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
261	Landon Middle School	Public	6-8	731 SW Fairlawn Rd	Topeka	66606	Shawnee County	Topeka Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(785) 438-4220	430	33	12.9	68.4%	171 (39.8%)	36 (8.4%)	162 (37.7%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (12.8%)	$15,412			$2,541			$12,871	32.1	37.1	225	36		201226001688
262	Great Bend Middle School	Public	7-8	1919 Harrison	Great Bend	67530	Barton County	Great Bend	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 793-1510	438	41	10.5	66.2%	243 (55.5%)	4 (0.9%)	167 (38.1%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (4.6%)	$16,052			$2,898			$13,154	32.1	35.1	238	24		200666001034
263	Osawatomie Middle School	Public	6-8	428 Pacific	Osawatomie	66064	Miami County	Osawatomie	No	No	No	No	(913) 755-4155	195	15	12.6	68.7%	160 (82.1%)	2 (1.0%)	15 (7.7%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (7.7%)	$15,377			$1,295			$14,082	31.9	43.1	182	81		201026000773
264	Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	1243 N Market	Wichita	67214	Sedgwick County	Wichita	No	Yes	No	Yes	(316) 973-3100	643	40	16	84.9%	38 (5.9%)	16 (2.5%)	581 (90.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.1%)	$13,675			$3,013			$10,662	31.7	30.4	268	4		201299000333
265	Haysville West Middle School	Public	6-8	1956 W. Grand Ave.	Haysville	67060	Sedgwick County	Haysville	No	No	No	No	(316) 554-2370	551	41	13.5	59.0%	292 (53.0%)	26 (4.7%)	134 (24.3%)	33 (6.0%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.7%)	60 (10.9%)	$14,085			$543			$13,541	31.7	32.6	251	14		200705001906
266	Jefferson County North Elementary/Middle	Public	PK, KG-8	100 Charger Lane	Nortonville	66060	Jefferson County	Jefferson County North	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 886-3870	338	25	13.3	38.2%	325 (96.2%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.7%)	$12,915			$439			$12,477	31.4	34.8	240	26		201302001239
267	Marjorie French Middle School	Public	6-8	5257 SW 33rd St	Topeka	66614	Shawnee County	Topeka Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(785) 438-4150	480	33	14.3	64.4%	207 (43.1%)	73 (15.2%)	103 (21.5%)	6 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	90 (18.8%)	$15,632			$3,516			$12,116	31.4	42.2	190	77		201226001474
268	Wichita County Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	800 West Braodway	Leoti	67861	Wichita County	Leoti	No	No	No	No	(620) 375-2213	187	18	10.1	53.5%	107 (57.2%)	0 (0.0%)	78 (41.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	$16,195			$1,629			$14,567	31.2	56	122	146		200861001952
269	Syracuse High	Public	7-12	502 North Main	Syracuse	67878	Hamilton County	Syracuse	No	No	No	No	(620) 384-7446	230	18	12.5	64.8%	98 (42.6%)	0 (0.0%)	128 (55.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	$15,111			$1,839			$13,272	31.1	61.6	95	174		201215001348
270	Iola Middle School	Public	6-8	600 East Street	Iola	66749	Allen County	Iola	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 365-4785	238	25	9.3	61.8%	196 (82.4%)	5 (2.1%)	22 (9.2%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.5%)	$14,220			$282			$13,938	30.9	23.8	299	29		200774000243

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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.