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Enrollment - Wichita Public Schools is the largest school district in Kansas, educating approximately 10% of all public school students in the state of Kansas, and more than half of all school-aged children in Sedgwick County.
Graduation rates increasing in Wichita - The Wichita Public Schools' 2022 graduation rate is 80.4%, a more than 6 percentage point increase since 2018. Increasing the high school graduation rate is one of the goals of WPS' Every Student Future Ready Strategic Plan. WPS graduates were offered more than $55.6 million in total scholarships in 2023.
Future Ready - High school students have more than 100 opportunities to earn college credit while in high school. There are 25 Career and Technical Education Pathways in 7 career areas offered.
Diversity - "The World Walks Our Hallways!" Wichita Public Schools is a dynamic, welcoming school community that supports the needs of all learners, from the most highly skilled to those needing intensive assistance. Our students come from 97 countries and more than 112 languages are spoken in the homes of district students.
Student Activities - Wichita students are active in a wide variety of extra-curricular activities to enhance their educational experience. Success is noted throughout the state and across the district in such areas as fine arts, athletics, JROTC/leadership, forensics and debate and technical education.
Employment - The Wichita school district is the third-largest employer in the 4-county metropolitan statistical area, with more than 5,600 full-time employees.
School and Support Buildings - The district has 54 elementary schools, 15 middle schools, 3 K-8 schools, 9 high schools and 9 special schools and 6 special program locations. Of these school sites, 25 house magnet programs.
Finances - 86% of the district's operating budget directly benefits students, their classrooms and our schools. The total budget for 2023-24, which includes funding from all sources, is $970.8 million.
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Please note: The demographic information presented above is a snapshot of our student demographic data taken annually in September, and represents the total number of students served by the Wichita Public Schools. This snapshot includes all students (full- and part-time, pre-school, special programs, etc.). Our demographics may differ from the audited Kansas fall membership data.
Many districts and states are targeting summer break as the best opportunity to recover unfinished learning caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. With the federal COVID relief funds, schools can offer summer learning programs as they never have before. This research snapshot provides a summary of the most recent and relevant research on effective summer learning programs to help providers design programs that will benefit students the most.
Our school snapshots were created as a way to tell the unique story of each our schools. They are filled with key pieces of information from each building to allow families, students, staff, and community members to get to know each of the wonderful schools that make up our District.
Mainio moved on to a fifth grade classroom for another guidance lesson, and then a third grade classroom. The theme for these lessons was problem solving, and they offered strategies for students to get along with others, behave with integrity, make plans to address problems such as consistently late homework, and more.
Given her work with all age levels of students, Ready WA sat down with Mainio to learn more about daily life as an elementary school counselor, as well as to get her thoughts about the value of career pathway planning. The interview has been lightly edited for clarity and length.
Ready Washington is a coalition of state education agencies, associations, and advocacy organizations that believe every Washington student should graduate prepared for a successful future. Please contact us by clicking here.
Every class in the elementary education program prepares you for the day you are in your own classroom teaching a room full of students. Most of the courses during your first two years teach the foundations and principles needed to become a teacher.
You have a desire to ignite a love of learning into the hearts of children. The thought of creating lesson plans and leading field trips excites you. You know you are meant to be a teacher, but is there anything you can do to prepare?
Four years after the onset of the pandemic, the dust is settling as a new education landscape comes into focus. Thanks to NWEA assessments and research, we have not only valuable longitudinal data showing trends in achievement and growth but also a body of emerging evidence on the impact and efficacy of summer school, high-dosage tutoring, and the other academic recovery strategies underway in districts across the country.
Karyn and her colleagues shared findings from three school years, beginning with the first full academic year after the onset of the pandemic. The webinar has all the details, but here are some of the key findings:
Students who take part in high-dosage tutoring typically meet one-on-one or in small groups for a minimum of 30 minutes, at least two or three times a week. Research has shown that high-dosage tutoring can bring about large gains in reading and math scores, help elementary students build foundational skills, and provide much-needed support for middle and high school students who need it.
For more insights into the impact of instructional recovery strategies, including a closer look at the statistics behind these conclusions and implications for the future, check out the on-demand webinar.
From March 2020 through June 2022, the New York City Department of Education (DOE) and the New York State Education Department (NYSED) made a variety of adjustments to ensure that all students could learn safely during the pandemic. Some of these adjustments continue to impact the types of information that we share on the School Quality Snapshot. For example, for high schools, the cancelation of some Regents exams in past years continues to impact graduation rates in 2022. Read on for a further explanation of how this and other COVID-19 policy adjustments influence what you see on the 2021-22 School Quality Snapshot.
In the years before COVID-19, most test scores and survey results were shown next to the average results for the entire city, with additional comparisons in some cases to district, borough, and Comparison Groups. This year, the Snapshot does not have comparisons. See examples below.
In past years, the School Quality Snapshot for elementary schools has shown how fifth grade students scored on their State tests in relation to their own scores in the third grade. For 2021-22 we do not display this information. Students who were in fifth grade in 2021-22 did not take State tests in third grade, as all State tests were cancelled that year due to COVID-19.
Since many Regents exams were either not given or not required in 2020 and 2021, many students were eligible to waive these exams for graduation in 2022. For example, students with a waiver for a June 2021 Regents exam were not required to pass that exam to graduate in 2022. Although all 2022 graduates completed all of their course credits and any program requirements, some used waivers in lieu of exams that would normally have been required for graduation.
You can find survey responses on each tab of the School Quality Snapshot. In some cases, the survey results represent the opinions of a small portion of the members of a school community. You should make note of the response rates when you look at the survey results.
As a safety measure during the pandemic, visitors to school buildings were kept to a minimum, and no Quality Reviews were held. The 2021-22 School Quality Snapshot still displays Quality Review results, but all Quality Reviews are from 2020 or earlier.
Maples fought their way to a second-place finish at the MHSAA state swim & dive championships despite entering as an eighth seed. Senior Kelley Hassett, an Oakland University signee, was a part of two school record-setting performances.
Pierce Elementary is a PK-5 elementary school with approximately 512 students. The mission of Pierce is to create an inclusive and collaborative environment for all students to grow and thrive. This will result in confident, kind lifelong learners ready to better their world. Our 2022-2023 Annual Education Report is viewable here. The accompanying data can be found here. Our school handbook can be found here.
Pierce Elementary follows the Michigan Department of Education academic standards for all subject areas. The standards serve to outline the learning expectations for all Michigan students and are intended to guide local curriculum development. The Birmingham Public Schools curriculum department, alongside BPS teachers, work to choose the best curriculum that will provide the best possible learning resources and instruction needed for all of our students to reach their fullest potential. For more information about the Birmingham curriculum, please click here.
Our students "Follow the Pierce Path" by being respectful, responsible, kind and cooperative! We believe in using restorative practices to repair relationships and move forward in a positive way. Pierce has a strong family culture which includes our students, staff and families, which results in a community like no other!
The English Learner Snapshot is a summary of the reclassification criteria each student has or has not met. Teachers use the to ELL snapshot to help students and parents understand where they stand in their English development, and what they need to do to get reclassified. This tool provides space for students, families and educators to set academic goals and plan next steps.
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