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Which teacher or staff member at Argentine Middle deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
519
Middle
DISTRICT 616 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KANSAS CITY·NCES 200795001417
Argentine Middle
2123 Ruby Avenue, Kansas City, KS 66106 · (913) 627-6750 · Wyandotte County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL519 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of Kansas public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
415 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 51%
Community
5
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 | 189 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 181 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 149 | 29% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
15.1%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
6.2%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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 | 15.1% | 6.2% |
| 2023-24 | 10.9% | 7.9% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
7.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.9%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 24% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Argentine Middle
Argentine Middle's state test result (7.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentine Middle this school | 519 | 80.0% | 7.5% |
| Rosedale Middle Kansas City | 501 | 86.4% | 8.6% |
| Turner Middle School Kansas City | 585 | 82.7% | 17.1% |
| Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Ctr Garden City | 367 | 80.4% | 23.2% |
| Central Middle Kansas City | 687 | 84.3% | 6.3% |
| Turner Sixth Grade Academy Kansas City | 299 | 78.9% | 21.1% |
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 Argentine Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Wyandotte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 7.5% | #189 of 192 | #9 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.2% | #190 of 192 | #11 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.1% | #183 of 192 | #8 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 519 | #77 of 225 | #8 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #101 of 161 | #2 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.5% | #74 of 161 | #9 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.0% | #25 of 195 | #6 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.2% | #15 of 98 | #1 of 7 |
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
519
-164 (-24%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 533
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 519 | 38.2 | 13.6:1 | 80% (415) |
| 2023-24 | 551 | 35 | 15.7:1 | 76% (418) |
| 2022-23 | 569 | 39 | 14.6:1 | 86% (489) |
| 2020-21 | 683 | 46 | 14.8:1 | 94% (640) |
| 2017-18 | 659 | 53.2 | 12.4:1 | 87% (571) |
| 2015-16 | 655 | 43 | 15.2:1 | 91% (593) |
| 2010-11 | 603 | 38 | 15.9:1 | 94% (566) |
| 2000-01 | 632 | 39 | 16.2:1 | 81% (513) |
| 1990-91 | 533 | 31 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Argentine Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (659 to 519); teachers down 28% (53.2 to 38.2).
About Argentine Middle
Argentine Middle is a public mid-sized middle school in Kansas City, Kansas. It teaches 519 students in grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Kansas have about 402 students on average; enrollment here is 29% higher.
In Kansas City, 43 schools enroll a combined 21,538 students.
More than half of the students at Argentine Middle are Hispanic (68%). The rest of enrollment is 16% Black, 11% White, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Wyandotte County's population at about 34%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Argentine Middle scores 50%.
The school has 38.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.6 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in Kansas is 12.7:1, so this school has more students per teacher. The school reported 80% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Among Kansas public middle schools, Argentine Middle outscored 0%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Argentine Middle are 16.4 points below what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate across its state test results is 7.5%, compared with a predicted 23.9%, which ranks in the bottom 10% in Kansas.
Wyandotte County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $63,631, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Wyandotte County's 62 public schools enroll about 30,713 students and include Argentine Middle.
Argentine Middle's nearest public school is Silver City Elem (about 0.4 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Argentine Middle is 7th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 683 to 519, a 24% decline. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.6:1) than in 2020-21 (14.8:1).
The discussion board for Argentine Middle is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Wyandotte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
167,654
Census ACS
Median income
$63,631
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
62
30,713 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kansas City
- Wyandotte HighHigh · 1,903 students
- Silver City ElemElementary · 1,495 students
- J C Harmon HighHigh · 1,285 students
- Washington HighHigh · 1,180 students
- Sumner Academy of Arts & ScienceHigh · 1,045 students
- F L Schlagle HighHigh · 841 students
Other schools in Kansas City
- Wyandotte HighHigh · 1,903 students
- Silver City ElemElementary · 1,495 students
- J C Harmon HighHigh · 1,285 students
- Washington HighHigh · 1,180 students
- Turner HighHigh · 1,147 students
- Sumner Academy of Arts & ScienceHigh · 1,045 students
Nearby schools
- Silver City Elem0.4 mi · 1,495
- J C Harmon High0.5 mi · 1,285
- Emerson Elem0.6 mi · 171
- Noble Prentis Elem0.9 mi · 193
- New Stanley Elem1.0 mi · 251
- John Fiske Elem1.2 mi · 287
Frequently asked questions
About Argentine MiddleHow many students attend Argentine Middle?
Argentine Middle enrolls approximately 519 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Argentine Middle serve?
Argentine Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Argentine Middle have?
Argentine Middle employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Argentine Middle?
Student demographics at Argentine Middle are roughly 11% White, 68% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Argentine Middle in?
Argentine Middle is part of Kansas City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.