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)
201263000050	231	Trego Grade School	Public	PK, KG-8	612 Junction Avenue	WaKeeney	67672	Trego County	Trego County	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 743-2472	292	20	14.8	32.5%	268 (91.8%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.4%)	$13,416			$3,148			$10,269	36.4	43.5	190	41
200423001200	232	Central Junior-Senior High	Public	7-12	700 Main	Burden	67019	Cowley County	Central	No	No	No	No	(620) 438-2215	136	14	10	63.2%	115 (84.6%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (7.4%)	$14,464			$352			$14,111	36.3	12.5	344	112
201014000135	233	Santa Fe Trail Middle School	Public	6-8	1100 N Ridgeview Rd	Olathe	66061	Johnson County	Olathe	No	No	No	No	(913) 780-7290	635	56	11.4	60.5%	268 (42.2%)	71 (11.2%)	227 (35.7%)	16 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (8.3%)	$12,061			$626			$11,435	36.3	39.7	209	24
200507001343	234	Columbus Junior High and High School	Public	7-12	124 S High School Avenue	Columbus	66725	Cherokee County	Columbus	No	No	No	No	(620) 429-3821	423	33	12.8	49.4%	363 (85.8%)	2 (0.5%)	17 (4.0%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.4%)	$13,817			$2,525			$11,292	36.3	42.8	195	39
201233001039	235	Troy High and Middle School	Public	6-12	319 S Park	Troy	66087	Doniphan County	Troy Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(785) 985-3533	165	13	12.7	22.4%	157 (95.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.8%)	$11,389			$1,789			$9,600	35.6	38.3	216	19
200939000998	236	McPherson Middle School	Public, Magnet	6-8	700 E Elizabeth	McPherson	67460	McPherson County	McPherson	No	Yes	No	No	(620) 241-9450	492	33	15	41.9%	375 (76.2%)	5 (1.0%)	72 (14.6%)	7 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (6.7%)	$10,655			$00			$10,655	35.5	43.4	191	45
200336002040	237	Andover eCademy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	1413 N. Main	Andover	67002	Butler County	Andover	No	No	Yes	No	(316) 218-4470	3,223	29	111.1	0.1%	2,222 (68.9%)	125 (3.9%)	564 (17.5%)	159 (4.9%)	22 (0.7%)	12 (0.4%)	119 (3.7%)	$3,302			$101			$3,201	35.4	49	154	83
200666001034	238	Great Bend Middle School	Public	7-8	1919 Harrison	Great Bend	67530	Barton County	Great Bend	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 793-1510	460	39	11.8	68.0%	276 (60.0%)	4 (0.9%)	159 (34.6%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (3.0%)	$14,094			$574			$13,521	35.1	44.4	186	52
200936000992	239	McLouth Middle	Public	6-8	217 Summit Street	Mc Louth	66054	Jefferson County	McLouth	No	No	No	No	(913) 796-6122	92	7	13.6	40.2%	83 (90.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.3%)	$12,902			$3,348			$9,555	35	27.3	286	47
201302001239	240	Jefferson County North Elementary/Middle	Public	PK, KG-8	100 Charger Lane	Nortonville	66060	Jefferson County	Jefferson County North	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 886-3870	325	21	15.7	33.5%	313 (96.3%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.5%)	$10,885			$1,799			$9,085	34.8	57.2	115	125

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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.