Elkhart Middle School

Elkhart Middle School is a public middle school in Elkhart, Kansas, serving 87 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Elkhart District, which is ranked 211 out of 264 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Elkhart Middle School has consistently underperformed the state average in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency across all grades. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school's ELA proficiency rate was 46.66%, compared to the state average of 44.47%, while its Mathematics proficiency rate was 26.57%, significantly lower than the state average of 38.73%. The school's performance in Science is slightly better, with a proficiency rate of 40.9% in 2024-2025, compared to the state average of 41.44%. However, the 8th-grade students at Elkhart Middle School have performed better in ELA compared to the 6th and 7th-grade students.

The school has also struggled with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 18.6% to 29.9% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state average. Despite the school's higher per-student spending of $11,941 in the 2018-2019 school year and a lower student-teacher ratio than the state average, it has not been able to translate these resources into improved academic outcomes. The school's performance across different student subgroups has been mixed, with Hispanic, White, and low-income students performing relatively better than female and male students.