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)
200639001180	301	Kenneth Henderson Middle	Public	5-8	2406 Fleming	Garden City	67846	Finney County	Garden City	No	No	No	No	(620) 805-8500	384	30	12.8	63.5%	78 (20.3%)	3 (0.8%)	267 (69.5%)	23 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	12 (3.1%)	$10,011			$937			$9,074	23.5	29.4	270	31
201299000339	302	Pleasant Valley Middle School	Public	6-8	2220 W 29th N	Wichita	67204	Sedgwick County	Wichita	No	No	No	Yes	(316) 973-8000	595	46	13	94.5%	84 (14.1%)	52 (8.7%)	438 (73.6%)	3 (0.5%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.2%)	$11,396			$3,621			$7,775	23.5	16.9	330	28
200471000185	303	Southeast Middle School	Public	5-8	206 W Magnolia	Cherokee	66724	Crawford County	Cherokee	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 457-8315	147	11	12.8	71.4%	127 (86.4%)	2 (1.4%)	7 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.0%)	1 (0.7%)	7 (4.8%)	$12,027			$979			$11,048	23.4	13.4	342	39
200735000798	304	Holcomb Middle	Public	6-8	500 N Henderson	Holcomb	67851	Finney County	Holcomb	No	No	No	No	(620) 277-2699	219	17	12.6	60.7%	105 (47.9%)	1 (0.5%)	102 (46.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.1%)	$9,840			$654			$9,186	23.4	19	322	18
200498001597	305	Roosevelt Middle	Public, Magnet	7-8	1000 W 8th	Coffeyville	67337	Montgomery County	Coffeyville	No	Yes	No	No	(620) 252-6420	235	12	18.9	71.5%	118 (50.2%)	20 (8.5%)	56 (23.8%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (14.5%)	$11,534			$906			$10,628	23.2	32.2	250	55
200034902043	306	Central Plains Junior Senior High School	Public	7-12	700 Albro	Claflin	67525	Barton County	Central Plains	No	No	No	No	(620) 587-3801	140	13	11	45.0%	127 (90.7%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.1%)	$19,086			$664			$18,422	22.9	37.6	222	84
200693000215	307	Hartford Junior/Senior High School	Public	6-12	100 Commercial St	Hartford	66854	Lyon County	Southern Lyon County	No	No	No	No	(620) 392-5515	107	11	9.7	61.7%	101 (94.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.9%)	$14,273			$222			$14,052	22.9	27.9	280	27
200747001040	308	Everest Middle	Public	5-8	221 South 7th	Everest	66424	Brown County	South Brown County	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 548-7536	174	15	11.5	57.5%	113 (64.9%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (17.8%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (7.5%)	$13,448			$1,550			$11,898	22.5	30.7	258	50
201074000400	309	Plainville High	Public	7-12	202 SE Cardinal Avenue	Plainville	67663	Rooks County	Plainville	No	No	No	No	(785) 434-4547	182	17	10.8	38.5%	168 (92.3%)	5 (2.7%)	6 (3.3%)	2 (1.1%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,544			$761			$11,783	22.5	15.7	332	23
201299002063	310	Education Imagine Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	412 S. Main	Wichita	67202	Sedgwick County	Wichita	No	No	Yes	No	(316) 973-2000	520	19	27.3	0.6%	189 (36.3%)	90 (17.3%)	164 (31.5%)	9 (1.7%)	10 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	57 (11.0%)	$5,275			$967			$4,308	21.9	33.5	241	69

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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:

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

Alternative Schools vs Public Schools: A Comparison

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.