Middle Schools in Girard

Girard has one middle school in this dataset: Girard Middle, serving grades 6–8 and 201 students, so families cannot compare it with another local middle school here. The results show a mixed academic picture, rather than a consistent advantage or disadvantage across subjects. The most important finding is that the school was above Kansas in science but below the state in both ELA and math in 2025–2026.

Girard Middle’s strongest all-grade result was science: 46% proficient, compared with 38% statewide, or 8 percentage points higher. ELA was 38% versus 46% statewide, 8 points lower, and math was 38% versus 41%, 3 points lower. Results varied by grade, especially in math: seventh grade was 8 points above the state (45% versus 38%), while sixth grade was 5 points below (36% versus 41%) and eighth grade was 7 points below (32% versus 40%). In ELA, sixth and eighth grades were 7 and 9 points below state results; seventh grade was nearly even, with both figures rounding to 44% (the school was 0.2 points lower).

Recent results moved in different directions by subject. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, school science proficiency rose from 42% to 46%, while the state’s fell from 41% to 38%; the school’s lead grew from 1 to 8 points. ELA fell from 39% to 38%, and math was essentially unchanged at about 38%, while state results rose in both subjects. SchoolDigger’s ranking also moved down over three years, from the 65th percentile (126 of 362 schools) to the 45th percentile (203 of 368), a 20-point decline. Other context: the student-teacher ratio was 12.6, the free/reduced-lunch rate was 50%, and chronic absenteeism was 12%, compared with 18% statewide.