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)
201023001839	91	Osage City Middle School	Public	6-8	420 S. 5th Street	Osage City	66523	Osage County	Osage City	No	No	No	No	(785) 528-3175	147	12	12.5	48.3%	136 (92.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.4%)	$7,852			$2,671			$5,181	63.5	69.4	69	22
200840001776	92	Lawrence Virtual School	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	110 McDonald Drive	Lawrence	66044	Douglas County	Lawrence	Yes	No	Yes	No	(785) 832-5620	626	22	28.9		413 (66.0%)	46 (7.3%)	81 (12.9%)	10 (1.6%)	11 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (10.4%)	$6,505			$33			$6,473	63	60.8	102	10
200775000696	93	Jayhawk-Linn High	Public	7-12	14675 Ks Hwy 52	Mound City	66056	Linn County	Jayhawk	No	No	No	No	(913) 795-2224	246	24	10	54.9%	221 (89.8%)	1 (0.4%)	17 (6.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.4%)	$13,748			$453			$13,294	62.6	38.6	215	122
200321000210	94	NLC Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	804 Sixth Street	Americus	66835	Lyon County	North Lyon County	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 481-2086	225	19	11.6	43.6%	207 (92.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.2%)	$9,882			$1,539			$8,343	62.1	56.9	116	22
201215001348	95	Syracuse High	Public	7-12	502 North Main	Syracuse	67878	Hamilton County	Syracuse	No	No	No	No	(620) 384-7446	222	13	17	63.1%	106 (47.7%)	0 (0.0%)	110 (49.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	$11,293			$1,888			$9,404	61.6	46.7	165	70
200924000947	96	Marion Middle	Public	6-8	125 South Lincoln	Marion	66861	Marion County	Marion-Florence	No	No	No	No	(620) 382-6070	119	8	14.8	40.3%	106 (89.1%)	1 (0.8%)	8 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.4%)	$12,267			$809			$11,459	61.6	47.8	160	64
200756000056	97	Hugoton Middle	Public	7-8	115 W 11th	Hugoton	67951	Stevens County	Hugoton Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 544-4341	150	12	12.2	56.7%	73 (48.7%)	0 (0.0%)	76 (50.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	$11,759			$1,029			$10,730	61.3	52	136	39
200330001500	98	Meadowview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	1377 21000 Road	Parsons	67357	Labette County	Labette County	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 421-1857	345	23	15	71.0%	292 (84.6%)	4 (1.2%)	15 (4.3%)	4 (1.2%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (7.8%)	$11,868			$1,247			$10,621	61.1	86	28	70
200000601728	99	Hiawatha Middle School	Public	5-8	307 South Morrill Ave	Hiawatha	66434	Brown County	Hiawatha	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 742-4172	270	20	13.5	49.6%	211 (78.1%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.3%)	3 (1.1%)	16 (5.9%)	1 (0.4%)	22 (8.1%)	$10,301			$595			$9,705	60.9	50.8	142	43
200528000988	100	Council Grove Junior Senior High School	Public	7-12	129 Hockaday St.	Council Grove	66846	Morris County	Morris County	No	No	No	No	(620) 767-5149	360	30	12.1	54.7%	317 (88.1%)	1 (0.3%)	25 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.2%)	$10,986			$454			$10,532	60.7	62.9	96	4

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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.