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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 107 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 110 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 102 | 32% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 58% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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%
Math
35.2%
KS avg 38.8%
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.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.3% | 35.2% |
| 2023-24 | 33.6% | 24.2% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
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 →
Schools most like Abilene Middle School
Abilene Middle School's state test result (35.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abilene Middle School this school | 319 | 56.4% | 35.3% |
| Liberty Middle School Pratt | 282 | 53.2% | 42.6% |
| Holcomb Middle Holcomb | 227 | 53.7% | 23.9% |
| Ottawa Middle School Ottawa | 456 | 58.3% | 28.5% |
| Royster Middle School Chanute | 389 | 58.9% | 30.3% |
| Wellington Middle School Wellington | 349 | 61.3% | 20.3% |
Matched among Kansas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Abilene Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #75 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #102 of 192 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #43 of 192 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 319 | #133 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #55 of 161 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.7% | #138 of 161 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.4% | #83 of 195 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.2% | #20 of 98 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
319
-32 (-9%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 337
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 14.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 319 | 25.6 | 12.4:1 | 56% (180) |
| 2023-24 | 331 | 24.6 | 13.5:1 | 55% (183) |
| 2022-23 | 338 | 23.6 | 14.3:1 | 50% (169) |
| 2020-21 | 351 | 24 | 14.6:1 | 52% (182) |
| 2017-18 | 395 | 24.6 | 16.1:1 | 45% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 373 | 28 | 13.3:1 | 47% (176) |
| 2010-11 | 385 | 28 | 13.8:1 | 38% (145) |
| 2000-01 | 369 | 22 | 16.8:1 | 34% (125) |
| 1990-91 | 337 | 22 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Abilene Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (395 to 319); teachers up 4% (24.6 to 25.6).
About Abilene Middle School
Abilene Middle School serves students in Abilene, Kansas, as a low-enrollment middle school. The school's 319 students are in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 21% lower than the average for middle schools in Kansas, which is about 402.
Abilene has a total of 6 schools and 1,476 students, Abilene Middle School among them.
White students make up 84% of enrollment at Abilene Middle School. The remaining students are 9% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 28% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 25.6 full-time positions, a ratio of 12.4:1. That is close to the 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 56%.
On BeatsExpectations, Abilene Middle School is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Kansas schools.
In the county around the school, Dickinson County, the median household income is $68,417, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Dickinson County is home to 19 public schools and about 3,530 public school students.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around Abilene Middle School holds 5 other public schools. Abilene Middle School ranks 2nd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 35.3% against a local average of 31.5%.
Abilene Middle School falls in the Town: Distant locale category, used for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 32 fewer students in 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 14.6:1 to 12.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Abilene Middle School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.