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)
200378001188	51	Basehor-Linwood Middle School	Public	6-8	15900 Conley Road	Basehor	66007	Leavenworth County	Basehor-Linwood	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 724-2976	660	40	16.4	13.9%	558 (84.5%)	11 (1.7%)	62 (9.4%)	8 (1.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.7%)	$8,327			$349			$7,979	77.8	73.6	54	3
200549001871	52	Mill Creek Middle School	Public	6-8	8001 Mize Boulevard	Lenexa	66227	Johnson County	De Soto	No	No	No	No	(913) 667-3512	629	42	15	9.4%	509 (80.9%)	28 (4.5%)	46 (7.3%)	15 (2.4%)	9 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (3.5%)	$9,138			$300			$8,838	77.3	69.3	71	19
200789001265	53	Fort Riley Middle School	Public	6-8	4020 First Division Rd	Fort Riley	66442	Geary County	Geary County Schools	No	No	No	No	(785) 717-4500	543	45	12	37.8%	249 (45.9%)	71 (13.1%)	127 (23.4%)	16 (2.9%)	7 (1.3%)	24 (4.4%)	49 (9.0%)	$11,627			$952			$10,675	77.1	69.6	68	15
200324000622	54	Wabaunsee Junior High	Public	6-8	112 Elm	Paxico	66526	Wabaunsee County	Wabaunsee	No	No	No	No	(785) 636-5353	69	7	10.1	23.2%	58 (84.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (13.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.9%)	$14,062			$179			$13,883	76.9	87.8	21	33
200753000966	55	Hoxie High	Public	7-12	1625 Queen Ave	Hoxie	67740	Sheridan County	Hoxie Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(785) 675-3286	194	18	10.6	29.9%	172 (88.7%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.6%)	$11,503			$572			$10,931	76.5	46.5	167	112
201281000174	56	Lebo High	Public	6-12	12 W 4th St	Lebo	66856	Coffey County	Lebo-Waverly	No	No	No	No	(620) 256-6341	122	11	11	35.2%	114 (93.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.3%)	$10,139			$1,234			$8,905	76.4	56.3	119	63
201281000176	57	Waverly High	Public	6-12	607 Pearson	Waverly	66871	Coffey County	Lebo-Waverly	No	No	No	No	(785) 733-2561	94	11	8.8	39.4%	84 (89.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.1%)	2 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	5 (5.3%)	$13,315			$1,857			$11,458	76.1	61.6	98	41
201203000809	58	Sterling Junior High/Senior High	Public	7-12	308 E Washington	Sterling	67579	Rice County	Sterling	No	No	No	No	(620) 278-2171	214	19	11.1	38.8%	194 (90.7%)	4 (1.9%)	8 (3.7%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.8%)	$14,652			$2,375			$12,277	75.9	73.5	55	3
201170000785	59	Silver Lake Junior-Senior High	Public	7-12	200 E. Lake	Silver Lake	66539	Shawnee County	Silver Lake	No	No	No	No	(785) 582-4639	330	33	10	21.8%	304 (92.1%)	3 (0.9%)	12 (3.6%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.1%)	$11,648			$1,651			$9,996	75.2	79.1	45	14
200914000384	60	Maize South Middle School	Public	7-8	3403 N Tyler Rd	Wichita	67205	Sedgwick County	Maize	No	No	No	No	(316) 722-0421	549	39	14.1	25.9%	375 (68.3%)	16 (2.9%)	89 (16.2%)	21 (3.8%)	3 (0.5%)	4 (0.7%)	41 (7.5%)	$8,163			$297			$7,866	74.8	64.5	89	29

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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.