Summary:
ZIP code 67230 has three elementary schools: Christa McAuliffe Academy serves PK–8 in Wichita, while Wheatland Elementary and Meadowlark Elementary serve K–5 in Andover. In the latest results, the schools’ all-grade proficiency ranges from 41% to 83% in ELA, 35% to 87% in math, and 35% to 82% in science. The biggest takeaway is the wide achievement gap: the top-to-bottom difference is 41 points in ELA, 52 in math, and 48 in science.
Wheatland is the clear leader, with 83% proficient in ELA, 87% in math, and 82% in science—37, 46, and 44 points above state results, respectively. It is far ahead of the other two schools’ average in each subject, by 30 points in ELA, 42 in math, and 34 in science. Christa McAuliffe is at the bottom in all three subjects, with 41% in ELA, 35% in math, and 35% in science, each below the state. Meadowlark falls between them and is above state results in every subject. SchoolDigger ranks Wheatland 4th of 657 schools and gives it five stars; Meadowlark ranks 134th and has four stars, while Christa McAuliffe ranks 424th.
Recent results show Wheatland gaining in all three subjects, especially science, which rose 10 points; Meadowlark gained 5 points in science but fell 3 in ELA and 5 in math. Christa McAuliffe’s math improved 3 points, while ELA fell 2 and science was essentially unchanged. Wheatland’s SchoolDigger rank improved from 9th to 4th over the last three listed years, while Meadowlark’s shifted from 60th to 134th. The two Andover schools share a grade span and district, but Wheatland leads Meadowlark by 18 points in ELA, 32 in math, and 21 in science. Christa McAuliffe has the lowest student-teacher ratio at 13.6, compared with 15.5 at Wheatland and 14.6 at Meadowlark; reported free/reduced-lunch rates also differ, at 52%, 11%, and 22%, respectively, as context rather than an explanation of outcomes. Because Christa McAuliffe serves more grades, all-grade comparisons are not perfectly like-for-like.
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