Best Middle Schools in Kansas

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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)
200729000961	31	Hillsboro Middle/High School	Public	6-12	400 East Grand	Hillsboro	67063	Marion County	Durham-Hillsboro-Lehigh	No	No	No	No	(620) 947-3184	307	19	16	36.8%	273 (88.9%)	2 (0.7%)	23 (7.5%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.0%)	$14,134			$305			$13,829	85.2	70.5	66	35
200447000406	32	Lakeside Junior/Senior High School	Public	6-12	1306 N Morgan	Downs	67437	Osborne County	Waconda	No	No	No	No	(785) 454-3332	135	13	10.5	57.0%	124 (91.9%)	2 (1.5%)	3 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.0%)	$14,713			$566			$14,147	85	87.2	22	10
200549000898	33	Monticello Trails Middle School	Public	6-8	6100 Monticello Rd	Shawnee	66226	Johnson County	De Soto	No	No	No	No	(913) 422-1100	684	43	15.8	12.3%	554 (81.0%)	38 (5.6%)	42 (6.1%)	20 (2.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	28 (4.1%)	$8,360			$274			$8,086	85	82.3	37	4
200330001497	34	Edna Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	220 W Myrtle	Edna	67342	Labette County	Labette County	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 922-7210	184	11	17.5	56.5%	141 (76.6%)	1 (0.5%)	4 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (11.4%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (9.2%)	$11,531			$1,775			$9,755	84.7	86	29	5
200795001419	35	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	1,005	61	16.3	62.8%	124 (12.3%)	170 (16.9%)	570 (56.7%)	103 (10.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (3.8%)	$10,982			$1,395			$9,587	84.6	47.8	162	127
201164001571	36	Indian Woods Middle	Public	7-8	9700 Woodson Dr	Overland Park	66207	Johnson County	Shawnee Mission Pub School	No	No	No	No	(913) 993-0600	770	48	16	37.9%	509 (66.1%)	56 (7.3%)	143 (18.6%)	16 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (6.0%)	$9,516			$597			$8,920	84.2	82.6	36
200672001009	37	Kiowa County Elementary/Junior High	Public	PK, KG-8	730 S. Main	Greensburg	67054	Kiowa County	Kiowa County	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 723-2332	216	15	14.4	49.5%	183 (84.7%)	1 (0.5%)	15 (6.9%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	14 (6.5%)	$12,870			$1,266			$11,605	84.1	83.2	35	2
201014001971	38	Mission Trail Middle School	Public	6-8	1001 N. Persimmon Drive	Olathe	66061	Johnson County	Olathe	No	No	No	No	(913) 780-7260	699	48	14.5	13.0%	569 (81.4%)	32 (4.6%)	48 (6.9%)	23 (3.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	25 (3.6%)	$10,405			$419			$9,986	83.6	84.7	33	5
201014001548	39	Chisholm Trail Middle School	Public	6-8	16700 W. 159th Street	Olathe	66062	Johnson County	Olathe	No	No	No	No	(913) 780-7240	574	44	13	15.3%	417 (72.6%)	39 (6.8%)	50 (8.7%)	34 (5.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (5.6%)	$10,657			$335			$10,322	83.4	82.2	39
200840000876	40	Lawrence Southwest Middle School	Public	6-8	2511 Inverness Drive	Lawrence	66047	Douglas County	Lawrence	No	No	No	No	(785) 832-5550	654	41	15.8	24.5%	442 (67.6%)	29 (4.4%)	54 (8.3%)	32 (4.9%)	10 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	87 (13.3%)	$10,158			$462			$9,696	81.5	79.3	43	3

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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.