase came from Wichita Alternative, up 12 points, as Campus fell by 3 and South by 1; the group’s math gap to the state narrowed only slightly. SchoolDigger percentiles rose modestly over three years: 1 point for Campus, 2 for South, and 3 for Wichita Alternative, even as ELA scores fell at all three schools. Campus has the highest student-teacher ratio (19.0) and lowest free/reduced-lunch rate (51%); Wichita Alternative has the lowest ratio (12.6) and highest rate (91%). Its smaller enrollment and alternative-school designation make direct comparisons with the other schools contextual.
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