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)
200789001266	191	Junction City Middle School	Public	6-8	700 Wildcat Lane	Junction City	66441	Geary County	Geary County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 717-4400	938	77	12.1	61.1%	456 (48.6%)	162 (17.3%)	156 (16.6%)	17 (1.8%)	5 (0.5%)	29 (3.1%)	113 (12.0%)	$11,376			$1,070			$10,306	42.1	44.5	185	6
200948001167	192	Marais Des Cygnes Valley Middle	Public	6-8	508 N E Main	Melvern	66510	Osage County	Marais Des Cygnes Valley	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 549-3313	38	5	7.9	68.4%	35 (92.1%)	1 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (5.3%)	$16,293			$236			$16,056	42	19.4	316	124
200414001190	193	Bucklin Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	422 S Main	Bucklin	67834	Ford County	Bucklin	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 826-3828	155	12	12.7	52.9%	128 (82.6%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (15.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.9%)	$12,104			$920			$11,184	41.9	27.4	284	91
201137000519	194	Lakewood Middle School	Public	6-8	1135 Lakewood Cir	Salina	67401	Saline County	Salina	No	No	No	No	(785) 309-4000	688	55	12.5	65.3%	428 (62.2%)	33 (4.8%)	142 (20.6%)	10 (1.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	73 (10.6%)	$10,507			$788			$9,719	41.9	42.3	198	4
200483001936	195	Jackson Heights High School and Middle School	Public	7-12	12719 266th Road	Holton	66436	Jackson County	North Jackson	No	No	No	No	(785) 364-2195	176	19	9.4	42.0%	153 (86.9%)	5 (2.8%)	4 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.4%)	$16,443			$575			$15,869	41.9	53.4	123	72
200999000548	196	Reno Valley Middle School	Public	7-8	1616 N Wilshire	Hutchinson	67501	Reno County	Nickerson	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 662-4573	158	15	10.6	62.7%	130 (82.3%)	3 (1.9%)	20 (12.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.5%)	$13,410			$1,242			$12,168	41.9	52.3	131	65
200600001932	197	Galesburg Middle School	Public	6-8	6955 Kingman Rd	Galesburg	66740	Neosho County	Erie-Galesburg	No	No	No	No	(620) 763-2470	92	7	13.5	66.3%	82 (89.1%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (6.5%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.3%)	$10,504			$1,399			$9,105	41.8	39.6	210	13
200807001969	198	Norwich Middle School	Public	6-8	209 Parkway	Norwich	67118	Kingman County	Kingman - Norwich	No	No	No	No	(620) 478-2235	46	3	16.3	28.3%	43 (93.5%)	1 (2.2%)	1 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.2%)	$13,599			$1,650			$11,948	41.8	44.9	180	18
200642002076	199	Trail Ridge Middle School	Public	5-8	495 E. Grand Street	Gardner	66030	Johnson County	Gardner Edgerton	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 856-3550	693	51	13.5	42.0%	505 (72.9%)	25 (3.6%)	99 (14.3%)	11 (1.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (7.5%)	$8,675			$360			$8,315	40.9	36.9	226	27
200001500462	200	Ottawa Middle School	Public	6-8	1230 South Ash	Ottawa	66067	Franklin County	Ottawa	No	No	No	No	(785) 229-8030	498	36	13.8	55.8%	430 (86.3%)	6 (1.2%)	27 (5.4%)	4 (0.8%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.4%)	$9,315			$484			$8,830	40.7	40.9	205	5

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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.