Best Middle Schools in Kansas

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Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Kansas test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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)
200001600762	171	Marysville Junior/Senior High	Public	7-12	1011 Walnut	Marysville	66508	Marshall County	Marysville	No	No	No	No	(785) 562-5386	391	34	11.5	45.8%	348 (89.0%)	4 (1.0%)	21 (5.4%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.8%)	$11,248			$998			$10,250	44.9	49	153	18
200330001501	172	Mound Valley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	402 Walnut	Mound Valley	67354	Labette County	Labette County	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 328-3121	160	11	15.2	62.5%	133 (83.1%)	6 (3.8%)	4 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (6.9%)	$11,378			$1,839			$9,538	44.7	52.6	128	44
201041001054	173	Carbondale Attendance Center	Public	4-8	315 N. Fourth Street	Carbondale	66414	Osage County	Santa Fe Trail	No	No	No	Yes	(800) 836-9525	392	27	14.6	46.9%	354 (90.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.3%)	$11,815			$1,695			$10,120	44.3	42.9	193	20
200501000572	174	Colby Middle School	Public	5-8	750 W Third St	Colby	67701	Thomas County	Colby Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(785) 460-5200	271	17	15.7	35.8%	211 (77.9%)	2 (0.7%)	43 (15.9%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.4%)	$8,317			$257			$8,060	44.2	45.2	178	4
200000201467	175	Smoky Valley Middle School	Public	5-8	401 N Cedar	Lindsborg	67456	McPherson County	Smoky Valley	No	No	No	No	(785) 227-4249	246	16	15.8	37.0%	226 (91.9%)	6 (2.4%)	12 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	$9,563			$227			$9,335	44.2	51	140	35
200402000923	176	Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School	Public	6-12	301 Eagle St.	Otis	67565	Rush County	Otis-Bison	No	No	No	No	(785) 387-2337	98	12	8	36.7%	83 (84.7%)	1 (1.0%)	6 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (8.2%)	$14,741			$2,583			$12,158	44	38.1	218	42
200429001994	177	Burlington Middle School 5 - 8	Public	5-8	720 Cross St.	Burlington	66839	Coffey County	Burlington	No	No	No	No	(620) 364-2156	247	22	11	47.4%	214 (86.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.3%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.9%)	$12,547			$333			$12,214	43.6	51.4	139	38
200744001287	178	Hope Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	200 Poplar St	Hope	67451	Dickinson County	Rural Vista	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 366-7221	67	8	8.4	44.8%	59 (88.1%)	2 (3.0%)	3 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.0%)	$15,198			$1,382			$13,816	43.6	83.5	34	144
200978001013	179	Moundridge Middle	Public	4-8	530 E. Cole	Moundridge	67107	McPherson County	Moundridge	No	No	No	No	(620) 345-5500	177	13	13.6	41.2%	155 (87.6%)	3 (1.7%)	10 (5.6%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.0%)	$12,356			$201			$12,155	43.5	63.7	94	85
201206000401	180	Stockton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	201 N Cypress	Stockton	67669	Rooks County	Stockton	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 425-6120	197	19	10.4	53.8%	181 (91.9%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.1%)	$8,968			$260			$8,708	43.5	21.1	307	127

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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.