Best Middle Schools in Kansas

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 362)	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 (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Rank (2022)	Rank Change from 2022	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)
201164001568	1	Indian Hills Middle	Public	7-8	6400 Mission Rd	Prairie Village	66208	Johnson County	Shawnee Mission Pub School	No	No	No	No	(913) 993-0400	850	53	16.1	14.7%	711 (83.6%)	19 (2.2%)	73 (8.6%)	17 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (3.5%)	$9,197			$488			$8,709	98.3	96	5	4
201185002111	2	Woodland Spring Middle School	Public	6-8	17450 W 167 Street	Olathe	66062	Johnson County	Spring Hill	No	No	No	No	(913) 592-8188	371	26	14.5	8.1%	329 (88.7%)	6 (1.6%)	19 (5.1%)	9 (2.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)								96.4	87.8	19	17
200633000049	3	Patton Junior High	Public	6-9	1 Patton Loop Bldg 326	Fort Leavenworth	66027	Leavenworth County	Fort Leavenworth	No	No	No	No	(913) 651-7371	439	32	13.8	6.4%	287 (65.4%)	46 (10.5%)	61 (13.9%)	11 (2.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.3%)	$11,266			$1,940			$9,326	96.2	97.5	2	1
200914002083	4	Maize Virtual Preparatory School	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	301 S Park	Maize	67101	Sedgwick County	Maize	No	No	Yes	No	(316) 462-8800	396	21	18.9	0.8%	339 (85.6%)	10 (2.5%)	16 (4.0%)	7 (1.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.8%)	$4,889			$26			$4,863	95.6	98.8	1	3
201200000012	5	Harmony Middle	Public	6-8	10101 W. 141st St.	Overland Park	66221	Johnson County	Blue Valley	No	No	No	No	(913) 239-5200	521	37	14	10.7%	346 (66.4%)	17 (3.3%)	29 (5.6%)	98 (18.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (5.6%)	$9,689			$579			$9,110	94.8	93	12	7
201110000819	6	Riley County Grade School	Public	PK, KG-8	117 N. Remmele	Riley	66531	Riley County	Riley County	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 485-4010	504	35	14.6	25.4%	434 (86.1%)	9 (1.8%)	26 (5.2%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.8%)	$10,833			$275			$10,558	94.6	96.9	3	3
200549000906	7	Lexington Trails Middle School	Public	6-8	8800 Penner Avenue	De Soto	66018	Johnson County	De Soto	No	No	No	No	(913) 667-6260	376	31	12.3	29.8%	290 (77.1%)	2 (0.5%)	71 (18.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.9%)	$11,551			$392			$11,159	94.4	95.8	6	1
201200000994	8	Prairie Star Middle	Public	6-8	14201 Mission Road	Leawood	66224	Johnson County	Blue Valley	No	No	No	No	(913) 239-5600	443	38	11.6	6.3%	311 (70.2%)	10 (2.3%)	15 (3.4%)	75 (16.9%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (6.1%)	$11,001			$554			$10,447	94	93.4	11	3
201108000386	9	Andale Elementary-Middle	Public	PK, KG-8	500 West Rush	Andale	67001	Sedgwick County	Renwick	No	No	No	No	(316) 444-2628	420	21	19.6	15.0%	397 (94.5%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.4%)	$8,458			$589			$7,870	93.7	85.8	26	17
201200002045	10	Aubry Bend Middle School	Public	6-8	12501 W. 175th Street	Overland Park	66221	Johnson County	Blue Valley	No	No	No	No	(913) 624-2300	819	56	14.6	6.0%	635 (77.5%)	17 (2.1%)	27 (3.3%)	94 (11.5%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (5.1%)	$8,950			$330			$8,619	93.6	84.5	30	20

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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 10, 2023, 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.

Educational resources:

Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

Alternative Schools vs Public Schools: A Comparison

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.