Best Middle Schools in Kansas

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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
21	Blue Valley Middle	Public	6-8	5001 W. 163rd Terrace	Overland Park	66085	Johnson County	Blue Valley	No	No	No	No	(913) 239-5100	593	44	13.4	15.5%	425 (71.7%)	30 (5.1%)	52 (8.8%)	44 (7.4%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	38 (6.4%)	$12,837			$716			$12,121	91.6	91.4	19	2		201200000115
22	Minneola Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	111 East Locust	Minneola	67865	Clark County	Minneola	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 885-4571	173	14	12.6	60.1%	130 (75.1%)	1 (0.6%)	29 (16.8%)	3 (1.7%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.6%)	$13,765			$2,499			$11,266	91.4	78.9	48	26		200960000082
23	Forest Spring Middle School	Public	6-8	18701 W 191st St	Spring Hill	66083	Johnson County	Spring Hill	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(913) 592-7388	296	23	12.7	14.2%	246 (83.1%)	7 (2.4%)	19 (6.4%)	8 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.4%)	$14,196			$2,566			$11,630	90.5			(n/a)		201185002177
24	Louisburg Middle	Public	6-8	505 E. Amity	Louisburg	66053	Miami County	Louisburg	No	No	No	No	(913) 837-1800	378	25	15	21.2%	332 (87.8%)	2 (0.5%)	24 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.0%)	$12,068			$1,154			$10,914	90.1	89.3	22	2		200897001638
25	Little River Junior High	Public	7-8	430 Waverly Street	Little River	67457	Rice County	Little River	No	No	No	No	(620) 897-6201	33	4	8.6	27.3%	32 (97.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$17,347			$591			$16,756	89.9	96.4	4	21		200888001101
26	Andover Central Middle School	Public	6-8	903 E. Central	Andover	67002	Butler County	Andover	No	No	No	No	(316) 218-4710	642	44	14.6	28.2%	474 (73.8%)	24 (3.7%)	65 (10.1%)	34 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (7.0%)	$10,822			$551			$10,271	89.9	90.2	20	6		200336001564
27	Hesston Middle	Public	5-8	100 N Ridge Road	Hesston	67062	Harvey County	Hesston	No	No	No	No	(620) 327-7111	273	16	16.8	25.6%	232 (85.0%)	7 (2.6%)	26 (9.5%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.8%)	$12,089			$643			$11,446	89.5	87.3	26	1		200717001193
28	Maize Virtual Preparatory School	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	3403 N. Tyler Road	Wichita	67205	Sedgwick County	Maize	No	No	Yes	No	(316) 462-8800	446	21	21.4		386 (86.5%)	4 (0.9%)	19 (4.3%)	6 (1.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (6.5%)	$5,571			$00			$5,571	89	94.9	8	20		200914002083
29	Garden Plain Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	700 Section Line	Garden Plain	67050	Sedgwick County	Renwick	No	No	No	Yes	(316) 531-2261	445	24	18.1	15.1%	413 (92.8%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.1%)	$10,056			$5,203			$4,853	88.3	80.9	44	15		201108000389
30	Indian Woods Middle	Public	7-8	9700 Woodson Dr	Overland Park	66207	Johnson County	Shawnee Mission Pub School	No	No	No	No	(913) 993-0600	809	52	15.5	35.0%	523 (64.6%)	56 (6.9%)	151 (18.7%)	28 (3.5%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (6.1%)	$12,111			$483			$11,628	88.2	84.2	36	6		201164001571

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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.