Herington Middle School

Herington Middle School is a public middle school in Herington, Kansas, serving 94 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Herington School District, which is ranked 204 out of 264 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Herington Middle School has consistently underperformed compared to the state averages in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates were 26.95% in ELA and 27.77% in Mathematics, significantly below the state averages of 44.47% and 38.73%, respectively. The school's statewide ranking among Kansas middle schools has ranged from 178 to 323 out of 350-368 schools in recent years. While the school's special education students have performed relatively better, its students from low socioeconomic backgrounds have struggled, with the school's ranking ranging from 134 to 203 out of 285-300 Kansas middle schools.

Herington Middle School also faces challenges with student engagement and attendance. The school has experienced relatively high dropout rates, ranging from 0.9% to 1.6% in recent years, and high rates of chronic absenteeism, with 19.5% to 31.0% of students chronically absent, significantly higher than the state average. The school's per-student spending of $10,194 in the 2018-2019 school year was slightly higher than the state average, and its student-teacher ratio has fluctuated between 12.2 and 19.3 students per teacher in recent years.