Andale Elem-middle, Andale KS - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Andale Elem-middle

Andale Elem-Middle serves students from prekindergarten through eighth grade in the small Sedgwick County town of Andale, northwest of Wichita. The school is part of the Renwick district, and it is the only public school in town for that grade span. Enrollment is moderate for a combined elementary and middle school, and the student body is predominantly white, with a much smaller share of Hispanic students and very few from other racial backgrounds. The share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price meals is low, well below state averages, which aligns with the community’s relatively high homeownership rate and rising median household income.

Academically, the school performs solidly by several measures. When compared with other districts in Sedgwick County, Andale Elem-Middle’s overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades lands in the top quartile. That is a clear strength. But the picture is not uniform across every grade or subject. In math, fourth graders reach a strong proficiency level, while fifth graders lag notably behind. Similarly in English language arts, fourth graders again show very high proficiency, but the fifth grade and eighth grade results drop to around the halfway mark. Science proficiency is lower still, especially in fifth grade, where the rate is the weakest reported. Parents may want to ask the school about instructional supports in the middle grades, particularly where there are visible dips.

Because the school ends at eighth grade, there is no graduation rate to report. The district’s high school is elsewhere, so families with older children will have a separate choice to evaluate. The school also has no publicly available data on chronic absenteeism, staffing ratios, or course access, so those factors are not possible to assess here.

Andale itself is a small, growing bedroom community. Its German-Catholic roots remain visible in the town’s character, and many residents who grew up here return to raise families. The population and employment have grown in recent years, and home values have increased, now sitting above the state median. Commuting patterns show that most workers drive alone, with an average commute that suggests many travel to Wichita. Daily life in Andale is car-dependent, and there is little in the way of walkable infrastructure or public transit found in the available research. The town’s website notes ongoing economic development and new amenities, though no specific housing projects were named in search results.

For a family considering Andale Elem-Middle, the school offers a small-town environment with generally strong proficiency relative to other schools in the county, but with some grade-level soft spots worth investigating. The community is stable, growing, and oriented toward families, with the trade-offs that come with a car-dependent, low-density setting. The absence of data on discipline, staffing, and programs means those topics would need to be addressed directly with the school.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 358%

School 58% · District 59% · ▼ 1 pts below district

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

Grade 478%

School 78% · District 65% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 38 pts above state median · ▲ 56 pts above county median

Grade 548%

School 48% · District 49% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

Grade 656%

School 56% · District 65% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 26 pts above county median

Grade 763%

School 63% · District 59% · ▲ 4 pts above district

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

Grade 868%

School 68% · District 67% · ▲ 1 pts above district

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

English language arts

Grade 354%

School 54% · District 57% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 478%

School 78% · District 70% · ▲ 8 pts above district

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

Grade 550%

School 50% · District 58% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 659%

School 59% · District 64% · ▼ 5 pts below district

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

Grade 761%

School 61% · District 62% · ▼ 1 pts below district

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

Grade 851%

School 51% · District 56% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Science

Grade 538%

School 38% · District 54% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 853%

School 53% · District 58% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

This schoolRenwick, 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.