Wichita Public Schools
| Wichita Public Schools Unified School District 259 | |
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201 North Water Street Wichita, Kansas 67202 United States | |
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| 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
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Elementary Schools
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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
- ↑ Wichita Public Schools 2012-13 Demographic Snapshot
- ↑ USD 259 District map
- ↑ 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
- Historical
- 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
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