Kansas Middle School

Kansas Middle School is a public middle school located in Kansas, Oklahoma, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 176 students. The school is part of the Kansas District, which is ranked 273 out of 452 districts in Oklahoma and is rated 2 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

Kansas Middle School faces several challenges, including a high chronic absenteeism rate that has fluctuated between 12.1% and 24.3% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state average of 19%. The school's test scores are also generally lower than the state and district averages across various subjects and grade levels, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts (21%) and Mathematics (20%) for all grades being significantly lower than the state averages of 26%. The school's performance is particularly weak in 8th-grade Mathematics, with only 11% of students proficient or better, compared to the state average of 17%. Additionally, the school has a very high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 84.97% to 90.91% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the nearby Locust Grove Middle School (67.48%) and Jay Upper Elementary School (86.06%).

However, the school appears to be serving its Native American and low socioeconomic status student populations relatively well, ranking 21 out of 51 and 99 out of 284 Oklahoma middle schools, respectively, in the 2024-2025 school year. This suggests that the school may be effectively addressing the needs of these specific student groups. To improve overall performance, the school may need to address the factors contributing to chronic absenteeism and explore ways to raise academic achievement across all grade levels and subject areas.