Cessna Elementary

Summary:

Cessna Elementary is a public elementary school in Wichita, Kansas, serving 356 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Wichita school district, which is ranked 252 out of 266 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. Cessna Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of Kansas elementary schools over the past several years.

Cessna Elementary significantly underperforms the Wichita district and the state of Kansas in standardized test scores across all grades and subjects. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 11.57% of Cessna students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 19.95% in Wichita and 33.55% statewide. The school's performance is particularly low in mathematics, with only 10.31% of students proficient or better, compared to 14.47% in Wichita and 31.6% statewide. Cessna's performance is also significantly lower than nearby schools in the Wichita district, such as Woodman Elementary and Enterprise Elementary, as well as schools in the Haysville district, like Prairie Elementary and Oatville Elementary.

Cessna Elementary has a high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 89.89% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year. The school also has a high percentage of minority students, with 68% of students being African American or Hispanic. Despite spending more per student than the district average and having a relatively low student-teacher ratio, Cessna Elementary continues to struggle academically, suggesting that the issue may not be solely about the level of resources, but rather how those resources are being utilized and targeted to address the specific needs of the school's student population.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 2101 W 45th S
       Wichita, KS  67217


(316) 973-6900

District: Wichita

SchoolDigger Rank:
641st of 653 Kansas Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,289 Help


Students who attend Cessna Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Truesdell Middle School
    Wells Alternative Middle School
High:    Chisholm Life Skills Center
    South High
    Sowers Alternative High School
    Wichita Alternative High

Student/teacher ratio:  12.2 Help
Number of students:  356

Racial breakdown:

White:
53.1%
Hispanic:
20.2%
African American:
13.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  89.9% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Cessna Elementary ranks worse than 98.2% of elementary schools in Kansas. It also ranks 49th among 57 ranked elementary schools in the Wichita School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 6.19. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Cessna Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (53.1%), Hispanic (20.2%), African American (13.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 89.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Cessna Elementary is 12.2, which is the 15th best among 57 elementary schools in the Wichita School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Cessna Elementary is $11,289. 33 elementary schools in the Wichita School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Cessna Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Cessna Elementary 641st of 653 Kansas public elementary schools. (See Cessna Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Wichita:

SchoolDigger ranks Wichita 252nd of 266 Kansas school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Cessna Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Cessna Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 26.39 488th 585 16.6%
2007 31.68 488th 600 18.7%
2008 15.14 562nd 614 8.5%
2009 20.01 548th 621 11.8%
2010 8.27 598th 630 5.1%
2011 14.35 586th 631 7.1%
2012 17.36 597th 660 9.5%
2013 17.95 586th 668 12.3%
2015 12.88 630th 678 7.1%
2016 14.24 584th 656 11.0%
2017 10.21 615th 659 6.7%
2018 7.86 623rd 656 5.0%
2019 6.40 649th 667 2.7%
2021 7.19 641st 670 4.3%
2022 8.71 631st 668 5.5%
2023 13.47 593rd 660 10.2%
2024 6.19 641st 653 1.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Cessna Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.87 118th 140 15.7%
2019 30.30 144th 193 25.4%
2021 15.93 202nd 214 5.6%
2022 10.65 303rd 305 0.7%
2023 15.52 279th 296 5.7%
2024 20.00 265th 306 13.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Cessna Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 13.86 486th 512 5.1%
2019 11.82 492nd 509 3.3%
2021 16.05 460th 494 6.9%
2022 14.13 492nd 512 3.9%
2023 26.52 446th 541 17.6%
2024 11.97 529th 546 3.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Cessna Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 7.13 557th 574 3.0%
2019 6.57 585th 591 1.0%
2021 8.17 568th 591 3.9%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Cessna Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.87 118th 140 15.7%
2019 30.30 144th 193 25.4%
2021 15.93 202nd 214 5.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Cessna Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 13.01 520th 575 9.6%
2019 10.05 559th 586 4.6%
2021 12.74 549th 605 9.3%
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Rank History for African American students at Cessna Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 17.96 67th 73 8.2%
2021 22.99 69th 73 5.5%
2022 14.70 68th 68 0.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Cessna Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.20 184th 207 11.1%
2019 21.72 213th 235 9.4%
2022 48.96 122nd 254 52.0%
2024 11.07 260th 260 0.0%
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Rank History for White students at Cessna Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 8.63 557th 574 3.0%
2019 6.68 584th 592 1.4%
2021 4.31 580th 587 1.2%
2022 6.92 580th 596 2.7%
2023 9.43 563rd 584 3.6%
2024 3.41 576th 579 0.5%
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Data source: test scores: Kansas State Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Kansas State Department of Education

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Reviews:
by a parent
Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Open Quote This school does not care about the well being of it’s students. They do not take complaints from their students to heart. When a student comes to the principal because they are in fear of a teacher they sweep it under the rug. Please do not trust this school with your children’s lives! Close Quote



Enrollment information for Cessna Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 336 88 6 15 6 n/a n/a 0 451
1989 336 90 5 17 7 n/a n/a 0 455
1990 298 93 5 12 4 n/a n/a 0 412
1991 294 80 4 11 6 n/a n/a 0 395
1992 277 78 6 21 11 n/a n/a 0 393
1993 259 79 4 20 9 n/a n/a 0 371
1994 271 78 5 18 9 n/a n/a 0 381
1995 258 76 9 12 9 n/a n/a 0 364
1996 258 76 9 12 9 n/a n/a 0 364
1997 244 54 6 22 13 n/a n/a 0 339
1998 255 48 8 16 14 n/a n/a 0 341
1999 216 63 12 25 19 n/a n/a 0 335
2000 242 77 10 23 13 n/a n/a 0 365
2001 239 86 4 21 22 n/a n/a 0 372
2002 239 60 9 27 25 n/a n/a 0 360
2003 239 60 9 27 25 n/a n/a 0 360
2004 219 51 7 33 18 n/a n/a 19 347
2005 247 105 14 47 27 n/a n/a 25 465
2006 251 85 10 51 25 n/a n/a 19 441
2007 256 77 7 44 27 n/a n/a 0 411
2008 250 57 10 65 24 n/a n/a 0 406
2009 241 47 6 41 16 n/a n/a 66 417
2010 210 50 3 62 14 1 40 0 380
2011 243 47 3 58 14 0 42 0 407
2012 256 57 4 77 10 3 43 0 450
2013 297 54 6 73 11 2 55 0 498
2014 292 64 9 75 6 2 39 0 487
2015 277 81 8 75 7 2 38 0 488
2016 296 85 9 86 8 2 47 0 533
2017 298 75 5 92 13 1 37 0 521
2018 271 53 2 96 12 4 49 0 487
2019 262 69 8 90 9 3 34 0 475
2020 214 80 5 85 3 3 35 0 425
2021 211 70 5 65 3 0 28 0 382
2022 201 56 4 75 3 1 33 0 373
2023 189 49 6 72 3 1 36 0 356

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Cessna Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 451 23.0 19.6 0
1989 455 27.0 16.8 n/a
1990 412 23.3 17.6 0
1991 395 23.5 16.8 n/a
1992 393 17.9 21.9 50.4
1993 371 21.0 17.7 43.4
1994 381 21.1 18.1 46.5
1995 364 21.0 17.3 52.5
1996 364 21.0 17.3 52.5
1997 339 18.1 18.7 50.7
1998 341 18.1 18.8 60.4
1999 335 19.4 17.3 63.3
2000 365 20.0 18.3 58.6
2001 372 20.8 17.9 69.1
2002 360 22.8 15.8 75
2003 360 22.8 15.8 75
2004 347 22.8 15.2 82.3
2005 465 26.5 17.5 90
2006 441 28.7 15.4 89.3
2007 411 31.1 13.2 83.7
2008 406 25.7 15.8 79.1
2009 417 25.5 16.4 91.5
2010 380 26.6 14.2 82.1
2011 407 26.7 15.2 82.3
2012 450 25.9 17.3 84.4
2013 498 28.0 17.7 85.9
2014 487 29.8 16.3 86
2015 488 30.0 16.2 83.8
2016 533 33.0 16.1 89.7
2017 521 31.1 16.7 86.8
2018 487 31.5 15.4 84.6
2019 475 35.5 13.3 88.6
2020 425 33.0 12.8 88.9
2021 382 29.0 13.1 82.7
2022 373 28.2 13.2 86.1
2023 356 29.0 12.2 89.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Cessna Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 451 23.0 19.6 0
1989 455 27.0 16.8 n/a
1990 412 23.3 17.6 0
1991 395 23.5 16.8 n/a
1992 393 17.9 21.9 50.4
1993 371 21.0 17.7 43.4
1994 381 21.1 18.1 46.5
1995 364 21.0 17.3 52.5
1996 364 21.0 17.3 52.5
1997 339 18.1 18.7 50.7
1998 341 18.1 18.8 60.4
1999 335 19.4 17.3 63.3
2000 365 20.0 18.3 58.6
2001 372 20.8 17.9 69.1
2002 360 22.8 15.8 75
2003 360 22.8 15.8 75
2004 347 22.8 15.2 82.3
2005 465 26.5 17.5 90
2006 441 28.7 15.4 89.3
2007 411 31.1 13.2 83.7
2008 406 25.7 15.8 79.1
2009 417 25.5 16.4 91.5
2010 380 26.6 14.2 82.1
2011 407 26.7 15.2 82.3
2012 450 25.9 17.3 84.4
2013 498 28.0 17.7 85.9
2014 487 29.8 16.3 86
2015 488 30.0 16.2 83.8
2016 533 33.0 16.1 89.7
2017 521 31.1 16.7 86.8
2018 487 31.5 15.4 84.6
2019 475 35.5 13.3 88.6
2020 425 33.0 12.8 88.9
2021 382 29.0 13.1 82.7
2022 373 28.2 13.2 86.1
2023 356 29.0 12.2 89.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Cessna Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $3,880 (34.4%) $7,409 (65.6%) $11,289

Data source: Kansas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Cessna Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 649th of 667 Elementary schoolsRanks 593rd of 660 Elementary schools
 7.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Cessna Elementary)18.718.6
 0.1%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Wichita)25.221
 4.2%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Kansas)40.638.1
 2.5%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Cessna Elementary)29.730.2
 0.5%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Wichita)30.525.6
 4.9%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Kansas)50.350.4
 0.2%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Cessna Elementary)16.212.1
 4.1%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Wichita)30.326.1
 4.2%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Kansas)47.642.8
 4.8%
4th Grade Mathematics (Cessna Elementary)4.55.2
 0.7%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Wichita)17.715.7
 2%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Kansas)36.137.6
 1.5%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Cessna Elementary)1123.4
 12.4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Wichita)2821.8
 6.2%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Kansas)43.539.6
 4%
5th Grade Mathematics (Cessna Elementary)4.810.6
 5.8%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Wichita)17.514.7
 2.8%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Kansas)31.931.3
 0.6%
5th Grade Science (Cessna Elementary)15.529.2
 13.7%
   5th Grade Science (Wichita)2723.8
 3.2%
   5th Grade Science (Kansas)43.142.1
 1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students475356
 25.1%
African American6949
 29%
American Indian93
 66.7%
Asian86
 25%
Hispanic9072
 20%
Pacific Islander31
 66.7%
White262189
 27.9%
Two or More Races3436
 5.9%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients88.6%89.9%
 1.3%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 356 students attended Cessna Elementary.

Cessna Elementary ranks in the bottom 1.8% of Kansas elementary schools.

Students at Cessna Elementary are 53% White, 20% Hispanic, 14% African American, 10% Two or more races, 2% Asian.


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