Best Middle Schools in Kansas for Low Socio Economic Status Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Kansas!

Every year, the Kansas State Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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 (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 285)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	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	99.6%	93.9%	5.71%			200960000082
2	Smith Center Junior Senior High	Public	7-12	300 Roger Barta Way	Smith Center	66967	Smith County	Smith Center	No	No	No	No	(785) 282-6609	183	19	9.7	50.8%	164 (89.6%)	4 (2.2%)	3 (1.6%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (6.0%)	$15,616			$1,478			$14,138	99.3%	89.5%	9.77%			200000700156
3	Harmony Middle	Public	6-8	10101 W. 141st St.	Overland Park	66221	Johnson County	Blue Valley	No	No	No	No	(913) 239-5200	536	40	13.5	11.9%	337 (62.9%)	19 (3.5%)	39 (7.3%)	107 (20.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (6.2%)	$13,790			$1,018			$12,772	98.9%	97.5%	1.43%			201200000012
4	Baxter Springs High	Public	7-12	100 N Military	Baxter Springs	66713	Cherokee County	Baxter Springs	No	No	No	No	(620) 856-3366	361	32	11.2	57.3%	270 (74.8%)	4 (1.1%)	15 (4.2%)	1 (0.3%)	35 (9.7%)	4 (1.1%)	32 (8.9%)	$13,277			$289			$12,987	98.6%	91.2%	7.41%			200381001508
5	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	98.2%	93.4%	4.86%			200897001638
6	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	792	56	14.2	5.6%	605 (76.4%)	16 (2.0%)	36 (4.5%)	94 (11.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	39 (4.9%)	$11,592			$794			$10,798	97.9%	99.4%	1.55%			201200002045
7	Valley Heights Junior/Senior High	Public	7-12	2274 6th Road	Blue Rapids	66411	Marshall County	Valley Heights	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 363-2508	166	15	11	38.6%	156 (94.0%)	1 (0.6%)	5 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.8%)	$18,462			$1,352			$17,109	97.5%	87.3%	10.22%			201278001383
8	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	879	58	15.1	13.8%	733 (83.4%)	13 (1.5%)	73 (8.3%)	14 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	44 (5.0%)	$11,263			$410			$10,853	97.2%	98.9%	1.71%			201164001568
9	Elk Valley High School	Public	6-12	701 Delaware	Longton	67352	Elk County	Elk Valley	No	No	No	No	(620) 642-2215	55	7	7.8	65.5%	45 (81.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (10.9%)	$21,616			$1,782			$19,834	96.8%	79.3%	17.50%			200576000436
10	Prairie Trail Middle School	Public	6-8	21600 W 107th St	Olathe	66061	Johnson County	Olathe	No	No	No	No	(913) 780-7280	709	50	14	7.5%	543 (76.6%)	37 (5.2%)	51 (7.2%)	49 (6.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	27 (3.8%)	$12,983			$398			$12,586	96.5%	97.0%	0.48%			201014001761

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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.

Educational resources:

State-Administered Standardized Tests: A Comprehensive Guide

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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.