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Enrollment
687
Middle
DISTRICT 616 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KANSAS CITY·NCES 200795001414
Central Middle
925 Ivandale, Kansas City, KS 66101 · (913) 627-6150 · Wyandotte County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL687 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of Kansas public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
16.6:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
579 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 51%
Community
6
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 | 238 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 224 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 225 | 33% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
11.7%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
6.8%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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 | 11.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023-24 | 8.9% | 4.9% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
6.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.8%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 6% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 22% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Central Middle
Central Middle's state test result (6.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Middle this school | 687 | 84.3% | 6.3% |
| Argentine Middle Kansas City | 519 | 80.0% | 7.5% |
| Horace J. Good Middle School Garden City | 583 | 83.4% | 18.7% |
| Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Ctr Garden City | 367 | 80.4% | 23.2% |
| Rosedale Middle Kansas City | 501 | 86.4% | 8.6% |
| Marshall Middle School Wichita | 596 | 89.4% | 17.0% |
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 Central Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Wyandotte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 6.3% | #191 of 192 | #10 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.8% | #188 of 192 | #10 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.7% | #191 of 192 | #11 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 687 | #30 of 225 | #3 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #156 of 161 | #9 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.9% | #107 of 161 | #11 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.3% | #18 of 195 | #4 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.0% | #74 of 98 | #6 of 7 |
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
687
-63 (-8%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 797
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 687 | 41.5 | 16.6:1 | 84% (579) |
| 2023-24 | 688 | 43 | 16.0:1 | 77% (528) |
| 2022-23 | 686 | 43.5 | 15.8:1 | 90% (615) |
| 2020-21 | 750 | 46 | 16.3:1 | 93% (695) |
| 2017-18 | 723 | 48.6 | 14.9:1 | 92% (666) |
| 2015-16 | 668 | 41 | 16.3:1 | 93% (618) |
| 2010-11 | 587 | 39 | 15.1:1 | 97% (570) |
| 2000-01 | 752 | 48 | 15.7:1 | 90% (679) |
| 1990-91 | 797 | 44 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (723 to 687); teachers down 15% (48.6 to 41.5).
About Central Middle
Central Middle is a large middle school in Kansas, located in Kansas City. The school enrolls 687 students in grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Kansas average about 402 students, which makes this school 71% bigger than average.
Kansas City is the local district for Central Middle. It runs 43 schools with 21,538 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Central Middle is 77%, a majority. Other students are 12% Black, 5% Asian, and 3% White. That is higher than the 34% Hispanic share among all Wyandotte County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 39%.
Staffing at Central Middle comes to 41.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.6:1. The school's 16.6:1 compares with an average of 12.7:1 for middle schools in Kansas. On the income side, 84% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 9 points above the 75% average for public schools in Wyandotte County.
Central Middle earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 1% of Kansas public middle schools.
After accounting for student poverty, Central Middle is in the bottom 10% of Kansas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 6.3% is 15.5 points below the 21.8% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Census data for Wyandotte County show median household income comes to about $63,631, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. The county has 62 public schools and about 30,713 students.
Central Middle is less than a tenth of a mile from Whittier Elem, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 23.3% on proficiency, and Central Middle is below that at 6.3%.
Central Middle has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 8%, from 750 to 687.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Central Middle. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Wyandotte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
167,654
Census ACS
Median income
$63,631
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
62
30,713 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kansas City
- Wyandotte HighHigh · 1,903 students
- Silver City ElemElementary · 1,495 students
- J C Harmon HighHigh · 1,285 students
- Washington HighHigh · 1,180 students
- Sumner Academy of Arts & ScienceHigh · 1,045 students
- F L Schlagle HighHigh · 841 students
Other schools in Kansas City
- Wyandotte HighHigh · 1,903 students
- Silver City ElemElementary · 1,495 students
- J C Harmon HighHigh · 1,285 students
- Washington HighHigh · 1,180 students
- Turner HighHigh · 1,147 students
- Sumner Academy of Arts & ScienceHigh · 1,045 students
Other Central Middle schools
49 other US public schools in 25 states are named Central Middle. Central Middle is the 17th largest of the 50.
- CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOLEDEN PRAIRIE, MN · 1,860 students
- Central Middle SchoolReading, PA · 1,785 students
- Central MiddleEdgewater, MD · 1,204 students
- Central Middle SchoolWESLACO, TX · 1,060 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOLWEST MELBOURNE, FL · 1,059 students
Nearby schools
- Whittier Elem0.1 mi · 502
- John Fiske Elem0.8 mi · 287
- M E Pearson Elem0.9 mi · 606
- McKinley Elementary School1.4 mi · 243
- School for Blind High1.5 mi · 27
- School for Blind Elementary1.5 mi · 11
Frequently asked questions
About Central MiddleHow large is Central Middle?
Central Middle enrolls approximately 687 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Central Middle serve?
Central Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Central Middle?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at Central Middle.
How diverse is Central Middle?
Central Middle reports a student body of 3% White, 77% Hispanic, 12% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Central Middle in?
Central Middle is part of Kansas City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.