Harry Street Elementary

Summary:

Harry Street Elementary is a public elementary school in Wichita, Kansas, serving 339 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.

Harry Street Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of Kansas elementary schools over the past decade, with a statewide ranking between 611-668 out of around 670 schools. The school has received a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past several years, indicating very poor performance. The school significantly underperforms the Wichita district and the state of Kansas in proficiency rates for English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science across all grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 12.17% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 19.95% for Wichita and 33.55% for Kansas.

Despite higher per-student spending and a relatively low student-teacher ratio, Harry Street Elementary struggles to effectively serve its diverse, high-needs student population. The school has an extremely high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 95.28% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The school's performance for African American, Hispanic, and English Language Learner students is particularly low, ranking in the bottom 10-20% of Kansas elementary schools. Nearby schools in the Wichita district, while also generally low-performing, show some variation in their academic performance and resource allocation, suggesting the need for a comprehensive review and implementation of evidence-based strategies to improve student achievement at Harry Street Elementary.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 1605 S. Market
       Wichita, KS  67211


(316) 973-0700

District: Wichita

SchoolDigger Rank:
644th of 653 Kansas Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,945 Help


Students who attend Harry Street Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Hamilton Middle School
    Wells Alternative Middle School
High:    Chisholm Life Skills Center
    Sowers Alternative High School
    West High
    Wichita Alternative High

Student/teacher ratio:  12.3 Help
Number of students:  339

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
54.9%
White:
26.5%
African American:
10.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  95.3% Help


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Compare Details Harry Street Elementary ranks worse than 98.6% of elementary schools in Kansas. It also ranks 51st 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 5.97. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (54.9%), White (26.5%), African American (10%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 95.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Harry Street Elementary is 12.3, which is the 19th best among 57 elementary schools in the Wichita School District. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Harry Street Elementary is $10,945. 39 elementary schools in the Wichita School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Harry Street Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Harry Street Elementary 644th of 653 Kansas public elementary schools. (See Harry Street 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 Harry Street Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Harry Street Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 18.77 513th 585 12.3%
2007 3.76 583rd 600 2.8%
2008 0.53 607th 614 1.1%
2009 19.28 551st 621 11.3%
2010 15.59 571st 630 9.4%
2011 29.63 529th 631 16.2%
2012 11.91 615th 660 6.8%
2013 5.91 633rd 668 5.2%
2015 4.43 668th 678 1.5%
2016 5.38 639th 656 2.6%
2017 9.31 621st 659 5.8%
2018 8.66 617th 656 5.9%
2019 8.17 639th 667 4.2%
2021 11.61 611th 670 8.8%
2022 6.48 652nd 668 2.4%
2023 5.35 649th 660 1.7%
2024 5.97 644th 653 1.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Harry Street Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.23 66th 129 48.8%
2019 37.83 76th 122 37.7%
2021 48.11 45th 108 58.3%
2022 37.08 72nd 117 38.5%
2023 30.92 93rd 117 20.5%
2024 31.27 103rd 124 16.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Harry Street Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 17.65 181st 193 6.2%
2023 19.15 261st 296 11.8%
2024 18.82 278th 306 9.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Harry Street Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 17.97 466th 512 9.0%
2019 19.52 459th 509 9.8%
2021 26.36 409th 494 17.2%
2022 14.16 491st 512 4.1%
2023 10.27 529th 541 2.2%
2024 11.19 533rd 546 2.4%
See the entire list of Best Kansas Elementary Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Harry Street Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 12.77 523rd 574 8.9%
2019 10.24 557th 591 5.8%
2021 12.38 541st 591 8.5%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Harry Street Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 17.65 181st 193 6.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Harry Street Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 12.11 527th 575 8.3%
2019 12.61 544th 586 7.2%
2021 13.88 545th 605 9.9%
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Rank History for African American students at Harry Street Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 23.77 67th 72 6.9%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Harry Street Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.27 147th 207 29.0%
2019 27.58 189th 235 19.6%
2021 34.23 167th 229 27.1%
2022 16.43 242nd 254 4.7%
2023 18.78 231st 245 5.7%
2024 18.34 247th 260 5.0%
See the entire list of Best Kansas Elementary Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for White students at Harry Street Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 7.37 561st 574 2.3%
2019 7.02 580th 592 2.0%
2021 14.90 545th 587 7.2%
2022 16.64 541st 596 9.2%
2023 4.68 578th 584 1.0%
2024 8.50 559th 579 3.5%
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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
Thursday, May 9, 2019

Open Quote My sons teacher is very nice but violence runs like crazy here. I would pick up my son from school and try to teach him violence is not ok. Then I’m hearing other parents tell their kids to beat other kids up that hit them. I spent the whole school year grounding my son because they couldn’t keep the kids under control there. He never has behavior issues anywhere else. The school is a hostile environment. I highly don’t recommend sending your kid here unless they are the biggest baddest kid on the playground. Close Quote


by a parent
Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Open Quote Harry St. did the best they could wit the resources they had to insure my children were given the best tools to learn. Teachers and staff are wonderful. Funding needed to thrive further. Great job Harry St. And Thank you. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Harry Street Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 272 57 5 28 4 n/a n/a 0 366
1989 286 44 1 30 5 n/a n/a 0 366
1990 229 29 2 20 5 n/a n/a 0 285
1991 272 21 1 25 4 n/a n/a 0 323
1992 256 32 1 26 6 n/a n/a 0 321
1993 267 34 7 38 14 n/a n/a 0 360
1994 241 38 4 43 12 n/a n/a 0 338
1995 209 41 1 42 12 n/a n/a 0 305
1996 209 41 1 42 12 n/a n/a 0 305
1997 226 45 2 35 19 n/a n/a 0 327
1998 197 43 3 50 17 n/a n/a 0 310
1999 163 51 7 45 18 n/a n/a 0 284
2000 164 48 8 43 14 n/a n/a 0 277
2001 171 39 6 52 19 n/a n/a 0 287
2002 153 47 4 60 10 n/a n/a 0 274
2003 153 47 4 60 10 n/a n/a 0 274
2004 158 32 6 57 18 n/a n/a 61 332
2005 141 42 8 79 21 n/a n/a 63 354
2006 164 56 5 80 19 n/a n/a 50 374
2007 173 75 11 84 23 n/a n/a 0 366
2008 169 80 8 78 19 n/a n/a 0 354
2009 119 47 5 60 12 n/a n/a 83 326
2010 124 60 4 71 8 0 40 0 307
2011 145 74 4 88 8 0 35 0 354
2012 142 35 2 115 7 0 41 0 342
2013 149 45 4 196 5 0 32 0 431
2014 128 47 8 212 6 0 37 0 438
2015 129 43 11 214 8 0 29 0 434
2016 125 39 16 210 8 0 24 0 422
2017 149 39 16 220 5 0 24 0 453
2018 132 30 12 210 3 0 19 0 406
2019 131 46 7 209 8 1 23 0 425
2020 102 35 7 203 6 0 19 0 372
2021 90 35 5 196 7 0 21 0 354
2022 80 45 2 210 10 0 17 0 364
2023 90 34 4 186 7 1 17 0 339

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 Harry Street Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 366 19.0 19.2 0
1989 366 19.0 19.2 n/a
1990 285 17.2 16.5 0
1991 323 16.2 19.9 n/a
1992 321 15.6 20.5 53.9
1993 360 15.8 22.8 41.9
1994 338 18.2 18.6 48.8
1995 305 19.0 16.1 60
1996 305 19.0 16.1 60
1997 327 18.8 17.4 63.3
1998 310 16.8 18.5 69.7
1999 284 16.7 17.0 92.6
2000 277 19.6 14.1 88.8
2001 287 18.9 15.2 88.9
2002 274 18.7 14.7 85.8
2003 274 18.7 14.7 85.8
2004 332 17.6 18.9 109.6
2005 354 17.3 20.5 103.4
2006 374 19.2 19.5 99.4
2007 366 21.8 16.8 92.3
2008 354 18.6 19.0 91.8
2009 326 20.5 15.9 118.5
2010 307 20.1 15.2 93.2
2011 354 20.3 17.4 92.9
2012 342 20.4 16.7 92.1
2013 431 26.7 16.1 96.5
2014 438 26.8 16.3 96.1
2015 434 29.0 14.9 97.7
2016 422 30.0 14.0 91.2
2017 453 27.9 16.2 91.8
2018 406 26.1 15.5 89.4
2019 425 29.0 14.6 94.8
2020 372 27.3 13.6 92.2
2021 354 26.3 13.4 92.1
2022 364 28.4 12.8 92.6
2023 339 27.5 12.3 95.3

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 Harry Street Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 366 19.0 19.2 0
1989 366 19.0 19.2 n/a
1990 285 17.2 16.5 0
1991 323 16.2 19.9 n/a
1992 321 15.6 20.5 53.9
1993 360 15.8 22.8 41.9
1994 338 18.2 18.6 48.8
1995 305 19.0 16.1 60
1996 305 19.0 16.1 60
1997 327 18.8 17.4 63.3
1998 310 16.8 18.5 69.7
1999 284 16.7 17.0 92.6
2000 277 19.6 14.1 88.8
2001 287 18.9 15.2 88.9
2002 274 18.7 14.7 85.8
2003 274 18.7 14.7 85.8
2004 332 17.6 18.9 109.6
2005 354 17.3 20.5 103.4
2006 374 19.2 19.5 99.4
2007 366 21.8 16.8 92.3
2008 354 18.6 19.0 91.8
2009 326 20.5 15.9 118.5
2010 307 20.1 15.2 93.2
2011 354 20.3 17.4 92.9
2012 342 20.4 16.7 92.1
2013 431 26.7 16.1 96.5
2014 438 26.8 16.3 96.1
2015 434 29.0 14.9 97.7
2016 422 30.0 14.0 91.2
2017 453 27.9 16.2 91.8
2018 406 26.1 15.5 89.4
2019 425 29.0 14.6 94.8
2020 372 27.3 13.6 92.2
2021 354 26.3 13.4 92.1
2022 364 28.4 12.8 92.6
2023 339 27.5 12.3 95.3

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.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Harry Street Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $3,893 (35.6%) $7,053 (64.4%) $10,945

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Harry Street Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 639th of 667 Elementary schoolsRanks 649th of 660 Elementary schools
 2.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Harry Street Elementary)16.914.6
 2.4%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Wichita)25.221
 4.2%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Kansas)40.638.1
 2.5%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Harry Street Elementary)23.718.7
 5%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Wichita)30.525.6
 4.9%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Kansas)50.350.4
 0.2%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Harry Street Elementary)24.614.3
 10.3%
   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 (Harry Street Elementary)10.55.4
 5.2%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Wichita)17.715.7
 2%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Kansas)36.137.6
 1.5%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Harry Street Elementary)14.77.8
 6.9%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Wichita)2821.8
 6.2%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Kansas)43.539.6
 4%
5th Grade Mathematics (Harry Street Elementary)8.80
 8.8%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Wichita)17.514.7
 2.8%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Kansas)31.931.3
 0.6%
5th Grade Science (Harry Street Elementary)21.79.8
 11.9%
   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 Students425339
 20.2%
African American4634
 26.1%
American Indian87
 12.5%
Asian74
 42.9%
Hispanic209186
 11%
Pacific Islander11
White13190
 31.3%
Two or More Races2317
 26.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients94.8%95.3%
 0.5%


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Students at Harry Street Elementary are 55% Hispanic, 27% White, 10% African American, 5% Two or more races, 2% American Indian, 1% Asian.

Harry Street Elementary ranks in the bottom 1.4% of Kansas elementary schools.

In the 2022-23 school year, 339 students attended Harry Street Elementary.


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