Enrollment
309
Middle
DISTRICT 347 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALDWIN CITY·NCES 200372000703
Baldwin Junior High School
400 Eisenhower, Baldwin City, KS 66006 · (785) 594-2448 · Douglas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL309 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% of Kansas public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
14.3:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
102 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 106 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 104 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 99 | 32% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
Baldwin Junior High School→Baldwin High School
Based on grade levels within Baldwin City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
48.2%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
42.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 | 48.2% | 42.3% |
| 2023-24 | 36.6% | 31.9% |
% 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
39.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.4%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Baldwin Junior High School
Baldwin Junior High School's state test result (39.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin Junior High School this school | 309 | 33.0% | 39.9% |
| Rose Hill Middle Rose Hill | 328 | 36.3% | 28.3% |
| Jefferson West Middle Meriden | 276 | 35.9% | 42.8% |
| Spring Hill Middle School Spring Hill | 288 | 33.3% | 37.6% |
| Clearwater Intermediate - Middle School Clearwater | 405 | 33.6% | 47.8% |
| Smoky Valley Middle School Lindsborg | 253 | 36.4% | 40.8% |
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 Baldwin Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #55 of 192 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #61 of 192 | #3 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #55 of 192 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 309 | #135 of 225 | #6 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #125 of 161 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.6% | #149 of 161 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.0% | #157 of 195 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.3% | #92 of 98 | N/A |
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
309
-21 (-6%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 238
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 309 | 21.6 | 14.3:1 | 33% (102) |
| 2023-24 | 340 | 21.7 | 15.7:1 | 33% (113) |
| 2022-23 | 312 | 20.7 | 15.1:1 | 29% (90) |
| 2020-21 | 330 | 20 | 16.5:1 | 28% (91) |
| 2017-18 | 313 | 24.2 | 12.9:1 | 38% (120) |
| 2015-16 | 335 | 23 | 14.6:1 | 36% (120) |
| 2010-11 | 333 | 22 | 15.1:1 | 29% (96) |
| 2000-01 | 337 | 24 | 14.0:1 | 20% (66) |
| 1990-91 | 238 | 17 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Baldwin Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (313 to 309); teachers down 11% (24.2 to 21.6).
About Baldwin Junior High School
Baldwin Junior High School is one of the public schools in Baldwin City, Kansas. It is a low-enrollment middle school. Enrolled students number 309 students, in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 23% lower than the average for middle schools in Kansas, which is about 402.
The district, Baldwin City, has 1,387 students enrolled across 4 schools.
About 87% of the student body at Baldwin Junior High School is White. Smaller groups are 6% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. County-wide, 78% of Douglas County residents are White. Baldwin Junior High School's diversity index is 24%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 21.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.3:1. On average, middle schools in Kansas have 12.7:1, compared with 14.3:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 33% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Measured against Kansas public middle schools, Baldwin Junior High School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Baldwin Junior High School, the prediction is 46.4% and the result is 39.9%.
Douglas County has these Census figures: the median household income is $69,746, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. In all, Douglas County has 30 public schools and roughly 13,766 students.
Baldwin High School is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number 3. Nearby schools with test data average 42.7% proficiency; Baldwin Junior High School posts 39.9%.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Baldwin Junior High School's enrollment dropped from 330 in 2020-21 to 309 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.3:1.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
120,302
Census ACS
Median income
$69,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
13,766 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Baldwin City
- Baldwin High SchoolHigh · 437 students
- Baldwin Elementary Primary CenterElementary · 365 students
- Baldwin Elementary Intermediate CenterElementary · 276 students
Other schools in Baldwin City
- Baldwin High SchoolHigh · 437 students
- Baldwin Elementary Primary CenterElementary · 365 students
- Baldwin Elementary Intermediate CenterElementary · 276 students
Other Baldwin Junior High schools
One other US public school is named Baldwin Junior High. Baldwin Junior High School is the largest of the 2.
- Baldwin Junior High SchoolBALDWIN, MI · 112 students
Nearby schools
- Baldwin High School0.1 mi · 437
- Baldwin Elementary Intermediate Center0.9 mi · 276
- Baldwin Elementary Primary Center1.2 mi · 365
- Wellsville Elem6.6 mi · 411
- Wellsville High7.0 mi · 278
- Wellsville Middle School7.1 mi · 167
Frequently asked questions
About Baldwin Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Baldwin Junior High School?
Baldwin Junior High School enrolls approximately 309 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Baldwin Junior High School serve?
Baldwin Junior High School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Baldwin Junior High School have?
Baldwin Junior High School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Baldwin Junior High School?
Student demographics at Baldwin Junior High School are roughly 87% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Baldwin Junior High School?
Baldwin Junior High School is overseen by Baldwin City in Douglas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.