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)
200797000592	261	St. Marys Junior Senior High	Public	7-12	601 E Lasley	Saint Marys	66536	Pottawatomie County	Kaw Valley	No	No	No	No	(785) 437-6257	248	27	9.1	45.6%	202 (81.5%)	8 (3.2%)	27 (10.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.2%)	$11,340			$832			$10,507	31.5	50.1	147	114
200855000038	262	Bluestem Junior/Senior High	Public	7-12	500 Bluestem Drive	Leon	67074	Butler County	Bluestem	No	No	No	No	(316) 742-3281	245	17	14.5	53.5%	212 (86.5%)	4 (1.6%)	16 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.3%)	$10,793			$328			$10,466	31.4	12.9	343	81
201287001733	263	Wellsville Middle School	Public	6-8	602 Walnut Street	Wellsville	66092	Franklin County	Wellsville	No	No	No	No	(785) 883-4350	186	15	12	32.3%	172 (92.5%)	2 (1.1%)	9 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.6%)	$9,961			$1,382			$8,578	31	35.6	233	30
200840001376	264	Billy Mills Middle School	Public	6-8	2734 Louisiana St	Lawrence	66046	Douglas County	Lawrence	No	No	No	No	(785) 832-5450	516	40	12.8	58.5%	282 (54.7%)	46 (8.9%)	84 (16.3%)	11 (2.1%)	28 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (12.6%)	$12,207			$703			$11,504	31	27.5	283	19
201080001894	265	West Franklin Middle School	Public	6-8	331 Tyler St	Pomona	66076	Franklin County	West Franklin	No	No	No	No	(785) 566-3451	135	11	12.3	43.0%	121 (89.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.9%)	$6,621			$1,943			$4,678	31	29.6	269	4
201212001976	266	Sylvan-Lucas Unified Junior Senior	Public	7-12	504 West 4th	Sylvan Grove	67481	Lincoln County	Sylvan Grove	No	No	No	No	(785) 526-7175	116	11	11	42.2%	111 (95.7%)	1 (0.9%)	3 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	$12,824			$62			$12,763	30.9	40.3	207	59
200345001240	267	Arkansas City Middle School	Public	6-8	400 E Kansas Ave	Arkansas City	67005	Cowley County	Arkansas City	No	No	No	No	(620) 441-2030	685	38	17.8	68.6%	389 (56.8%)	23 (3.4%)	220 (32.1%)	5 (0.7%)	3 (0.4%)	9 (1.3%)	36 (5.3%)	$9,873			$80			$9,793	30.6	22.9	301	34
201299000333	268	Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet	Public, Magnet	K-8	1243 N Market	Wichita	67214	Sedgwick County	Wichita	No	Yes	No	Yes	(316) 973-3100	613	42	14.5	84.3%	43 (7.0%)	16 (2.6%)	541 (88.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.0%)	$10,241			$2,987			$7,253	30.4	19.1	320	52
201299002056	269	Christa McAuliffe Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	2055 S 143rd E	Wichita	67230	Sedgwick County	Wichita	No	No	No	No	(316) 973-9985	863	61	14.1	48.6%	294 (34.1%)	98 (11.4%)	161 (18.7%)	219 (25.4%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	87 (10.1%)	$9,570			$2,651			$6,919	30	29	272	3
200343000742	270	Argonia High	Public	6-12	504 N Pine	Argonia	67004	Sumner County	Argonia Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(620) 435-6611	81	10	7.9	49.4%	73 (90.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (8.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)	$17,015			$505			$16,511	29.4	28	279	9

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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.