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)
200561000725	131	Marvin Sisk Middle School	Public	6-8	910 E First	Douglass	67039	Butler County	Douglass Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(316) 747-3340	133	11	12.5	48.9%	102 (76.7%)	1 (0.8%)	13 (9.8%)	4 (3.0%)	4 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (6.8%)	$11,895			$651			$11,244	53.4	36.2	230	99
200519001713	132	South Gray Junior High	Public	6-8	105 Thatcher	Copeland	67837	Gray County	Copeland	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 668-5565	30	6	5.4	60.0%	25 (83.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (13.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.3%)	$21,389			$815			$20,575	53.3	31.3	256	124
200702001321	133	Hays Middle School	Public	6-8	201 W. 29th	Hays	67601	Ellis County	Hays	No	No	No	No	(785) 623-2450	731	45	16.4	44.3%	572 (78.2%)	10 (1.4%)	99 (13.5%)	7 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (5.9%)	$12,336			$1,699			$10,637	53.3	59.3	109	24
200564001130	134	Pleasant Ridge Middle	Public	6-8	32504 Easton Rd	Easton	66020	Leavenworth County	Easton	No	No	No	No	(913) 651-5522	164	10	16.7	26.2%	150 (91.5%)	1 (0.6%)	7 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	4 (2.4%)	$10,615			$2,481			$8,133	52.8	59.7	107	27
200000100523	135	Southeast Saline High	Public	7-12	5056 E. K-4 Highway	Gypsum	67448	Saline County	Southeast Of Saline	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 536-4286	329	27	12.3	25.5%	293 (89.1%)	5 (1.5%)	18 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.3%)	$13,704			$703			$13,001	52.7	45.5	176	41
200330001496	136	Bartlett Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	201 W 2nd	Bartlett	67332	Labette County	Labette County	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 226-3414	109	11	10	67.0%	102 (93.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.6%)	$11,345			$2,157			$9,187	52.6	55.6	121	15
200396000167	137	Tescott Junior High/High School	Public	7-12	305 N. Minnesota	Tescott	67484	Ottawa County	Twin Valley	No	No	No	No	(785) 283-4774	67	8	8.1	56.7%	62 (92.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.5%)	$11,136			$855			$10,280	52.6	30.7	259	122
200984001315	138	Mulvane Middle School	Public	6-8	915 Westview Dr	Mulvane	67110	Sedgwick County	Mulvane	No	No	No	No	(316) 777-2022	428	37	11.5	39.0%	366 (85.5%)	3 (0.7%)	24 (5.6%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (7.2%)	$9,436			$464			$8,972	52.4	65.1	85	53
200034801941	139	Doniphan West Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	402 E Main	Highland	66035	Doniphan County	Doniphan West Schools	No	No	No	No	(785) 442-3286	172	12	14.2	37.8%	155 (90.1%)	1 (0.6%)	5 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.5%)	$18,767			$331			$18,436	52.4	64.4	90	49
200894002012	140	Centre	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	2374 310th Street	Lost Springs	66859	Marion County	Centre	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 983-4321	196	23	8.5	48.0%	165 (84.2%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (15.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$6,738			$424			$6,314	52.2	32.2	251	111

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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.