Summary:
The five middle schools in Shawnee Mission Pub School all serve grades 7–8. In 2025–26, their average proficiency was above the state average by 12 percentage points in ELA, 14 points in math and 15 points in science, though results varied widely from school to school. The clearest standout is Indian Hills Middle, which led its four peers’ average by 22 points in ELA, 24 in math and 24 in science.
Indian Woods Middle was the broad-based runner-up, ranking second among these schools in all three subjects. The lowest results differed by subject: Westridge Middle was lowest in ELA, at 47%, and math, at 41%, while Hocker Grove Middle was lowest in science, at 41%. Even so, every school was above the state in ELA and science, and four of five were above it in math; Westridge was just below the 41% state math result. Across the schools, the gap between highest and lowest results was 28 points in ELA, 33 in math and 31 in science.
The group’s average improved from 2024–25 to 2025–26 by 4 points in ELA, 5 in math and 3 in science, but not every school or subject followed that pattern. Westridge made the biggest gains in ELA and math, rising 8 and 6 points, while Trailridge Middle and Hocker Grove had small science declines. SchoolDigger’s 2025–26 rankings place Indian Hills first among 368 schools and Indian Woods 24th; Westridge, Trailridge and Hocker Grove also improved their rank positions since 2023–24. School characteristics do not form a simple pattern with scores: Westridge had the lowest student-teacher ratio, 13.1, yet the lowest ELA and math results, while Indian Hills led with a ratio of 15.1. Westridge and Hocker Grove had nearly identical free/reduced-lunch rates, about 54%, but different subject results; these figures describe the schools and do not explain their scores.
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