Enrollment
370
Middle
DISTRICT 336 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA FE TRAIL·NCES 201041001054
Carbondale Attendance Center
315 N. Fourth Street, Carbondale, KS 66414 · (800) 836-9525 · Osage County
GRADES 04–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL370 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% 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.
- CBeats 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
11.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
164 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 4 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 7 | 74 | 20% |
| Grade 8 | 82 | 22% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
Carbondale Attendance Center→Santa Fe Trail High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Santa Fe Trail. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
41.3%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
31.9%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 | 41.3% | 31.9% |
| 2023-24 | 28.5% | 21.0% |
% 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
31.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Carbondale Attendance Center
Carbondale Attendance Center's state test result (31.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carbondale Attendance Center this school | 370 | 44.3% | 31.6% |
| Halstead Middle School Halstead | 346 | 45.4% | 41.5% |
| Paola Middle Paola | 413 | 39.5% | 39.7% |
| Augusta Middle School Augusta | 445 | 44.3% | 26.8% |
| Burlington Middle School 5 - 8 Burlington | 242 | 45.0% | 38.2% |
| Prairie Hills Middle Hutchinson | 532 | 43.2% | 34.9% |
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 Carbondale Attendance Center ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #99 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #116 of 192 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #91 of 192 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 370 | #126 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #27 of 161 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.9% | #157 of 161 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.3% | #120 of 195 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.4% | #41 of 54 |
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
370
-7 (-2%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 498
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 370 | 31.8 | 11.6:1 | 44% (164) |
| 2023-24 | 398 | 25.6 | 15.5:1 | 45% (178) |
| 2022-23 | 392 | 26.8 | 14.6:1 | 47% (184) |
| 2020-21 | 377 | 25 | 15.1:1 | 45% (170) |
| 2017-18 | 358 | 25.7 | 13.9:1 | 51% (184) |
| 2015-16 | 309 | 22 | 14.1:1 | 54% (166) |
| 2010-11 | 328 | 26 | 12.6:1 | 41% (136) |
| 2000-01 | 428 | 31 | 13.8:1 | 36% (156) |
| 1990-91 | 498 | 29 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carbondale Attendance Center.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (358 to 370); teachers up 24% (25.7 to 31.8).
About Carbondale Attendance Center
Carbondale Attendance Center is a medium-sized middle school in Carbondale, Kansas. It educates 370 students in grades 4 through 8.
Santa Fe Trail operates 3 schools. Combined enrollment is 1,009 students.
White students make up 89% of enrollment at Carbondale Attendance Center. The remaining shares are 5% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. The White share in Osage County as a whole is similar, at about 93%. Pick two students at random and there is a 20% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 11.6:1. That is 1.0 students per teacher below the 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas. Carbondale Attendance Center reports 44% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Measured against Kansas public middle schools, Carbondale Attendance Center receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Carbondale Attendance Center would score about 41.0%. It scores 31.6%, 9.4 points below that figure.
Osage County census figures show that the median household income is $74,467, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 13 public schools in Osage County, enrolling about 2,587 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, Santa Fe Trail High is the closest, at about 3.5 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within ten miles of Carbondale Attendance Center. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Carbondale Attendance Center ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Carbondale Attendance Center in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 377 to 370. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.1:1 to 11.6:1.
The Carbondale Attendance Center community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Osage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,744
Census ACS
Median income
$74,467
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
2,587 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Santa Fe Trail
- Overbrook Attendance CenterElementary · 331 students
- Santa Fe Trail HighHigh · 308 students
Nearby schools
- Santa Fe Trail High3.5 mi · 308
- Overbrook Attendance Center7.5 mi · 331
- Pauline South Intermediate8.3 mi · 277
- Pauline Central Primary8.7 mi · 406
- Berryton Elem8.9 mi · 560
- Auburn Elementary9.1 mi · 336
Frequently asked questions
About Carbondale Attendance CenterHow large is Carbondale Attendance Center?
Carbondale Attendance Center enrolls approximately 370 students in grades 04-08.
What age range does Carbondale Attendance Center serve?
Carbondale Attendance Center serves students from grade 04 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Carbondale Attendance Center?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at Carbondale Attendance Center.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Carbondale Attendance Center?
At Carbondale Attendance Center, the student body is approximately 89% White, 5% Hispanic, 5% Two or more.
Is Carbondale Attendance Center public or private?
Carbondale Attendance Center is a public K-12 school, overseen by Santa Fe Trail.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.