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Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School

Public Grades 6-8

296^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 363 Kansas Middle Schools

Better than 18% of Kansas middle schools

Summary

Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School is a public middle school serving grades 6-8 in Lawrence, Kansas. With 394 students, the school is part of the Lawrence school district, which is ranked 110 out of 264 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite the available resources, Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School consistently underperforms compared to the Lawrence district and the state of Kansas in standardized test scores for English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 30.98% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 49.27% in the Lawrence district and 44.47% statewide. The school's math proficiency rate was even lower at 24.11%, compared to 41.81% in Lawrence and 38.73% in Kansas. Additionally, the school struggles significantly with achievement gaps for various student subgroups.

Interestingly, when comparing Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School to other middle schools in the Lawrence district and surrounding areas, it becomes clear that the school is an outlier in terms of academic performance. For example, Lawrence Southwest Middle School, which is just 3.73 miles away, consistently outperforms Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School by a significant margin on state assessments. While the reasons for the school's underperformance are complex, addressing the specific needs of the student population and implementing targeted interventions could be potential strategies to improve outcomes at Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School.

386

Students ?

13.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,197

Per pupil spending ?

58.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1400 Massachusetts St
Lawrence, KS 66044

(785) 832-5400

District: Lawrence

Students who attend Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School usually attend:

High:

Lawrence Free State High

Feeder schools for Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School:

Elementary:	Cordley Elementary
	New York Elementary
	Woodlawn Elementary

Racial breakdown:

White:

58.5%

Two or more races:

15.8%

Hispanic:

14.5%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 69th percentile in 2015 → 18th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Kansas average (28% vs 42% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (18th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (41% vs 20% Kansas)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school28%

District avg46%

Kansas avg42%

296^th of 363

Kansas public middle schools ?

Bottom 18%▼ down 50 pts since 2015

From top 31% (2015) to bottom 18% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

4^th of 4Middle Schools in the Lawrence

110^th of 264Lawrence among Kansas districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2025	24.8	296 of 363	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	36.8	227 of 362	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.4	242 of 362	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.0	229 of 368	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	42.3	203 of 367	44.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	48.6	172 of 368	53.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	42.0	196 of 350	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2017	49.2	163 of 358	54.5%	★★★☆☆
2016	47.6	167 of 343	51.3%	★★★☆☆
2015	60.5	115 of 368	68.8%	★★★☆☆
2013	27.9	295 of 355	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	31.4	292 of 342	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	39.5	244 of 320	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	39.0	237 of 316	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	25.2	262 of 307	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	6.9	276 of 296	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	7.0	268 of 286	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	18.3	242 of 277	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2025	22.9	55 of 68	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.4	59 of 73	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.0	72 of 72	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	38.2	41 of 69	40.6%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2021	44.1	81 of 160	49.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	30.9	122 of 157	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	35.2	87 of 132	34.1%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2024	30.0	63 of 65	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2021	39.5	190 of 313	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	42.3	168 of 294	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	46.0	137 of 275	50.2%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2025	28.2	101 of 135	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.0	119 of 144	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.7	136 of 140	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	29.0	105 of 138	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	37.3	81 of 135	40.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	40.6	65 of 128	49.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	54.7	40 of 114	64.9%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2025	15.6	264 of 285	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	26.5	244 of 296	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.8	224 of 300	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	35.5	184 of 270	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	37.1	181 of 275	34.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	37.5	176 of 270	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	30.6	196 of 255	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2021	45.7	157 of 308	49.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	52.5	121 of 301	59.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	37.3	179 of 280	36.1%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2025	20.5	80 of 91	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.0	82 of 88	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.0	85 of 90	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	29.7	62 of 83	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	35.5	52 of 79	34.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	26.3	61 of 70	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.4	61 of 64	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2025	29.2	135 of 177	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.2	128 of 164	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.0	171 of 178	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	39.5	92 of 171	46.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	44.1	81 of 160	49.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	30.9	122 of 157	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	35.2	87 of 132	34.1%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2025	33.9	238 of 349	31.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	50.1	147 of 347	57.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	50.8	143 of 349	59.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	47.3	159 of 349	54.4%	★★★☆☆
2021	50.7	144 of 349	58.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	68.3	72 of 344	79.1%	★★★★☆
2018	53.4	123 of 333	63.1%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Disabled (2021)49th percentile+5 vs school

Male (2021)49th percentile+4 vs school

Female (2021)39th percentile-5 vs school

White (2025)32nd percentile+13 vs school

Hispanic (2025)25th percentile+7 vs school

Special Education (2025)24th percentile+5 vs school

African American (2025)19th percentile~ school

Multi-racial (2025)12th percentile-6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)7th percentile-11 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)3rd percentile-34 vs school

By subject vs Kansas (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts31%-13 vs state

Science29%-12 vs state

Mathematics24%-15 vs state

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by a parent
Monday, April 20, 2015

I find the principal, Jeff Harkin, unresponsive to the needs of the individual child. He is unresponsive to phone calls. He is unresponsive to emails. He is unresponsive to parental requests.
I think a good portion of the teachers are good. There is a teacher there whose native language is not English and is hard for the students to understand. Speech clarity is important to keep kids interested in the topic, is important for them to be able to learn. Hopefully they find a quality principal sometime in the near future.
Also the kids have only 4 minutes between classes in a three-story school building with cement steps, and two hallways. I find this outrageous, and so do other parents I converse with about this. If these kids don't make it to class on time, amid these conditions, they get an dubiously enforced
"intraschool tardy". There is no time for students to go to the restroom or to maintain their hydration. This rule is unhealthful. I have gone to the school nurse about this to no avail. I have gone to the district nurse about this to no avial. They don't care about the unhealthful practice. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				KAP English Language Arts (2025)					KAP Mathematics (2025)					KAP Science (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	KAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	KAP English Language Arts All Grades	KAP Mathematics 5th Grade	KAP Mathematics 6th Grade	KAP Mathematics 7th Grade	KAP Mathematics 8th Grade	KAP Mathematics All Grades	KAP Science 5th Grade	KAP Science 8th Grade	KAP Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School	Public	6-8	1400 Massachusetts St	Lawrence	66044	Douglas County	Lawrence	No	No	No	No	(785) 832-5400	386	28	13.9	58.8%	226 (58.5%)	30 (7.8%)	56 (14.5%)	5 (1.3%)	8 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (15.8%)	24.8	296^th of 363 public middle schools	18.5%		36.8	227^th of 362 public middle schools	37.3%	69		34.2	25.2	33.7	31.0		25.3	17.7	30.3	24.1		29.3	29.3	$13,197	$942	$12,255
Billy Mills Middle School	Public	6-8	2734 Louisiana St	Lawrence	66046	Douglas County	Lawrence	No	No	No	No	(785) 832-5450	494	34	14.6	57.9%	272 (55.1%)	29 (5.9%)	85 (17.2%)	10 (2.0%)	21 (4.3%)	1 (0.2%)	76 (15.4%)	25.8	290^th of 363 public middle schools	20.1%		31	264^th of 362 public middle schools	27.1%	26		26.5	38.1	30.7	31.6		24.4	27.2	24.6	25.4		27.6	27.6	$14,661	$880	$13,782
Lawrence West Middle School	Public	6-8	2700 Harvard Road	Lawrence	66049	Douglas County	Lawrence	No	No	No	No	(785) 832-5500	648	44	14.5	36.7%	426 (65.7%)	42 (6.5%)	73 (11.3%)	13 (2.0%)	7 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	86 (13.3%)	61.4	115^th of 363 public middle schools	68.3%		49.6	154^th of 362 public middle schools	57.5%	39		45.2	46.3	50.2	47.3		38.6	31.6	44.6	38.2		58.6	58.6	$11,110	$808	$10,302
Lawrence Southwest Middle School	Public	6-8	2511 Inverness Drive	Lawrence	66047	Douglas County	Lawrence	No	No	No	No	(785) 832-5550	641	41	15.5	24.8%	440 (68.6%)	28 (4.4%)	59 (9.2%)	29 (4.5%)	8 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	77 (12.0%)	80.5	48^th of 363 public middle schools	86.8%		81.5	40^th of 362 public middle schools	89.0%	8		57.3	51.4	58.2	55.6		47.4	49.3	64.8	53.5		56.0	56.0	$12,047	$781	$11,266
Eudora Middle School	Public	6-8	2635 Church	Eudora	66025	Douglas County	Eudora	No	No	No	No	(785) 542-4960	370	24	15.2	36.8%	314 (84.9%)	6 (1.6%)	17 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	29 (7.8%)	67.4	90^th of 363 public middle schools	75.2%		65.5	85^th of 362 public middle schools	76.5%	5		53.4	48.0	43.8	48.4		50.8	43.6	44.6	46.3		45.9	45.9	$15,625	$2,730	$12,896
Perry-Lecompton Middle	Public	5-8	408 Lecompton Rd	Perry	66073	Jefferson County	Perry Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 597-5159	234	17	13.8	39.7%	197 (84.2%)	7 (3.0%)	16 (6.8%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.1%)	47.5	180^th of 363 public middle schools	50.4%		32.9	248^th of 362 public middle schools	31.5%	68	42.2	45.3	47.4	34.5	42.4	26.6	43.4	41.4	23.6	33.5	43.7	32.7	38.7	$12,238	$2,559	$9,678
Baldwin Junior High School	Public	6-8	400 Eisenhower	Baldwin City	66006	Douglas County	Baldwin City	No	No	No	No	(785) 594-2448	309	22	14.2	33.0%	269 (87.1%)	1 (0.3%)	18 (5.8%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	15 (4.9%)	63.3	105^th of 363 public middle schools	71.1%		68.3	78^th of 362 public middle schools	78.5%	27		52.9	45.2	46.5	48.2		38.2	45.2	43.4	42.3		45.5	45.5	$8,918	$1,125	$7,793
Tonganoxie Middle School	Public	6-8	824 Washington Street	Tonganoxie	66086	Leavenworth County	Tonganoxie	No	No	No	No	(913) 416-1470	433	32	13.3	33.3%	352 (81.3%)	7 (1.6%)	52 (12.0%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.4%)	41.1	208^th of 363 public middle schools	42.7%		48.2	161^st of 362 public middle schools	55.5%	47		44.5	47.0	28.9	40.1		38.1	37.0	16.1	30.5		34.3	34.3	$10,194	$1,848	$8,346
Lexington Trails Middle School	Public	6-8	8800 Penner Avenue	De Soto	66018	Johnson County	De Soto	No	No	No	No	(913) 667-6260	393	31	12.4	31.6%	294 (74.8%)	3 (0.8%)	80 (20.4%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.1%)	94	12^th of 363 public middle schools	96.7%		94.6	10^th of 362 public middle schools	97.2%	2		61.0	70.1	66.9	66.2		70.3	61.2	64.5	65.1		68.8	68.8	$14,306	$1,061	$13,245
McLouth Middle	Public	6-8	217 Summit Street	Mc Louth	66054	Jefferson County	McLouth	No	No	No	No	(913) 796-6122	91	9	10.0	46.2%	81 (89.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.3%)	24.3	299^th of 363 public middle schools	17.6%		35	239^th of 362 public middle schools	34.0%	60		33.3	38.7	20.8	31.8		27.3	29.0	12.5	23.9		28.0	28.0	$17,861	$1,421	$16,440

Frequently Asked Questions about Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School

Is Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School a good school?

Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School ranks in the bottom 18.5% of Kansas middle schools.

What is the racial makeup of Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School?

Students at Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School are 59% White, 16% Two or more races, 15% Hispanic, 8% African American, 2% American Indian, 1% Asian.

What high school do graduates of Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School attend?

Students who attend Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School usually go on to attend Lawrence Free State High

How many students attend Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 386 students attended Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School.

What district is Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School in?

Lawrence

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