Basehor-Linwood Middle School

Basehor-Linwood Middle School is one of the expansive middle-grades schools in Basehor, Kansas, run under Basehor-Linwood, with 679 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 69% bigger than the state mean of about 402.

Basehor-Linwood runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,092 students. Basehor-Linwood Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Basehor-Linwood Middle School reports that nearly all students (80%) are White. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. Compared to Leavenworth County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Leavenworth County (around 34%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Basehor-Linwood Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.5%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Leavenworth County) logs that median household earnings sit near $89,218, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Leavenworth County runs 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,185 students), of which Basehor-Linwood Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Glenwood Ridge Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Basehor-Linwood Middle School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 45.8%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Basehor-Linwood Middle School has edged up 8%, going from 626 students in 2018 to 679 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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