Washburn Rural Middle School

Summary:

Washburn Rural Middle School is a public middle school located in Topeka, Kansas, serving grades 7-8 with a total enrollment of 943 students. It is part of the Auburn-Washburn school district, which is ranked 66 out of 266 districts in Kansas and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Washburn Rural Middle School stands out as a high-performing middle school in Kansas, with consistent rankings in the top 50-150 schools over the past decade and a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school has shown strong performance across various student subgroups, including female, male, Asian, African American, and Hispanic students, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science consistently higher than the state and district averages, particularly in 7th grade. Additionally, the school's relatively low student-teacher ratio and higher per-student spending suggest a focus on providing adequate resources and support for student learning.

When compared to nearby schools, Washburn Rural Middle School outperforms the majority of middle schools in the Topeka Public Schools district, with significantly higher proficiency rates and statewide rankings. While the school's performance for White and multi-racial students is relatively lower, it remains comparable to other high-performing middle schools in the region, such as Seaman Middle School. Overall, Washburn Rural Middle School's consistent academic excellence and ability to effectively serve a diverse student population make it a standout middle school in the Topeka area.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 5620 SW 61st
       Topeka, KS  66619


(785) 339-4300

District: Auburn-Washburn

SchoolDigger Rank:
119th of 362 Kansas Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,617 Help


Students who attend Washburn Rural Middle School usually attend:

High:    Washburn Rural High

Feeder schools for Washburn Rural Middle School:

Elementary:    Auburn Elementary
    Farley Elementary
    Indian Hills Elementary
    Jay Shideler Elementary
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Student/teacher ratio:  11.7 Help
Number of students:  943

Racial breakdown:

White:
71.5%
Hispanic:
11.0%
Two or more races:
10.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  35.6% Help


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Compare Details Washburn Rural Middle School ranks better than 67.1% of middle schools in Kansas. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 56.74. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (71.5%), Hispanic (11%), two or more races (10.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 35.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Washburn Rural Middle School is 11.7. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Washburn Rural Middle School is $9,617.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Washburn Rural Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Washburn Rural Middle School 119th of 362 Kansas public middle schools. (See Washburn Rural Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Auburn-Washburn:

SchoolDigger ranks Auburn-Washburn 66th of 266 Kansas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Washburn Rural Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Washburn Rural Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 79.94 22nd 277 92.1%
2007 68.07 68th 286 76.2%
2008 72.60 59th 296 80.1%
2009 71.08 59th 307 80.8%
2010 72.91 61st 316 80.7%
2011 67.84 91st 320 71.6%
2012 74.17 50th 342 85.4%
2013 77.49 41st 355 88.5%
2015 70.61 68th 368 81.5%
2016 76.81 46th 343 86.6%
2017 74.50 56th 358 84.4%
2018 72.06 60th 350 82.9%
2019 78.97 49th 368 86.7%
2021 63.29 96th 367 73.8%
2022 50.39 146th 368 60.3%
2023 56.19 120th 362 66.9%
2024 56.74 119th 362 67.1%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Washburn Rural Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.06 27th 64 57.8%
2019 78.02 8th 70 88.6%
2021 47.16 38th 79 51.9%
2022 47.73 38th 83 54.2%
2023 40.24 52nd 90 42.2%
2024 35.93 60th 88 31.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Washburn Rural Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.46 93rd 132 29.5%
2019 38.80 94th 157 40.1%
2021 53.09 59th 160 63.1%
2022 37.95 99th 171 42.1%
2023 26.33 140th 178 21.3%
2024 90.04 8th 164 95.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Washburn Rural Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.16 90th 255 64.7%
2019 61.12 73rd 270 73.0%
2021 50.55 118th 275 57.1%
2022 41.70 152nd 270 43.7%
2023 39.03 179th 300 40.3%
2024 40.55 170th 296 42.6%
See the entire list of Best Kansas Middle Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Washburn Rural Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.29 63rd 275 77.1%
2019 75.55 46th 294 84.4%
2021 63.30 82nd 313 73.8%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Washburn Rural Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.46 93rd 132 29.5%
2019 38.80 94th 157 40.1%
2021 53.09 59th 160 63.1%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Washburn Rural Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.77 12th 31 61.3%
2019 58.11 23rd 42 45.2%
2021 45.26 27th 39 30.8%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Washburn Rural Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 40.61 7th 12 41.7%
2021 64.72 4th 15 73.3%
2022 26.94 11th 15 26.7%
2023 15.27 19th 19 0.0%
2024 23.05 14th 16 12.5%
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Rank History for Male students at Washburn Rural Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.98 44th 280 84.3%
2019 77.34 45th 301 85.0%
2021 61.93 82nd 308 73.4%
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Rank History for Asian students at Washburn Rural Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 73.52 10th 30 66.7%
2022 57.53 16th 31 48.4%
2024 58.70 15th 31 51.6%
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Rank History for African American students at Washburn Rural Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.05 15th 57 73.7%
2019 39.70 40th 69 42.0%
2021 71.41 9th 65 86.2%
2022 67.34 11th 72 84.7%
2023 80.68 6th 73 91.8%
2024 55.32 29th 73 60.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Washburn Rural Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.32 24th 114 78.9%
2019 67.58 31st 128 75.8%
2021 58.45 38th 135 71.9%
2022 57.06 36th 138 73.9%
2023 57.44 47th 140 66.4%
2024 59.52 41st 144 71.5%
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Rank History for White students at Washburn Rural Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.61 57th 333 82.9%
2019 77.00 51st 344 85.2%
2021 61.26 93rd 349 73.4%
2022 44.92 176th 349 49.6%
2023 56.01 123rd 349 64.8%
2024 55.20 117th 347 66.3%
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Data source: test scores: Kansas State Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Washburn Rural Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1992 643 23 16 16 6 n/a n/a 0 704
1993 697 20 16 19 7 n/a n/a 0 759
1994 692 33 15 25 8 n/a n/a 0 773
1995 781 30 13 12 6 n/a n/a 0 842
1996 781 30 13 12 6 n/a n/a 0 842
1997 723 34 11 18 6 n/a n/a 0 792
1998 732 40 9 20 13 n/a n/a 0 814
1999 778 38 16 21 12 n/a n/a 0 865
2000 721 34 21 27 16 n/a n/a 0 819
2001 721 45 21 29 11 n/a n/a 0 827
2002 698 49 18 43 9 n/a n/a 0 817
2003 698 49 18 43 9 n/a n/a 0 817
2004 687 42 18 44 12 n/a n/a 5 808
2005 680 46 18 42 7 n/a n/a 14 807
2006 683 30 12 23 2 n/a n/a 89 839
2007 716 54 15 43 15 n/a n/a 8 851
2008 709 68 20 44 13 n/a n/a 2 856
2009 684 53 29 47 11 n/a n/a 3 827
2010 642 24 24 94 6 2 48 0 840
2011 675 33 31 96 8 0 51 0 894
2012 671 39 29 80 5 2 62 0 888
2013 684 42 25 70 4 3 73 0 901
2014 679 30 22 80 5 0 66 0 882
2015 702 46 18 109 6 0 86 0 967
2016 745 51 23 110 5 2 72 0 1008
2017 705 52 32 110 5 2 79 0 985
2018 712 39 32 90 8 1 85 0 967
2019 735 45 19 90 7 0 85 0 981
2020 710 44 23 100 3 1 81 0 962
2021 726 44 24 91 5 1 88 0 979
2022 719 38 18 88 4 0 95 0 962
2023 674 45 19 104 5 0 96 0 943

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Washburn Rural Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1992 704 46.6 15.1 16.3
1993 759 50.2 15.1 13.7
1994 773 53.9 14.3 10.1
1995 842 60.0 14.0 21.3
1996 842 60.0 14.0 21.3
1997 792 60.0 13.2 20.5
1998 814 60.8 13.4 19
1999 865 61.8 14.0 17.9
2000 819 64.6 12.7 17.1
2001 827 66.1 12.5 16.7
2002 817 66.5 12.3 17.7
2003 817 66.5 12.3 17.7
2004 808 66.2 12.2 20.3
2005 807 65.2 12.4 24.7
2006 839 65.7 12.8 22
2007 851 70.7 12.0 20.6
2008 856 68.8 12.4 21.2
2009 827 68.4 12.1 22
2010 840 65.0 12.9 26.7
2011 894 65.0 13.7 27.9
2012 888 74.4 11.9 31.4
2013 901 69.5 12.9 33.1
2014 882 70.1 12.5 35
2015 967 69.0 14.0 34
2016 1008 71.0 14.1 34.8
2017 985 67.9 14.5 35.2
2018 967 72.4 13.3 32.3
2019 981 74.9 13.0 33.4
2020 962 74.7 12.8 31.1
2021 979 78.2 12.5 29.3
2022 962 78.3 12.2 30.5
2023 943 80.0 11.7 35.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Washburn Rural Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1992 704 46.6 15.1 16.3
1993 759 50.2 15.1 13.7
1994 773 53.9 14.3 10.1
1995 842 60.0 14.0 21.3
1996 842 60.0 14.0 21.3
1997 792 60.0 13.2 20.5
1998 814 60.8 13.4 19
1999 865 61.8 14.0 17.9
2000 819 64.6 12.7 17.1
2001 827 66.1 12.5 16.7
2002 817 66.5 12.3 17.7
2003 817 66.5 12.3 17.7
2004 808 66.2 12.2 20.3
2005 807 65.2 12.4 24.7
2006 839 65.7 12.8 22
2007 851 70.7 12.0 20.6
2008 856 68.8 12.4 21.2
2009 827 68.4 12.1 22
2010 840 65.0 12.9 26.7
2011 894 65.0 13.7 27.9
2012 888 74.4 11.9 31.4
2013 901 69.5 12.9 33.1
2014 882 70.1 12.5 35
2015 967 69.0 14.0 34
2016 1008 71.0 14.1 34.8
2017 985 67.9 14.5 35.2
2018 967 72.4 13.3 32.3
2019 981 74.9 13.0 33.4
2020 962 74.7 12.8 31.1
2021 979 78.2 12.5 29.3
2022 962 78.3 12.2 30.5
2023 943 80.0 11.7 35.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Washburn Rural Middle School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $586 (6.1%) $9,031 (93.9%) $9,617

Data source: Kansas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Washburn Rural Middle School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 49th of 368 Middle schoolsRanks 120th of 362 Middle schools
 19.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts (Washburn Rural Middle School)48.136.1
 12%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Auburn-Washburn)48.136.1
 12%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Kansas)31.831.7
 0%
7th Grade Mathematics (Washburn Rural Middle School)37.533.3
 4.2%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Auburn-Washburn)37.533.3
 4.2%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Kansas)27.927.5
 0.4%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Washburn Rural Middle School)32.118.8
 13.3%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Auburn-Washburn)32.118.8
 13.3%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Kansas)25.220.8
 4.4%
8th Grade Mathematics (Washburn Rural Middle School)36.230.1
 6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Auburn-Washburn)36.230.1
 6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Kansas)25.922.8
 3.1%
8th Grade Science (Washburn Rural Middle School)37.421.6
 15.8%
   8th Grade Science (Auburn-Washburn)37.421.6
 15.8%
   8th Grade Science (Kansas)30.722.7
 8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students981943
 3.9%
African American4545
American Indian75
 28.6%
Asian1919
Hispanic90104
 15.6%
Pacific Islander00
White735674
 8.3%
Two or More Races8596
 12.9%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients33.4%35.6%
 2.2%


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Washburn Rural Middle School ranks 119th of 362 Kansas middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Washburn Rural Middle School usually go on to attend Washburn Rural High

Students at Washburn Rural Middle School are 71% White, 11% Hispanic, 10% Two or more races, 5% African American, 2% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 943 students attended Washburn Rural Middle School.


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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.

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