Summary:
Herington has one middle school, Herington Middle School, serving grades 6–8, with 87 students. Because it is the only middle school in the area, families can compare its results with Kansas but not with another local school. The most important finding is that its 2025–26 ELA proficiency rate was 26%, compared with 46% statewide—a 20-point gap.
Herington Middle School is strongest relative to Kansas in science, while ELA is its weakest subject against the state benchmark. Science proficiency was 29% versus 38% statewide, a 10-point gap; math was 29% versus 41%, a 12-point gap. ELA was 26% versus 46%. Within the school, math had the highest overall score, but grade 7 math was a softer spot: 25%, compared with 32% in grade 6 and 31% in grade 8. ELA rose from 21% in grade 6 to 29% in grade 8, though it remained below state rates in each grade.
Results changed unevenly from 2024–25 to 2025–26: math rose by 1 point, while ELA and science each fell by 1 point, and the average gap with Kansas widened slightly, from 13 to 14 points. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking also declined, from 257th of 362 schools (29th percentile) in 2023–24 to 315th of 368 (14th percentile) in 2025–26. The school’s chronic absenteeism rate was 29%, above the 18% statewide rate but below the district’s 31%; its free/reduced-lunch rate was 69%, and its student–teacher ratio was 12.9. These figures offer context but do not establish what explains test results.
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