Summary:
Wabaunsee has one middle school, Wabaunsee Junior High, serving grades 6–8 and 95 students, so families will find no other local middle school for comparison. Its clearest academic strength is science: 60% of students were proficient in 2025–2026, 22 points above Kansas and 7 points above the Wabaunsee district. The most striking concern is chronic absenteeism, at 57% compared with 28% districtwide and 18% statewide.
Wabaunsee Junior High stands out in science, but results in ELA and math are much less exceptional overall: ELA was 46.3% versus 45.9% statewide, and math was 43% versus 41%. Its latest results also differ sharply by grade. Seventh grade was below Kansas in both ELA (35% versus 44%) and math (29% versus 38%), while sixth- and eighth-grade ELA were each about 9 points above the state. Eighth-grade math was a particular strength, at 54% versus 40%; sixth-grade math was 45% versus 41%. Eighth-grade science reached 60%, 21 points above Kansas.
Results changed substantially from 2024–2025: ELA fell 10 points and math fell 16, while science rose 18. The school’s earlier leads over Kansas in ELA and math narrowed to less than 1 point and 2 points, respectively, while its science lead widened to 22 points. SchoolDigger ranked the school 120th of 368 in 2025–2026 (67th percentile, 3 stars), down from 50th of 363 (86th percentile, 4 stars) the year before. The reported student–teacher ratio was 11.9 and the free/reduced-lunch rate was 40% in 2024–2025; these figures describe the school’s context, not the cause of its results.
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