Summary:
ZIP code 66614 has one listed middle school, Marjorie French Middle School, serving grades 6–8 in Topeka Public Schools. It enrolls 480 students. The key takeaway is that its overall math result is close to the state rate, but that average hides a sharp difference by grade: grades 7 and 8 were above the state, while grade 6 was well below.
Marjorie French is the only school in this list, so there is no meaningful local top-to-bottom comparison. Math was its strongest subject against the state: 39% proficient, 2 percentage points below 41%. ELA was furthest behind, at 33% versus 46%, a 13-point gap; science was 28% versus 38%, a 10-point gap. The school was above its district in all three subjects: by 14 points in math, 5 in science and 2 in ELA. Grade-level math results explain the overall picture: grade 6 was 30% versus 41% statewide, while grades 7 and 8 were 42% versus 38% and 45% versus 40%. ELA was below the state in every grade, with the largest gap in grade 8: 27% versus 42%. Because the list has just one school, these figures cannot show how it compares with other nearby schools.
Test scores rose from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 in all three subjects: by 1 percentage point in ELA, 5 in math and 4 in science. The school’s SchoolDigger ranking partially rebounded, moving from the 26th percentile in 2024–2025 to the 34th percentile in 2025–2026, but remained below its earlier 48th-percentile standing. Context figures include a 14.3 student–teacher ratio and a 64% free/reduced-lunch rate. Chronic absenteeism was 23%, compared with 18% statewide and 24% in the district.
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