Arkansas City Middle Sch

Arkansas City Middle Sch is a middle school with a street address in Arkansas City, Kansas. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 628 students on the rolls. On average, middle schools in Kansas enroll around 402, and this school is 56% above that mark.

The district, Arkansas City, operates 8 schools serving 2,902 students.

More than half of the students at Arkansas City Middle Sch are White (54%). Next come 34% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Black. That compares with about 80% White among all Cowley County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 59%.

There are 48.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 12.9:1. It is about the same as the 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas. Of all students at Arkansas City Middle Sch, 61% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 59% average for public schools in Cowley County.

Arkansas City Middle Sch earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 20% of Kansas public middle schools.

BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Arkansas City Middle Sch, the prediction is 33.2% and the result is 24.2%.

American Community Survey estimates for Cowley County show that the median household earns about $57,878 a year, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Cowley County has 22 public schools with about 5,714 students, including Arkansas City Middle Sch.

About 0.3 miles separate Arkansas City Middle Sch from the closest public school, Jefferson Elem. The five-mile area around Arkansas City Middle Sch holds 7 other public schools. Arkansas City Middle Sch's average proficiency of 24.2% compares with 28.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.

Arkansas City Middle Sch is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Distant.

The school's student count fell 5% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 12.9:1, from 14.6:1.

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