Summary:
Lakin has one listed middle school, Lakin Middle, serving grades 6–8 and 182 students. Because it is the only listed school, local school-to-school comparisons are not possible. The clearest concern is English language arts: 34% of students were proficient in 2025–2026, compared with 46% statewide, and seventh-grade proficiency was especially low at 27% versus 44% statewide.
Lakin Middle is both the highest- and lowest-performing school in the local list by default, so the more useful comparison is with state and district results. Science stands out positively: proficiency was 42%, 4 points above Kansas and 4 points above the Lakin district. Math was close to the state overall, at 40% versus 41%, but grade results varied: sixth grade was 10 points above the state, while seventh grade was 8 points below. The school’s ELA result was 5 points below the district’s, even as math and science were 4 points above district results.
Recent changes are mixed: science proficiency rose 9 points from the prior year, while ELA fell 7 points; math increased by 1 point, less than the state’s 2-point gain. SchoolDigger’s ranking history also shifted: the school was at the 41st percentile in 2025–2026, down 11 percentile points from the year before but up 9 points from 2023–2024. Its student-teacher ratio was 13.6, and its reported free/reduced-lunch rate was 58%; these are context figures, not explanations for test results. Chronic absenteeism was 6%, below the state’s 18% but above the district’s 4%.
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