Editing Wichita, Kansas (section)

==Education==
[[File:Wichita High School East, September 2012.png|thumb|[[Wichita East High School]] (2012)]]

===Primary and secondary education===
With over 50,000 students, [[Wichita USD 259]] is the largest school district in Kansas.<ref>{{cite web | title = 2012-13 Demographic Snapshot | publisher = [[Wichita Public Schools]] | date = October 1, 2012 | url = http://newsroom.usd259.org/modules/groups/group_pages.phtml?gid=1517498&nid=124949&sessionid=808af5663f406f16272fe5bcaa97f495&__utma=253149270.1851391986.1296856105.1296856105.1296856105.1&__utmb=253149270.2.10.1296856105&__utmc=253149270&__utmz=253149270.1296856105.1.2.utmcsr%3Dusd259.com | access-date = June 12, 2013}}</ref> It operates more than 90 schools in the city including 12 high schools, 16 middle schools, 61 elementary schools, and more than a dozen special schools and programs.<ref>{{cite web | title = Directory of Buildings | publisher = [[Wichita Public Schools]] | url = http://usd259.org/modules/groups/homepagefiles/cms/1521178/File/WPS%20map-directory.pdf?sessionid=808af5663f406f16272fe5bcaa97f495 | access-date = February 4, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110718195628/http://usd259.org/modules/groups/homepagefiles/cms/1521178/File/WPS%20map-directory.pdf?sessionid=808af5663f406f16272fe5bcaa97f495 | archive-date = July 18, 2011 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref> Outlying portions of Wichita lie within suburban public unified school districts including [[Andover USD 385]], [[Circle USD 375]], [[Derby USD 260]], [[Goddard USD 265]], [[Haysville USD 261]], [[Maize USD 266]], and [[Valley Center USD 262]]. Some of these schools, despite being in other school districts, are within the Wichita city limits.<ref>{{cite web |title=USD 259 School District Map |date=June 10, 2016 |publisher=[[Kansas Department of Transportation]] |url=https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/SchoolDistrict/School%20District_259.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706092605/https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/SchoolDistrict/School%20District_259.pdf |archivedate=July 6, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

There are more than 35 private and parochial schools in Wichita.<ref>{{cite web | title = Education | publisher = Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce | url = http://www.wichitakansas.org/experience_wichita-moving_here-education.php | access-date = February 4, 2011 | archive-date = January 19, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110119023845/http://www.wichitakansas.org/experience_wichita-moving_here-education.php | url-status = dead }}</ref> The [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Wichita]] oversees 16 [[Catholic school]]s in the city including 14 elementary schools and two high schools, [[Bishop Carroll Catholic High School]] and [[Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School]].<ref>{{cite web | title = 2010-2011 School Directory | publisher = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Wichita]] | url = http://catholicdioceseofwichita.org/formsdownloads/doc_download/1441-10-11-schl-direc-brochure-doc | access-date = February 4, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110318103406/http://catholicdioceseofwichita.org/formsdownloads/doc_download/1441-10-11-schl-direc-brochure-doc | archive-date = March 18, 2011 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref> The [[Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod]] operates three [[Lutheran school]]s in the city, Bethany Lutheran School ([[School grades (US)|Grades]] PK-5), Holy Cross Lutheran School (PK-8), and Concordia Academy (9-12).<ref>{{cite web | title = Classes | publisher = Bethany Lutheran School | url = http://www.bethanylutheranschool.com/classes.htm | access-date = February 4, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Welcome to Holy Cross Lutheran School | publisher = Holy Cross Lutheran School | url = http://www.lovemyschool.net/ | access-date = February 4, 2011}}</ref> There are also two [[Seventh-day Adventist education|Seventh-day Adventist schools]] in Wichita, Three Angels School (K-8) and Wichita Adventist Christian Academy (K-10).<ref>{{cite web | title = Three Angels School | publisher = Three Angels Seventh-day Adventist Church | url = http://www.threeangels.org/node/17 | access-date = February 4, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110728104736/http://www.threeangels.org/node/17 | archive-date = July 28, 2011 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Wichita Adventist Christian Academy | publisher = Wichita Adventist Christian Academy | url = http://angf96.adventistschoolconnect.org/ | access-date = February 4, 2011}}</ref> Other [[Christian school]]s in the city are Calvary Christian School (PK-12), Central Christian Academy (K-10), Classical School of Wichita (K-12), Sunrise Christian Academy (PK-12), Trinity Academy (K-12), Wichita Friends School (PK-6), and Word of Life Traditional School (K-12). In addition, there is an Islamic school, Annoor School (PK-8), operated by the Islamic Society of Wichita. Unaffiliated private schools in the city include [[Wichita Collegiate School]], The Independent School, and Northfield School of the Liberal Arts, as well as three [[Montessori school]]s.<ref>{{cite web | title = Private Schools | publisher = Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce | url = http://www.wichitakansas.org/user/file/Private%20Schools.pdf | access-date = February 4, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101225175102/http://wichitakansas.org/user/file/Private%20Schools.pdf | archive-date = December 25, 2010 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

===Colleges and universities===
[[File:Davis Full Front.JPG|thumb|right|Davis Administration Building at [[Friends University]] (2006)]]

Wichita has several colleges, universities, technical schools and branch campuses of other universities around the state. These include the following:
* [[Wichita State University]]
* [[Friends University]]
* [[Newman University (Kansas)|Newman University]]
* [[University of Kansas]] - School of Medicine Wichita Campus (KU Wichita)
* [[Kansas Health Science University–Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine|Kansas Health Science University – Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine]]
* Wichita Technical Institute

Three universities have their main campuses in Wichita. The largest is [[Wichita State University|Wichita State University (WSU)]], a public research university classified by Carnegie as "R2: Doctoral Universities – Higher Research Activity." WSU has more than 14,000 students and is the third-largest university in Kansas.<ref>{{cite web | title = Wichita State University | publisher = College Portraits of Undergraduate Education | url = http://www.collegeportraits.org/KS/WSU | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100322203013/http://www.collegeportraits.org/KS/WSU | url-status = usurped | archive-date = March 22, 2010 | access-date = February 5, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | title = College Comparison Tool | magazine = [[U.S. News & World Report]] | url = http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/compare-colleges | access-date = February 5, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110106042103/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/compare-colleges | archive-date = January 6, 2011 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref> WSU's main campus is in northeast Wichita with multiple satellite campuses around the metro area.<ref>{{cite web | title = Satellite Campuses | publisher = [[Wichita State University]] | url = http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/aboutus/satellite_locations.asp | access-date = February 5, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151017172552/http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/aboutus/satellite_locations.asp | archive-date = October 17, 2015 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref> [[Friends University]], a private, non-denominational Christian university, has its main campus in west Wichita as does [[Newman University (Kansas)|Newman University]], a private [[Catholic university]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Friends Fact Sheet | publisher = [[Friends University]] | url = http://www.friends.edu/friends-fact-sheet | access-date = February 5, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = 2010-11 Admission Brochure | publisher = [[Newman University (Kansas)|Newman University]] | page = 5 | url = https://issuu.com/newman_publications/docs/viewbook0910?mode=embed&FlipBtn=true | access-date = February 5, 2011}}</ref> Wichita Area Technical College, founded in 1995, was merged into Wichita State University's College of Applied Sciences and Technology in 2018, and is now known as [[Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology|WSU Tech]].

Several colleges and universities based outside Wichita operate satellite locations in and around the city. The [[University of Kansas School of Medicine]] has one of its three campuses in Wichita.<ref>{{cite web | title = School of Medicine | publisher=[[KU Med Center|KU Medical Center]] | url = http://www.kumc.edu/som/ | access-date = February 5, 2011}}</ref> [[Baker University]], [[Butler Community College]], [[Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University]], [[Southwestern College (Kansas)|Southwestern College]], [[Tabor College (Kansas)|Tabor College]], [[Vatterott College]], and [[Webster University]] have Wichita facilities as do for-profit institutions including Heritage College and [[University of Phoenix]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Education | publisher = Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce | url = http://www.wichitakansas.org/experience_wichita-moving_here-education.php | access-date = February 5, 2011 | archive-date = January 19, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110119023845/http://www.wichitakansas.org/experience_wichita-moving_here-education.php | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=McConnell Campus |url=https://worldwide.erau.edu/locations/mcconnell |access-date=February 22, 2024 |publisher=[[Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Heritage College-Wichita | work = College Navigator | publisher = [[National Center for Education Statistics]] | url = http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Heritage+College&s=KS&id=456320 | access-date = February 5, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = ITT Technical Institute-Wichita | work = College Navigator | publisher = [[National Center for Education Statistics]] | url = http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=ITT+Technical+Institute&s=KS&id=450234 | access-date = February 5, 2011}}</ref>