Enrollment
319
Middle
DISTRICT 246 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ABILENE·NCES 200318001062
Abilene Middle School
500 Northwest 14th, Abilene, KS 67410 · (785) 263-1471 · Dickinson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL319 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
180 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Abilene Middle School→Abilene High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Abilene. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
51.3%
KS avg 44.5% . +17.7pp since 2023
Math
35.2%
KS avg 38.8% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
319
-76 (-19%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 16.1:1
% White
84%
was 89%
% Hispanic
9%
was 6%
% Black
1%
was 2%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Abilene Middle School
Abilene Middle School is a tight-knit middle-grades school in Abilene, Kansas, overseen by Abilene. The school teaches 319 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 21% leaner than the state mean of about 402.
Across the 6 schools in Abilene (1,476 students total), Abilene Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, Abilene Middle School lists that nearly all students (84%) are White. The remainder consists of 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Abilene Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.2%, the actual is 35.3%, a residual of +0.1 points.
Across the wider county, Dickinson County reports that median household income runs about $68,417, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Dickinson County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,530 students), Abilene Middle School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Abilene Middle School. On composite proficiency, Abilene Middle School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 31.5%.
Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 19%: 395 students in 2018 compared to 319 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 89% to 84%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.
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Dickinson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,445
Census ACS
Median income
$68,417
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
3,530 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Abilene
- Abilene High SchoolHigh · 443 students
- Kennedy ElemElementary · 276 students
- Dwight D. Eisenhower ElementaryElementary · 218 students
- McKinley ElemElementary · 196 students
- Abilene Virtual SchoolHigh · 24 students
Other schools in Abilene
- Abilene High SchoolHigh · 443 students
- Kennedy ElemElementary · 276 students
- Dwight D. Eisenhower ElementaryElementary · 218 students
- McKinley ElemElementary · 196 students
- Blue Ridge ElemElementary · 71 students
- Rural Center ElemElementary · 62 students
Nearby schools
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary0.2 mi · 218
- Abilene High School0.2 mi · 443
- Abilene Virtual School0.3 mi · 24
- Kennedy Elem0.6 mi · 276
- McKinley Elem1.1 mi · 196
- Enterprise Elem5.8 mi · 86
Frequently asked questions
About Abilene Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Abilene Middle School?
Abilene Middle School enrolls approximately 319 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Abilene Middle School serve?
Abilene Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Abilene Middle School have?
Abilene Middle School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Abilene Middle School?
Student demographics at Abilene Middle School are roughly 84% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Two or more.
What district is Abilene Middle School in?
Abilene Middle School is part of Abilene.
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