📍 2400 Wassall St, Wichita, Sedgwick County, 67216
Sowers Alternative High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Wichita, Sedgwick County. The school has 75 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Wichita school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 14.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 5.3:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 69%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sowers Alternative High School enrolls 75 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 87% male and 13% female. A teaching staff of 14.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 5.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% White, 20% Black or African American and 16% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 36 | 48% |
| Black or African American | 15 | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 12 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 12% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 2.7% |
| Asian | 1 | 1.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
67 of the school's 75 students (89%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 66 qualify for free lunch and 1 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.
Sowers Alternative High School 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 28, state house district 98.
Sowers Alternative High School 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 75 students, Sowers Alternative High School 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
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