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Enrollment
494
Middle
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAWRENCE·NCES 200840001376
Billy Mills Middle School
2734 Louisiana St, Lawrence, KS 66046 · (785) 832-5450 · Douglas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL494 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of Kansas public middle schools
- C-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
14.6:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
286 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 51%
Community
5
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 | 175 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 162 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 157 | 32% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
31.6%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
25.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 | 31.6% | 25.4% |
| 2023-24 | 22.8% | 17.1% |
% 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
24.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Billy Mills Middle School
Billy Mills Middle School's state test result (24.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Mills Middle School this school | 494 | 57.9% | 24.3% |
| Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School Lawrence | 386 | 58.8% | 25.6% |
| Lakewood Middle School Salina | 647 | 66.2% | 29.9% |
| Winfield Middle School Winfield | 456 | 59.9% | 22.9% |
| Chisholm Middle School Newton | 422 | 62.8% | 21.3% |
| Haysville West Middle School Haysville | 551 | 59.0% | 26.5% |
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 Billy Mills Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #141 of 192 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #143 of 192 | #5 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #137 of 192 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 494 | #87 of 225 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #134 of 161 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.8% | #35 of 161 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.9% | #80 of 195 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.1% | #23 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
494
-20 (-4%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 695
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 494 | 33.8 | 14.6:1 | 58% (286) |
| 2023-24 | 484 | 33.1 | 14.6:1 | 55% (266) |
| 2022-23 | 516 | 40.3 | 12.8:1 | 59% (302) |
| 2020-21 | 514 | 50 | 10.3:1 | 52% (266) |
| 2017-18 | 611 | 53.1 | 11.5:1 | 51% (312) |
| 2015-16 | 576 | 51 | 11.3:1 | 53% (305) |
| 2010-11 | 589 | 41 | 14.4:1 | 44% (259) |
| 2000-01 | 621 | 51 | 12.2:1 | 19% (121) |
| 1990-91 | 695 | 42 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Billy Mills Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (611 to 494); teachers down 36% (53.1 to 33.8).
About Billy Mills Middle School
In Lawrence, Kansas, part of Douglas County, Billy Mills Middle School is a middle-grades school. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 494 students. By comparison, middle schools in Kansas enroll about 402 students on average.
Lawrence enrolls 10,380 students in 18 schools, including Billy Mills Middle School.
White students are 55% of those enrolled at Billy Mills Middle School. Beyond that, enrollment is 17% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 6% Black, and 4% Native American. In Douglas County overall, about 78% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 64, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 33.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.6:1. Statewide, middle schools in Kansas average 12.7:1. Billy Mills Middle School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 58%. For comparison, public schools in Douglas County average 40%.
On the allk12 Grade, Billy Mills Middle School lands at C-, ahead of 17% of Kansas public middle schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Billy Mills Middle School is 34.5%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 24.3%.
American Community Survey estimates for Douglas County show that median household income comes to about $69,746, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Douglas County counts 30 public schools with about 13,766 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Lawrence High, is about 1.0 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Billy Mills Middle School is 9th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal data place Billy Mills Middle School in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment was 494 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 514. The ratio of students to teachers went from 10.3:1 to 14.6:1 over the same years.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Lawrence
- Lawrence Free State HighHigh · 1,774 students
- Lawrence HighHigh · 1,454 students
- Lawrence West Middle SchoolMiddle · 648 students
- Lawrence Southwest Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Langston Hughes ElemElementary · 560 students
- Lawrence Virtual SchoolCombined · 543 students
Other schools in Lawrence
- Lawrence Free State HighHigh · 1,774 students
- Lawrence HighHigh · 1,454 students
- Lawrence West Middle SchoolMiddle · 648 students
- Lawrence Southwest Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Langston Hughes ElemElementary · 560 students
- Lawrence Virtual SchoolCombined · 543 students
Nearby schools
- Lawrence High1.0 mi · 1,454
- Cordley Elem1.1 mi · 348
- Schwegler Elem1.1 mi · 434
- Prairie Park Elem1.5 mi · 354
- Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School1.6 mi · 386
- New York Elem2.2 mi · 415
Frequently asked questions
About Billy Mills Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Billy Mills Middle School?
Billy Mills Middle School enrolls approximately 494 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Billy Mills Middle School serve?
Billy Mills Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Billy Mills Middle School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Billy Mills Middle School.
How diverse is Billy Mills Middle School?
Billy Mills Middle School reports a student body of 55% White, 17% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Billy Mills Middle School in?
Billy Mills Middle School is part of Lawrence.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.