📍 1601 S Edwards, Wichita, Sedgwick County, 67213
Payne Elem is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Wichita, Sedgwick County. The school has 258 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Wichita school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 21.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1. 8% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Payne Elem enrolls 258 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 21.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 37% Hispanic or Latino, 36% White and 15% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 95 | 37% |
| White | 92 | 36% |
| Black or African American | 39 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 28 | 11% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
246 of the school's 258 students (95%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 223 qualify for free lunch and 23 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Payne Elem is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district KS-40, state senate district 25, state house district 95.
Payne Elem is one of 88 schools in Wichita, based in Wichita, Kansas. The district serves 46,073 students district-wide and employs 4,462 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 258 students, Payne Elem is smaller than the district average of about 524 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large