Summary:
Middle schools in Chetopa-St. Paul consist of one school, St. Paul Middle School, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 58 students. With no other area middle school to compare, the clearest reference point is Kansas: in 2025–26, St. Paul’s all-grades proficiency was 48% in English language arts (ELA), 43% in math, and 44% in science, versus 46%, 41%, and 38% statewide. The school was above the state in all three subjects, but its leads had narrowed sharply from the previous year.
Within the school’s latest results, science stands out most relative to Kansas, at 44% proficient compared with 38% statewide—a 6-point advantage. ELA and math were each 2 points above the state. Grade-level results show a stronger pattern in eighth grade: ELA was 13 points above Kansas and math was 16 points above. Seventh grade was weaker, with ELA 9 points below the state and math 2 points below; sixth-grade ELA was 8 points above, while math was 2 points below. Across the school’s all-grades subjects, ELA was highest at 48% and math lowest at 43%, a 5-point spread. St. Paul’s chronic absenteeism was 8%, lower than the district’s 13% and Kansas’s 18%.
Results moved closer to state levels from 2024–25 to 2025–26 as St. Paul’s proficiency fell by 7 points in ELA, 5 in math, and 15 in science. Its advantages over Kansas narrowed by 8 points in ELA, 7 in math, and 11 in science, though science remained its strongest relative subject. SchoolDigger’s ranking also declined, from 27th of 362 schools in 2023–24 to 129th of 368 in 2025–26; its reported percentile fell from 93 to 65. Context figures include a student-teacher ratio of 16.6 and a free/reduced-lunch rate of 52% in 2024–25. These figures describe the school, but a single-school list cannot show how it compares with other local schools.
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