📍 5148 S Kansas, Wichita, Sedgwick County, 67216
White Elem is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Wichita, Sedgwick County. The school has 417 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Wichita school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 25.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. 8% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
White Elem enrolls 417 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 25.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% White, 21% Hispanic or Latino and 14% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 196 | 47% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 87 | 21% |
| Black or African American | 60 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 53 | 13% |
| Asian | 14 | 3.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
377 of the school's 417 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 343 qualify for free lunch and 34 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.
White 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 28, state house district 98.
White 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 417 students, White 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