2025-26年,威奇塔学校招收了45 075名学生,由于低出生率、轮班家庭以及更多的私人/家庭学校,学生人数下降了3%。 Wichita schools enroll 45,075 students in 2025-26, a 3% drop due to lower births, shifting families, and more private/homeschooling.

2025-26学年,威奇塔公立学校的入学率降至45 075人,比上一年下降3%,继续保持与出生率降低、住房模式变化以及私人和家庭学校教育增加有关的长期趋势。 Wichita Public Schools enrollment dropped to 45,075 for the 2025-26 school year, a 3% decline from the previous year, continuing a long-term trend linked to lower birth rates, shifting housing patterns, and increased private and homeschooling. 尽管选民在2月拒绝4亿5千万美元的债券, 但该区仍在探索学校合并, 以解决老化、昂贵的建筑物和学生人数不断下降的问题。 The district is exploring school consolidations to address aging, costly buildings and declining student numbers, despite voters rejecting a $450 million bond in February. 虽然该区增加了1 557名学生,但由于2022年的开放入学法,该区因跨区转学而损失了约2 400人。 While the district gained 1,557 students, it lost about 2,400 to inter-district transfers, partly due to a 2022 open enrollment law. 官员正计划于2026年11月举行潜在的债券投票。 Officials are planning a potential bond vote in November 2026. 预计未来十年,全国公立学校入学率将继续下降。 Nationwide, public school enrollment is projected to continue declining over the next decade.