Indian Hills Middle

Summary:

Indian Hills Middle is a public middle school located in Prairie Village, Kansas, serving grades 7-8 with a total enrollment of 850 students. This exceptional school is part of the Shawnee Mission Public School District, which is ranked 46th out of 266 districts in Kansas and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Indian Hills Middle has consistently been one of the top-performing middle schools in Kansas, ranking 1st out of 362 Kansas middle schools in the 2023-2024 school year and receiving a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's academic performance significantly outpaces the Shawnee Mission district and the state of Kansas, with 59.04% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 57.83% proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 45.71% and 43.99% for the district, and 33.55% and 31.6% for the state, respectively. Indian Hills Middle also excels in serving various student subgroups, ranking highly in the state for female students, male students, Asian students, Hispanic students, White students, multi-racial students, special education students, and low socioeconomic status students.

When compared to nearby middle schools within the Shawnee Mission district, such as Westridge Middle and Trailridge Middle, Indian Hills Middle significantly outperforms its peers. The contrast is even more stark when compared to middle schools in the Kansas City, Kansas Public School District, where schools like Turner Sixth Grade Academy, Central Middle, and Argentine Middle have much lower academic proficiency rates, with only 10-15% of students proficient or better in core subjects.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 6400 Mission Rd
       Prairie Village, KS  66208


(913) 993-0400

District: Shawnee Mission Pub School

SchoolDigger Rank:
1st of 362 Kansas Middle Schools


Students who attend Indian Hills Middle usually attend:

High:    Shawnee Mission East High

Feeder schools for Indian Hills Middle:

Elementary:    Belinder Elementary
    Briarwood Elementary
    Corinth Elementary
    Highlands Elementary
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Student/teacher ratio:  16.1 Help
Number of students:  850

Racial breakdown:

White:
83.6%
Hispanic:
8.6%
Two or more races:
3.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  14.7% Help


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Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Indian Hills Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Indian Hills Middle 1st of 362 Kansas public middle schools. (See Indian Hills Middle in the ranking list.)

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Shawnee Mission Pub School:

SchoolDigger ranks Shawnee Mission Pub School 46th of 266 Kansas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Indian Hills Middle

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Rank History for all students at Indian Hills Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 83.30 15th 277 94.6%
2007 80.39 24th 286 91.6%
2008 75.85 45th 296 84.8%
2009 74.05 44th 307 85.7%
2010 79.57 27th 316 91.5%
2011 77.91 28th 320 91.3%
2012 77.07 31st 342 90.9%
2013 83.13 9th 355 97.5%
2015 90.34 12th 368 96.7%
2016 97.22 6th 343 98.3%
2017 96.82 5th 358 98.6%
2018 95.52 5th 350 98.6%
2019 95.48 4th 368 98.9%
2021 94.50 6th 367 98.4%
2022 96.05 5th 368 98.6%
2023 98.26 1st 362 99.7%
2024 98.00 1st 362 99.7%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Indian Hills Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 86.79 6th 64 90.6%
2019 92.30 4th 70 94.3%
2021 86.77 6th 79 92.4%
2022 97.50 1st 83 98.8%
2023 95.68 2nd 90 97.8%
2024 88.63 9th 88 89.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Indian Hills Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 26.44 56th 58 3.4%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Indian Hills Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.95 13th 132 90.2%
2019 62.37 37th 157 76.4%
2021 69.37 22nd 160 86.3%
2022 82.28 14th 171 91.8%
2023 84.20 15th 178 91.6%
2024 98.84 1st 164 99.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Indian Hills Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 83.87 10th 255 96.1%
2019 72.06 36th 270 86.7%
2021 41.08 160th 275 41.8%
2022 86.15 10th 270 96.3%
2023 80.64 17th 300 94.3%
2024 93.59 9th 296 97.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Indian Hills Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 93.52 6th 275 97.8%
2019 96.91 2nd 294 99.3%
2021 94.50 2nd 313 99.4%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Indian Hills Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.95 13th 132 90.2%
2019 62.37 37th 157 76.4%
2021 69.37 22nd 160 86.3%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Indian Hills Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.18 7th 31 77.4%
2019 59.71 19th 42 54.8%
2021 81.62 2nd 39 94.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Indian Hills Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 95.02 6th 280 97.9%
2019 90.00 12th 301 96.0%
2021 91.89 9th 308 97.1%
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Rank History for Asian students at Indian Hills Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 47.30 19th 30 36.7%
2022 64.68 13th 31 58.1%
2023 95.36 1st 31 96.8%
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Rank History for African American students at Indian Hills Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 74.10 10th 72 86.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Indian Hills Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 83.36 10th 114 91.2%
2019 71.92 25th 128 80.5%
2021 81.25 13th 135 90.4%
2022 81.47 14th 138 89.9%
2023 95.30 2nd 140 98.6%
2024 90.78 10th 144 93.1%
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Rank History for White students at Indian Hills Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 95.31 3rd 333 99.1%
2019 95.73 3rd 344 99.1%
2021 94.14 5th 349 98.6%
2022 95.47 4th 349 98.9%
2023 97.70 1st 349 99.7%
2024 97.62 3rd 347 99.1%
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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.

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Enrollment information for Indian Hills Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 343 3 1 3 1 n/a n/a 0 351
1989 298 4 3 7 0 n/a n/a 0 312
1990 260 2 0 6 0 n/a n/a 0 268
1991 323 3 0 3 1 n/a n/a 0 330
1992 338 5 1 3 0 n/a n/a 0 347
1993 353 6 0 7 0 n/a n/a 0 366
1994 402 4 5 11 2 n/a n/a 0 424
1995 402 5 4 8 0 n/a n/a 0 419
1996 402 5 4 8 0 n/a n/a 0 419
1997 506 11 11 15 0 n/a n/a 0 543
1998 552 17 10 22 1 n/a n/a 0 602
1999 566 11 8 21 1 n/a n/a 0 607
2000 582 10 11 18 2 n/a n/a 0 623
2001 570 15 8 18 2 n/a n/a 0 613
2002 577 12 3 13 1 n/a n/a 0 606
2003 577 12 3 13 1 n/a n/a 0 606
2004 509 7 5 24 3 n/a n/a 0 548
2005 440 12 7 36 1 n/a n/a 8 504
2006 473 10 10 31 2 n/a n/a 7 533
2007 435 18 6 30 2 n/a n/a 8 499
2008 436 15 11 35 1 n/a n/a 9 507
2009 446 10 9 32 5 n/a n/a 9 511
2010 388 9 10 40 1 0 17 0 465
2011 396 17 6 58 1 0 18 0 496
2012 656 10 10 54 1 1 25 0 757
2013 633 11 16 64 1 1 20 0 746
2014 689 18 19 59 2 1 32 0 820
2015 709 15 22 54 1 2 33 0 836
2016 691 14 16 60 2 2 38 0 823
2017 689 20 14 59 2 1 48 0 833
2018 684 14 23 74 1 0 40 0 836
2019 691 13 21 72 1 0 36 0 834
2020 712 16 18 74 1 0 42 0 863
2021 737 26 20 77 0 0 42 0 902
2022 726 24 18 72 0 0 40 0 880
2023 711 19 17 73 0 0 30 0 850

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 Indian Hills Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 351 25.0 14.0 0
1989 312 26.0 12.0 n/a
1990 268 22.0 12.1 0
1991 330 22.2 14.8 n/a
1992 347 22.0 15.7 3.5
1993 366 22.3 16.4 3
1994 424 26.3 16.1 1.7
1995 419 27.6 15.2 7.4
1996 419 27.6 15.2 7.4
1997 543 37.3 14.6 9
1998 602 40.1 15.0 10.8
1999 607 42.6 14.2 9.6
2000 623 43.9 14.2 7.1
2001 613 44.5 13.8 6.9
2002 606 45.0 13.5 6.9
2003 606 45.0 13.5 6.9
2004 548 35.5 15.4 7.8
2005 504 33.2 15.2 9.3
2006 533 44.0 12.1 9.1
2007 499 39.6 12.6 10.8
2008 507 34.3 14.8 11.6
2009 511 36.5 14.0 12.4
2010 465 31.8 14.6 16.6
2011 496 32.0 15.5 17.7
2012 757 46.3 16.3 12.9
2013 746 44.0 16.9 13.8
2014 820 46.5 17.6 13.8
2015 836 49.0 17.0 12
2016 823 46.0 17.8 10.6
2017 833 46.8 17.7 11.3
2018 836 47.0 17.7 11.5
2019 834 46.6 17.8 12.4
2020 863 48.9 17.6 11.8
2021 902 52.7 17.0 11.4
2022 880 53.4 16.4 11
2023 850 52.6 16.1 14.7

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 Indian Hills Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 351 25.0 14.0 0
1989 312 26.0 12.0 n/a
1990 268 22.0 12.1 0
1991 330 22.2 14.8 n/a
1992 347 22.0 15.7 3.5
1993 366 22.3 16.4 3
1994 424 26.3 16.1 1.7
1995 419 27.6 15.2 7.4
1996 419 27.6 15.2 7.4
1997 543 37.3 14.6 9
1998 602 40.1 15.0 10.8
1999 607 42.6 14.2 9.6
2000 623 43.9 14.2 7.1
2001 613 44.5 13.8 6.9
2002 606 45.0 13.5 6.9
2003 606 45.0 13.5 6.9
2004 548 35.5 15.4 7.8
2005 504 33.2 15.2 9.3
2006 533 44.0 12.1 9.1
2007 499 39.6 12.6 10.8
2008 507 34.3 14.8 11.6
2009 511 36.5 14.0 12.4
2010 465 31.8 14.6 16.6
2011 496 32.0 15.5 17.7
2012 757 46.3 16.3 12.9
2013 746 44.0 16.9 13.8
2014 820 46.5 17.6 13.8
2015 836 49.0 17.0 12
2016 823 46.0 17.8 10.6
2017 833 46.8 17.7 11.3
2018 836 47.0 17.7 11.5
2019 834 46.6 17.8 12.4
2020 863 48.9 17.6 11.8
2021 902 52.7 17.0 11.4
2022 880 53.4 16.4 11
2023 850 52.6 16.1 14.7

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.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Indian Hills Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $488 (5.3%) $8,709 (94.7%) $9,197

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Indian Hills Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 4th of 368 Middle schoolsRanks 1st of 362 Middle schools
 0.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts (Indian Hills Middle)58.663
 4.4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Shawnee Mission Pub School)43.445
 1.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Kansas)31.831.7
 0%
7th Grade Mathematics (Indian Hills Middle)60.262.1
 1.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Shawnee Mission Pub School)37.838.2
 0.4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Kansas)27.927.5
 0.4%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Indian Hills Middle)45.346.2
 0.9%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Shawnee Mission Pub School)34.930.7
 4.2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Kansas)25.220.8
 4.4%
8th Grade Mathematics (Indian Hills Middle)42.253.1
 10.9%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Shawnee Mission Pub School)33.931.9
 2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Kansas)25.922.8
 3.1%
8th Grade Science (Indian Hills Middle)50.147.2
 2.9%
   8th Grade Science (Shawnee Mission Pub School)38.430.7
 7.6%
   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 Students834850
 1.9%
African American1319
 46.2%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian2117
 19%
Hispanic7273
 1.4%
Pacific Islander00
White691711
 2.9%
Two or More Races3630
 16.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients12.4%14.7%
 2.4%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Indian Hills Middle

Students who attend Indian Hills Middle usually go on to attend Shawnee Mission East High

Yes! Indian Hills Middle is one of the best middle schools in the state. It ranks 1st of 362 Kansas middle schools.

In the 2022-23 school year, 850 students attended Indian Hills Middle.

Students at Indian Hills Middle are 84% White, 9% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 2% African American, 2% Asian.


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