Summary
Haysville West Middle School in Haysville, Kansas, enrolls 551 students in grades 6–8 and is one of several middle schools serving the surrounding area. Its 2025–26 proficiency results were below state averages in all three tested subjects: 34% in English Language Arts (ELA), 30% in math, and 28% in science, compared with 46%, 41%, and 38% statewide. The main takeaway is that results are not a local outlier—the school ranked fifth of nine comparable nearby middle schools in each subject—but its state-level gaps remain substantial.
Math is the school’s clearest relative strength, while science is its weakest subject against nearby peers. The school’s math proficiency was 2 percentage points above the Haysville district and 7 points above the nearby-school average of 23%. ELA was 3 points below the district, but 5 points above the nearby average of 29%. Science was about level with the district and 3 points above the nearby average of 25%, the smallest advantage over nearby schools. All three results were still below state levels, by 12 points in ELA, 11 in math, and 10 in science. At grade level, sixth-grade math is a particular concern: 23% were proficient, 9 points below the district and 19 below the state. By contrast, seventh-grade ELA was 4 points above the district and ranked second of nine comparable schools.
Results have improved since 2022–23, especially in ELA and math: proficiency rose by 13 percentage points in ELA, 14 in math, and 5 in science. However, science fell 6 points in the latest year, and its gap with the state widened over the longer term. SchoolDigger gives the school a 26th-percentile ranking and 1 star for 2025–26; its percentile has fallen 27 points since 2015–16. Context includes a 2024–25 student-teacher ratio of 13.5, below the nearby non-alternative-school median of 14.3, and a free/reduced-lunch rate of 59%, below the nearby average of 72%; these measures do not explain test results. SchoolDigger’s group rankings also shifted notably: its ranking for Hispanic students dropped from the 60th percentile to the 26th in one year, while its ranking for Special Education Students rose from the 14th percentile in 2023–24 to the 41st in 2025–26.
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