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)
201230001738	121	Circle Middle School	Public	7-8	14697 SW 20th Street	Benton	67017	Butler County	Circle	No	No	No	No	(316) 778-1470	303	17	18	32.3%	270 (89.1%)	2 (0.7%)	17 (5.6%)	5 (1.7%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.7%)	$9,057			$471			$8,587	56	58.6	112	9
200861001952	122	Wichita County Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	800 West Braodway	Leoti	67861	Wichita County	Leoti	No	No	No	No	(620) 375-2213	182	15	11.8	51.1%	100 (54.9%)	1 (0.5%)	80 (44.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,130			$374			$13,756	56	39.5	211	89
200330001494	123	Altamont Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	705 E 6th Street	Altamont	67330	Labette County	Labette County	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 784-5511	218	12	17.8	63.3%	195 (89.4%)	5 (2.3%)	9 (4.1%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.2%)	$11,485			$1,740			$9,745	55.9	76.4	48	75
201299000326	124	Allison Traditional Magnet Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	221 S Seneca	Wichita	67213	Sedgwick County	Wichita	No	Yes	No	No	(316) 973-4800	557	37	15	68.2%	196 (35.2%)	114 (20.5%)	175 (31.4%)	25 (4.5%)	6 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	40 (7.2%)	$10,293			$2,310			$7,983	55.4	59.4	108	16
200002300580	125	Rawlins County Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	100 N 8th Street	Atwood	67730	Rawlins County	Rawlins County	No	No	No	No	(785) 626-3289	176			42.6%	156 (88.6%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	3 (1.7%)	$11,157			$2,066			$9,091	55	33.8	239	114
200648000192	126	Girard Middle	Public	6-8	415 North Summit	Girard	66743	Crawford County	Girard	No	No	No	No	(620) 724-4114	230	15	15.6	47.0%	206 (89.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.0%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.7%)	$9,095			$340			$8,755	54.2	66.3	80	46
200909000862	127	Madison High	Public	7-12	1500 SW Blvd	Madison	66860	Greenwood County	Madison-Virgil	No	No	No	No	(620) 437-2912	95	13	7.3	48.4%	80 (84.2%)	3 (3.2%)	7 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.3%)	$16,221			$849			$15,372	54.1	23.3	299	172
200504000493	128	South Central Middle School	Public	6-8	302 S Jefferson	Protection	67127	Comanche County	Comanche County	No	No	No	No	(620) 622-4545	96	5	21	52.1%	81 (84.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (8.3%)	$12,799			$1,446			$11,353	53.9	27.7	282	154
200546002079	129	Derby North Middle School	Public	6-8	3100 N Rock Road	Derby	67037	Sedgwick County	Derby	No	No	No	No	(316) 788-8408	828	59	14.1	48.4%	476 (57.5%)	44 (5.3%)	163 (19.7%)	37 (4.5%)	8 (1.0%)	3 (0.4%)	97 (11.7%)	$9,919			$664			$9,254	53.6	49.6	148	19
200318001062	130	Abilene Middle School	Public	6-8	500 Northwest 14th	Abilene	67410	Dickinson County	Abilene	No	No	No	No	(785) 263-1471	338	24	14.3	50.0%	298 (88.2%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.1%)	$9,845			$822			$9,023	53.6	61.3	100	30

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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.

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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.