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)
201164001568	1	Indian Hills Middle	Public	7-8	6400 Mission Rd	Prairie Village	66208	Johnson County	Shawnee Mission Pub School	No	No	No	No	(913) 993-0400	866	52	16.6	13.7%	725 (83.7%)	18 (2.1%)	75 (8.7%)	12 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	35 (4.0%)	$9,197			$488			$8,709	98	98.3	1
200633000049	2	Patton Junior High	Public	6-9	1 Patton Loop Bldg 326	Fort Leavenworth	66027	Leavenworth County	Fort Leavenworth	No	No	No	No	(913) 651-7371	421	38	11.1	8.6%	276 (65.6%)	29 (6.9%)	65 (15.4%)	8 (1.9%)	2 (0.5%)	5 (1.2%)	36 (8.6%)	$11,266			$1,940			$9,326	97.3	96.2	3	1
201200001700	3	Lakewood Middle	Public	6-8	6601 Edgewater Drive	Overland Park	66223	Johnson County	Blue Valley	No	No	No	No	(913) 239-5800	551	43	12.9	12.2%	308 (55.9%)	29 (5.3%)	41 (7.4%)	142 (25.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (5.6%)	$9,634			$139			$9,495	96.7	92.9	13	10
200888001101	4	Little River Junior High	Public	7-8	430 Waverly	Little River	67457	Rice County	Little River	No	No	No	No	(620) 897-6201	44	3	14.1	29.5%	40 (90.9%)	1 (2.3%)	3 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,779			$262			$10,518	96.4	86.7	24	20
201200001291	5	Pleasant Ridge Middle	Public	6-8	9000 W. 165th St.	Overland Park	66085	Johnson County	Blue Valley	No	No	No	No	(913) 239-5700	592	42	14.2	8.1%	361 (61.0%)	19 (3.2%)	34 (5.7%)	140 (23.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.1%)	$8,856			$110			$8,746	96.4	93.3	11	6
201200000994	6	Prairie Star Middle	Public	6-8	14201 Mission Road	Leawood	66224	Johnson County	Blue Valley	No	No	No	No	(913) 239-5600	439	36	12.3	6.2%	313 (71.3%)	8 (1.8%)	18 (4.1%)	77 (17.5%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.6%)	$11,001			$554			$10,447	96.3	94	8	2
201110000819	7	Riley County Grade School	Public	PK, KG-8	117 N. Remmele	Riley	66531	Riley County	Riley County	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 485-4010	499	35	14.4	29.1%	431 (86.4%)	12 (2.4%)	22 (4.4%)	3 (0.6%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.4%)	$10,833			$275			$10,558	95.9	94.6	6	1
200914002083	8	Maize Virtual Preparatory School	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	301 S Park	Maize	67101	Sedgwick County	Maize	No	No	Yes	No	(316) 462-8800	471	22	21.4		404 (85.8%)	9 (1.9%)	15 (3.2%)	6 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (7.6%)	$4,889			$26			$4,863	94.9	95.6	4	4
201014001761	9	Prairie Trail Middle School	Public	6-8	21600 W 107th St	Olathe	66061	Johnson County	Olathe	No	No	No	No	(913) 780-7280	737	52	14.3	8.0%	573 (77.7%)	34 (4.6%)	52 (7.1%)	52 (7.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.3%)	$10,496			$233			$10,263	94.6	90	18	9
200549000906	10	Lexington Trails Middle School	Public	6-8	8800 Penner Avenue	De Soto	66018	Johnson County	De Soto	No	No	No	No	(913) 667-6260	385	29	13.3	31.2%	289 (75.1%)	2 (0.5%)	76 (19.7%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.2%)	$11,551			$392			$11,159	94.6	94.4	7	3

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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

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

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.