Wichita Public Schools

Wichita Public Schools Unified School District 259
Address
201 North Water Street Wichita, Kansas 67202 United States
Information
Funding type	Public
Superintendent	John Allison
Enrollment	50,639[1]
Website	District Website

Wichita Public Schools is a unified school district (USD 259) in Wichita, Kansas, United States.^[2]

Overview

The largest school district in the state of Kansas, USD 259 has these approximate statistics in 2016:^[3]

• Land area: About 150 square miles
• Students: about 51,000
• Teachers and Staff: about 9,000
• Budget: about $650 million
• Graduation rate: about 75%
• Schools:
  • 54 - Elementary schools
  • 3 - "K-8" schools (combined Elementary/Middle school)
  • 15 - Middle schools
  • 9 - High schools
  • 12 - Special program sites

(Of these schools, 24 are specialized-curriculum "magnet" schools)

High Schools

• Metro-Boulevard
• Metro-Meridan
• Sowers Alternative
• Wichita East High School
• Wichita Heights High School
• Wichita North High School
• Wichita Northeast Magnet High School
• Wichita Northwest High School
• Wichita South High School
• Wichita Southeast High School
• Wichita West High School

Middle Schools

Allison Middle School Brooks Middle Magnet School Coleman Middle School Curtis Middle School Hadley Middle School Hamilton Middle School Jardine Middle School Marshall Middle School

Mayberry Middle School Mead Middle School Pleasant Valley Middle School Robinson Middle School Stucky Middle School Truesdell Middle School Wells Alternative Wilbur Middle School

Elementary Schools

Adams Elementary School Allen Elementary School Anderson Elementary School Beech Elementary School Benton Grade School Buckner Performing Arts Magnet Elementary School Caldwell Elementary School Cessna Elementary School Chisholm Trail Elementary School Clark Elementary School Cleaveland Traditional Magnet Elementary School Cloud Elementary School College Hill Elementary School Colvin Elementary School Dodge Elementary School Earhart Environmental Magnet Elementary School Enders Elementary School

Enterprise Elementary School Franklin Elementary School Gammon Elementary School Gardiner Elementary School Greiffenstein Special Education Center Griffith Elementary School Harry Street Elementary School Hyde International Studies and Communication Elementary Magnet Irving Elementary School Jackson Elementary School Jefferson Elementary School Kelly Liberal Arts Academy Kensler Elementary School L'Ouverture Computer Technology Elementary School Lawrence Elementary School Linwood Elementary School McCollom Elementary School McLean Science Technology Magnet

Minneha Elementary School Mueller Elementary School OK Elementrary School Ortiz Elementrary School Park Elementary School Payne Elementary School Peterson Elementary School Pleasant Valley Elementary School Price-Harris Communications Magnet Riverside Elementary School Seltzer Elementary School Spaght Accelerated Magnet Academy Stanley Elementary School Washington Elementary School White Elementary School Woodland Magnet Elementary School Woodman Elementary School

Kindergarten through 8th grade schools

• Gordon Parks Academy IB World School
• Christa McAuliffe Academy
• Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet School

See also

• Kansas State Department of Education
• Kansas State High School Activities Association
• List of high schools in Kansas
• List of unified school districts in Kansas

References

1. Wichita Public Schools 2012-13 Demographic Snapshot
2. USD 259 District map
3. District Snapshot, Wichita Public Schools / USD 259 official website, Wichita, Kansas, retrieved 2016-08-15

Further reading

• Wichita : Illustrated History 1868 to 1880; Eunice S. Chapter; 52 pages; 1914. (Download 3MB PDF eBook)
• History of Wichita and Sedgwick County Kansas : Past and present, including an account of the cities, towns, and villages of the county; 2 Volumes; O.H. Bentley; C.F. Cooper & Co; 454 / 479 pages; 1910. (Volume1 - Download 20MB PDF eBook),(Volume2 - Download 31MB PDF eBook)

External links

District

• Official website

Historical

• Excerpts from A History of Wichita Public School Buildings, USD 259

News

• Wichita school district a pioneer in FEMA-approved storm shelter safe rooms, The Wichita Eagle

Maps

• Wichita School District - High School Boundary Map, valid starting fall 2012, USD 259
• Wichita School District - Middle School Boundary Map, valid starting fall 2012, USD 259
• Wichita School District - Elementary School Boundary Map, valid starting fall 2012, USD 259
• Wichita School District - Boundary Map and Directory of Buildings, USD 259
• USD 259 School District Boundary Map, KDOT