Belle Plaine Middle

Set in Belle Plaine, Kansas, Belle Plaine Middle is an intimate intermediate school, operated by Belle Plaine. It serves 162 students across grades 5 through 8. That puts it 60% leaner than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 402 students.

Belle Plaine runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 554 students. Belle Plaine Middle is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Belle Plaine Middle reports that nearly all students (83%) are White. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, Belle Plaine Middle has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Belle Plaine Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Belle Plaine Middle falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 38.3%; this one comes in at 22.0%, -16.3 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Sumner County indicate median household earnings sit near $63,951, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Sumner County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,436 students), of which Belle Plaine Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Belle Plaine Elem, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Belle Plaine Middle. On composite proficiency, Belle Plaine Middle comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 33.7%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Belle Plaine Middle has held roughly steady, going from 166 students in 2018 to 162 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Belle Plaine Middle community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.