Maize Virtual Preparatory School, Maize KS

Original Research by School Decision on Maize Virtual Preparatory School

Maize Virtual Preparatory School is a full K‑12 online school within the Maize public school district, serving as one of the district’s alternative settings alongside its brick‑and‑mortar buildings. For a family considering virtual education, this school offers a fully remote pathway from kindergarten through high school, which is a deliberate choice rather than a default assignment. Its enrollment is small for a K‑12 school, and the program is designed for students who need or prefer a flexible, home‑based learning environment.

On state assessments administered in 2024‑25, the school posted a mix of results across subjects and grade levels. In English language arts, proficiency rates were strong, with the majority of tested grades showing well over two‑thirds of students meeting the state benchmark. Mathematics results varied more widely: younger elementary grades and sixth grade had solid proficiency, while eighth grade showed a noticeably lower rate. Science scores for the two tested grades also differed, with fifth grade performing higher than eighth. Overall, when the school’s proficiency across all tested subjects and grades is averaged into a single index, Maize Virtual Prep places in the top quarter of all schools in Sedgwick County’s public school districts. That said, the state changed its scoring standards for the math and English assessments in this cycle, so direct comparisons with prior years are not possible from this data alone.

The student body is predominantly white, with relatively small shares of Black, Hispanic, Asian, and multiracial students. Data on economic disadvantage, special education, and English learner status were not available, and the school’s participation in the free or reduced‑price lunch program is not reported. Because the school operates online, the peer environment is shaped not by a physical campus but by the family’s own network and the school’s virtual community. A parent may want to ask the school directly about how it supports social connection among students and what resources it provides for students with learning differences or language needs.

The school’s address is in Maize, a rapidly growing northwestern suburb of Wichita that has transformed from a bedroom community into a place with its own manufacturing base and steady residential expansion. The housing market in the area is relatively expensive, with home values and rents above state averages, and the broader economy has seen low unemployment. The suburb is car‑oriented, built along a state highway, and its infrastructure includes a fire station, municipal water and sewer plants being expanded for future growth, and a small airport. The school itself, being virtual, does not draw families to a particular neighborhood in the same way a physical school does, but its district, Maize USD 266, has invested heavily in facilities in recent years. The district opened two new intermediate schools and a performing arts and aquatics center through a bond measure, and it has adopted a strategic plan through 2028 that focuses on culture, educator recruitment, student learning, and facility expansion. Those district‑level investments signal a system that is managing growth and prioritizing its physical schools, though the virtual school is part of that same district infrastructure.

No graduation rate was reported for Maize Virtual Preparatory School. Because it includes high school grades, a parent would want to confirm with the school what its four‑year and extended graduation rates are, as well as how many of its seniors go on to college, the military, or careers. Similarly, no data on chronic absenteeism was available, which may be a different metric in a virtual setting where attendance is tracked differently. The school has not reported on program offerings such as Advanced Placement, career and technical education, or dual enrollment, so anyone weighing this option should ask the school directly about the breadth of coursework available for high school students who plan to attend a four‑year university, a community college, or enter the workforce right after graduation.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=50%Cohort of 15 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

348 schools plotted. 12 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 347%

School 47% · District 57% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

Grade 445%

School 45% · District 50% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

Grade 554%

School 54% · District 39% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 30 pts above county median

Grade 668%

School 68% · District 48% · ▲ 20 pts above district

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 37 pts above county median

Grade 758%

School 58% · District 43% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 31 pts above county median

Grade 842%

School 42% · District 53% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 370%

School 70% · District 62% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

Grade 472%

School 72% · District 61% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 35 pts above county median

Grade 572%

School 72% · District 55% · ▲ 17 pts above district

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 36 pts above county median

Grade 682%

School 82% · District 47% · ▲ 35 pts above district

▲ 41 pts above state median · ▲ 48 pts above county median

Grade 782%

School 82% · District 49% · ▲ 34 pts above district

▲ 42 pts above state median · ▲ 45 pts above county median

Grade 872%

School 72% · District 50% · ▲ 22 pts above district

▲ 35 pts above state median · ▲ 36 pts above county median

Science

Grade 563%

School 63% · District 55% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 32 pts above county median

Grade 854%

School 54% · District 41% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

This schoolMaize, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income73%Higher-income69%4 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income46%Higher-income48%2 pp gap