Enrollment
287
Middle
DISTRICT 363 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATCHISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 200354000958
Atchison Middle School
301 N 5th, Atchison, KS 66002 · (913) 367-5363 · Atchison County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL287 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of Kansas public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
11.2:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
183 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 98 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 91 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 98 | 34% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
Atchison Middle School→Atchison High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Atchison Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
27.9%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
18.1%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 | 27.9% | 18.1% |
| 2023-24 | 13.3% | 12.9% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
19.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.7%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Atchison Middle School
Atchison Middle School's state test result (19.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atchison Middle School this school | 287 | 63.8% | 19.5% |
| Pauline South Intermediate Wakarusa | 277 | 69.0% | 29.0% |
| Parsons Middle School Parsons | 273 | 68.5% | 24.4% |
| Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School Lawrence | 386 | 58.8% | 25.6% |
| Wellington Middle School Wellington | 349 | 61.3% | 20.3% |
| Hutchinson Middle School 7 Hutchinson | 284 | 70.1% | 24.5% |
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 Atchison Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.5% | #164 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.1% | #168 of 192 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #158 of 192 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 287 | #141 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #17 of 161 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.1% | #64 of 161 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.8% | #61 of 195 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.1% | #6 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
287
-74 (-20%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 564
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 287 | 25.5 | 11.2:1 | 64% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 295 | 27.8 | 10.6:1 | 65% (193) |
| 2022-23 | 313 | 30.4 | 10.3:1 | 65% (203) |
| 2020-21 | 361 | 32 | 11.3:1 | 57% (205) |
| 2017-18 | 399 | 32.3 | 12.3:1 | 67% (267) |
| 2015-16 | 382 | 33 | 11.6:1 | 68% (260) |
| 2010-11 | 326 | 30 | 10.9:1 | 63% (204) |
| 2000-01 | 374 | 28 | 13.4:1 | 55% (206) |
| 1990-91 | 564 | 35 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Atchison Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (399 to 287); teachers down 21% (32.3 to 25.5).
About Atchison Middle School
Atchison Middle School is a low-enrollment middle-grades school with its address in Atchison, Kansas. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 287 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 402 students for middle schools in Kansas.
The 4 schools in Atchison Public Schools enroll 1,450 students altogether, Atchison Middle School among them.
The share of White students at Atchison Middle School is 64%, a majority. After that, the student body is 16% multiracial, 9% Black, and 9% Hispanic. Census figures show Atchison County is about 88% White. A diversity index of 54% means there is a 54% chance two randomly chosen students at Atchison Middle School are from different groups.
Its ratio of 11.2:1 is based on 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Kansas is 12.7:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 64% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Atchison Middle School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 9% of Kansas public middle schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Atchison Middle School would score about 31.7%. It scores 19.5%, 12.2 points below that figure.
In the surrounding county, Atchison County, median household income comes to about $61,112, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Atchison Middle School shares Atchison County with 5 other public schools.
Central School is the nearest public school to Atchison Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Atchison Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within five miles. Atchison Middle School comes in 8th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Atchison Middle School is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 20%.
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Atchison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,208
Census ACS
Median income
$61,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
1,948 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Atchison Public Schools
- Atchison Elementary SchoolElementary · 693 students
- Atchison High SchoolHigh · 419 students
- Central SchoolCombined · 51 students
Other schools in Atchison
- Atchison Elementary SchoolElementary · 693 students
- Atchison High SchoolHigh · 419 students
- Central SchoolCombined · 51 students
Nearby schools
- Central School0.0 mi · 51
- Atchison High School1.1 mi · 419
- Atchison Elementary School1.4 mi · 693
- RUSHVILLE ELEM.5.9 mi · 157
- DEKALB JR.-SR. HIGH10.3 mi · 120
- Doniphan West Elementary School13.7 mi · 211
Frequently asked questions
About Atchison Middle SchoolHow large is Atchison Middle School?
Atchison Middle School enrolls approximately 287 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Atchison Middle School serve?
Atchison Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Atchison Middle School?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at Atchison Middle School.
How diverse is Atchison Middle School?
Atchison Middle School reports a student body of 64% White, 9% Hispanic, 9% Black, 0% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Is Atchison Middle School public or private?
Atchison Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Atchison Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.