📍 1830 S Cypress, Wichita, Sedgwick County, 67207
Beech Elem is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Wichita, Sedgwick County. The school has 480 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Wichita school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 35.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Beech Elem enrolls 480 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 35.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 36% Black or African American, 25% Hispanic or Latino and 19% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 175 | 36% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 121 | 25% |
| White | 89 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 52 | 11% |
| Asian | 39 | 8.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
410 of the school's 480 students (85%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 368 qualify for free lunch and 42 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.
Beech 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 30, state house district 88.
Beech 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 480 students, Beech Elem is close to the district average of about 524 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large