Best Middle Schools in Kansas for Low Socio Economic Status Students

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Every year, the Kansas State Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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 (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 296)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
200914002083	1	Maize Virtual Preparatory School	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	301 S Park	Maize	67101	Sedgwick County	Maize	No	No	Yes	No	(316) 462-8800	396	21	18.9	0.8%	339 (85.6%)	10 (2.5%)	16 (4.0%)	7 (1.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.8%)	$4,889			$26			$4,863	99.7%	97.8%	1.87%
201108000386	2	Andale Elementary-Middle	Public	PK, KG-8	500 West Rush	Andale	67001	Sedgwick County	Renwick	No	No	No	No	(316) 444-2628	420	21	19.6	15.0%	397 (94.5%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.4%)	$8,458			$589			$7,870	99.3%	96.1%	3.19%
201110000819	3	Riley County Grade School	Public	PK, KG-8	117 N. Remmele	Riley	66531	Riley County	Riley County	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 485-4010	504	35	14.6	25.4%	434 (86.1%)	9 (1.8%)	26 (5.2%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.8%)	$10,833			$275			$10,558	99.0%	98.1%	0.92%
201200001606	4	Leawood Middle	Public	6-8	2410 W. 123rd St.	Leawood	66209	Johnson County	Blue Valley	No	No	No	No	(913) 239-5300	459	36	12.6	8.5%	376 (81.9%)	14 (3.1%)	25 (5.4%)	18 (3.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.4%)	$10,595			$234			$10,361	98.6%	95.0%	3.62%
201203000809	5	Sterling Junior High/Senior High	Public	7-12	308 E Washington	Sterling	67579	Rice County	Sterling	No	No	No	No	(620) 278-2171	214	19	11.1	38.8%	194 (90.7%)	4 (1.9%)	8 (3.7%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.8%)	$14,652			$2,375			$12,277	98.3%	84.0%	14.33%
201200001291	6	Pleasant Ridge Middle	Public	6-8	9000 W. 165th St.	Overland Park	66085	Johnson County	Blue Valley	No	No	No	No	(913) 239-5700	608	45	13.4	7.2%	382 (62.8%)	14 (2.3%)	34 (5.6%)	150 (24.7%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.1%)	$8,856			$110			$8,746	98.0%	98.6%	0.65%
200795001419	7	Sumner Academy of Arts & Science	Public, Magnet	8-12	1610 N 8th Street	Kansas City	66101	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	Yes	No	No	(913) 627-7200	1,102	68	16	69.1%	136 (12.3%)	200 (18.1%)	617 (56.0%)	100 (9.1%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (4.3%)	$10,982			$1,395			$9,587	97.6%	90.3%	7.30%
201278001383	8	Valley Heights Junior/Senior High	Public	7-12	2274 6th Road	Blue Rapids	66411	Marshall County	Valley Heights	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 363-2508	180	18	10.2	48.9%	169 (93.9%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	$13,153			$1,067			$12,086	97.3%	92.0%	5.31%
201164001568	9	Indian Hills Middle	Public	7-8	6400 Mission Rd	Prairie Village	66208	Johnson County	Shawnee Mission Pub School	No	No	No	No	(913) 993-0400	850	53	16.1	14.7%	711 (83.6%)	19 (2.2%)	73 (8.6%)	17 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (3.5%)	$9,197			$488			$8,709	97.0%	99.7%	2.76%
200897001638	10	Louisburg Middle	Public	6-8	505 E. Amity	Louisburg	66053	Miami County	Louisburg	No	No	No	No	(913) 837-1800	376	26	14.6	18.9%	334 (88.8%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.1%)	$9,643			$313			$9,330	96.6%	93.9%	2.70%

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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.