Best Middle Schools in Kansas

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the KAP test scores by the Kansas State Department of Education. The most recent update was on Tuesday, October 8, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 362)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
200420001585	111	Prairie Hills Middle	Public	6-8	3200 Lucille Drive	Hutchinson	67502	Reno County	Buhler	No	No	No	No	(620) 662-6027	550	33	16.7	34.7%	482 (87.6%)	7 (1.3%)	44 (8.0%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.0%)	$9,878			$631			$9,247	58.4	71.1	63	48
200351001650	112	Ashland Junior High School	Public	6-8	311 J.E. Humphreys St.	Ashland	67831	Clark County	Ashland	No	No	No	No	(620) 635-2814	53	3	17.6	58.5%	45 (84.9%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (11.3%)	1 (1.9%)	1 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$16,214			$390			$15,824	58.3	32.4	249	137
201185000119	113	Spring Hill Middle School	Public	6-8	301 E South Street	Spring Hill	66083	Johnson County	Spring Hill	No	No	No	No	(913) 592-7288	471	31	15.1	24.0%	401 (85.1%)	7 (1.5%)	29 (6.2%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (6.6%)	$10,871			$2,378			$8,493	58.3	60.1	105	8
201089000841	114	Liberty Middle School	Public	5-8	300 S Iuka	Pratt	67124	Pratt County	Pratt	No	No	No	No	(620) 672-4530	329	23	14.4	54.4%	269 (81.8%)	2 (0.6%)	40 (12.2%)	5 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.6%)	$9,235			$1,541			$7,694	58.1	67.5	75	39
200462001248	115	Chapman Middle School	Public	6-8	622 N Marshall	Chapman	67431	Dickinson County	Chapman	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 922-6555	278	15	18.4	42.4%	242 (87.1%)	5 (1.8%)	23 (8.3%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	5 (1.8%)	$9,665			$699			$8,966	58.1	51.7	137	22
200000700156	116	Smith Center Junior Senior High	Public	7-12	300 Roger Barta Way	Smith Center	66967	Smith County	Smith Center	No	No	No	No	(785) 282-6609	194	15	13	47.4%	175 (90.2%)	4 (2.1%)	4 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.7%)	$12,482			$332			$12,150	57.8	64.1	91	25
200624000045	117	Remington Middle School	Public	5-8	316 E Topeka	Whitewater	67154	Butler County	Remington-Whitewater	No	No	No	No	(316) 799-2131	142	11	12.9	43.0%	128 (90.1%)	3 (2.1%)	4 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.2%)	$11,580			$443			$11,137	57.1	60.6	104	13
200918001067	118	Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School	Public	6-8	800 Walters Dr	Manhattan	66502	Riley County	Manhattan-Ogden	No	No	No	No	(785) 587-2880	740	57	12.9	46.4%	417 (56.4%)	86 (11.6%)	123 (16.6%)	29 (3.9%)	1 (0.1%)	8 (1.1%)	76 (10.3%)	$10,979			$413			$10,566	56.9	53.4	124	6
200320001710	119	Washburn Rural Middle School	Public	7-8	5620 SW 61st	Topeka	66619	Shawnee County	Auburn-Washburn	No	No	No	No	(785) 339-4300	943	80	11.7	35.6%	674 (71.5%)	45 (4.8%)	104 (11.0%)	19 (2.0%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	96 (10.2%)	$9,617			$586			$9,031	56.7	56.2	120	1
201143001074	120	Skyline Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	20269 W Highway 54	Pratt	67124	Pratt County	Skyline Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 672-5651	280	20	13.9	56.4%	234 (83.6%)	2 (0.7%)	30 (10.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.3%)	$11,035			$397			$10,638	56.3	58.3	113	7

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on KAP English Language Arts, KAP Mathematics, KAP Science test scores released by the Kansas State Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 8, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Kansas State Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Kansas State Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kansas State Department of Education.