Seymour Rogers Middle School

Seymour Rogers Middle School is a public middle school located in Liberal, Kansas, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 504 students. The school is part of the Liberal school district, which is ranked 261 out of 264 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. Seymour Rogers Middle School has consistently ranked among the lowest-performing middle schools in Kansas, with a statewide ranking between 352-363 out of 363-368 middle schools over the past several years, and a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Seymour Rogers Middle School significantly underperforms compared to the state and district averages in academic proficiency. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 14.46% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 21.79% in the Liberal district and 44.47% statewide. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rate was 12.54%, compared to 15.24% in the district and 38.73% statewide. The school's performance in Science was also low, with only 10.33% of students proficient or better, compared to 17.06% in the district and 41.44% statewide. The nearby Eisenhower Middle School, which is also part of the Liberal school district, outperforms Seymour Rogers Middle School across various metrics, including academic proficiency, chronic absenteeism, and dropout rates.

Seymour Rogers Middle School faces significant challenges in student engagement, with a high chronic absenteeism rate ranging from 18.4% to 20.5% in recent years, which is significantly higher than the state average. The school's dropout rates have also been consistently high, ranging from 0.3% to 1.6% in recent years. Despite spending $11,441 per student, which is higher than the $10,361 spent per student at the nearby Eisenhower Middle School, the challenges faced by Seymour Rogers Middle School suggest that the issue may not be solely a lack of resources, but rather how those resources are being utilized to support student learning and engagement.