Summary:
Baldwin City has one middle school, Baldwin Junior High School, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 309 students. Because it is the only middle school in the area, families have one local school to consider rather than a choice among several. The most important finding is that the school scored above Kansas in all three subjects in 2025–2026, with its largest advantage in math.
Baldwin Junior High School is both the highest- and lowest-scoring school in this one-school list, so there is no local school-to-school comparison. Against Kansas, its 2025–2026 results were 53% in ELA versus 46% statewide, 52% in math versus 41%, and 47% in science versus 38—advantages of 8, 11 and 8 percentage points, respectively. Eighth grade stands out: results were 17 points above the state in ELA and 19 points above in math. Seventh grade is the clearest relative weak spot, with ELA just 1 point above the state and math 5 points above. SchoolDigger ranks the school 68th out of 368 statewide, at the 82nd percentile, and gives it four stars.
Results improved in all three subjects from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, especially in math: the school gained 5 points in ELA, 9 in math and 1 in science. Its average lead over Kansas widened from 4 points to 9; the state’s science result fell 3 points while the school’s rose slightly. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranking also rebounded from 71 in 2024–2025 to 82, after reaching 78 in 2023–2024. Attendance is another favorable measure: chronic absenteeism was 12% at the school, compared with 13% in the Baldwin City district and 18% statewide. The school’s reported student–teacher ratio is 14.2:1, and its free/reduced-lunch rate is 33%; these figures provide context, not an explanation for its results.
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