Best Middle Schools in Kansas

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Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Kansas test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the KAP test scores by the Kansas State Department of Education. The most recent update was on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 363)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
271	Holton Middle	Public	6-8	900 Iowa Street	Holton	66436	Jackson County	Holton	No	No	No	No	(785) 364-2441	220	18	11.9	45.0%	171 (77.7%)	1 (0.5%)	26 (11.8%)	3 (1.4%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (7.3%)	$10,008			$830			$9,179	30.9	32.3	254	17		200738000656
272	Macksville High	Public	7-12	417 N. Gilmore	Macksville	67557	Stafford County	Macksville	No	No	No	No	(620) 348-2475	81	13	6.3	71.6%	40 (49.4%)	1 (1.2%)	34 (42.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)	$24,261			$1,137			$23,124	30.8	26	288	16		200906000713
273	Holcomb Middle	Public	6-8	500 N Henderson	Holcomb	67851	Finney County	Holcomb	No	No	No	No	(620) 277-2699	227	18	12.3	53.7%	193 (85.0%)	2 (0.9%)	19 (8.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.3%)	$13,447			$1,321			$12,126	30.8	23.4	304	31		200735000798
274	West Franklin Middle School	Public	6-8	331 Tyler St	Pomona	66076	Franklin County	West Franklin	No	No	No	No	(785) 566-3451	149	14	10.9	54.4%	132 (88.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.4%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	6 (4.0%)	$14,853			$3,733			$11,120	30.7	31	265	9		201080001894
275	Canton-Galva Junior/Senior High	Public	6-12	506 S. Kansas	Canton	67428	McPherson County	Canton-Galva	No	No	No	No	(620) 628-4401	174	14	12.7	36.8%	150 (86.2%)	2 (1.1%)	16 (9.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.4%)	$14,783			$853			$13,930	30.6	32.8	250	25		200444001002
276	Satanta Junior-Senior High	Public	6-12	100 Caddo	Satanta	67870	Haskell County	Satanta	No	No	No	No	(620) 649-2611	114	13	8.6	74.6%	54 (47.4%)	1 (0.9%)	59 (51.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$23,215			$6,576			$16,639	30.6	47.1	165	111		201140001503
277	Jayhawk-Linn High	Public	7-12	14675 Ks Hwy 52	Mound City	66056	Linn County	Jayhawk	No	No	No	No	(913) 795-2224	263	26	10.2	53.6%	235 (89.4%)	1 (0.4%)	15 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.8%)	$18,831			$1,315			$17,516	29.5	62.6	93	184		200775000696
278	Hartford Junior/Senior High School	Public	6-12	100 Commercial St	Hartford	66854	Lyon County	Southern Lyon County	No	No	No	No	(620) 392-5515	101	11	8.8	56.4%	97 (96.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.0%)	$18,606			$362			$18,244	29.4	22.9	307	29		200693000215
279	Everest Middle	Public	5-8	221 South 7th	Everest	66424	Brown County	South Brown County	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 548-7536	151	14	10.7	64.2%	111 (73.5%)	2 (1.3%)	14 (9.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (11.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.6%)	$16,806			$1,360			$15,446	29.2	22.5	308	29		200747001040
280	Basehor-Linwood Virtual School	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	2108 N 155th St	Basehor	66007	Leavenworth County	Basehor-Linwood	No	No	Yes	No	(913) 724-1727	170	6	27.8	1.8%	112 (65.9%)	8 (4.7%)	32 (18.8%)	3 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (8.8%)	$5,356			$00			$5,356	28.9			(n/a)		200378002160

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on KAP English Language Arts, KAP Mathematics, KAP Science test scores released by the Kansas State Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 14, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Kansas State Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Kansas State Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kansas State Department of Education.