Enrollment
250
Middle
DISTRICT 189 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHAPMAN·NCES 200462001248
Chapman Middle School
622 N Marshall, Chapman, KS 67431 · (785) 922-6555 · Dickinson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL250 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
97 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 6 | 82 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 81 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 87 | 35% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
Chapman Middle School→Chapman High
Based on grade levels within Chapman. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
48.6%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
44.2%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 | 48.6% | 44.2% |
| 2023-24 | 28.7% | 28.3% |
% 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
39.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Chapman Middle School
Chapman Middle School's state test result (39.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapman Middle School this school | 250 | 38.8% | 39.5% |
| Smoky Valley Middle School Lindsborg | 253 | 36.4% | 40.8% |
| Jefferson West Middle Meriden | 276 | 35.9% | 42.8% |
| Perry-Lecompton Middle Perry | 234 | 39.7% | 32.5% |
| Rose Hill Middle Rose Hill | 328 | 36.3% | 28.3% |
| Eudora Middle School Eudora | 370 | 36.8% | 40.0% |
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 Chapman Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #59 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #53 of 192 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #48 of 192 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 250 | #153 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #147 of 161 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.9% | #156 of 161 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.8% | #136 of 195 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.6% | #23 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
250
-17 (-6%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 201
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 250 | 16.1 | 15.5:1 | 39% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 264 | 15.1 | 17.5:1 | 44% (116) |
| 2022-23 | 278 | 15.1 | 18.4:1 | 42% (118) |
| 2020-21 | 267 | 13 | 20.5:1 | 46% (122) |
| 2017-18 | 228 | 16.1 | 14.2:1 | 48% (110) |
| 2015-16 | 250 | 20 | 12.5:1 | 50% (126) |
| 2010-11 | 210 | 17 | 12.3:1 | 44% (93) |
| 2000-01 | 286 | 18 | 15.9:1 | 29% (83) |
| 1990-91 | 201 | 11 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chapman Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (228 to 250); teachers unchanged (16.1 to 16.1).
About Chapman Middle School
Chapman Middle School is a small middle school in Kansas, located in Chapman. It reported 250 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Middle schools in Kansas average about 402 students, which makes this school 38% below average.
Chapman enrolls 1,134 students, and its 6 schools include Chapman Middle School.
Roughly 89% of students at Chapman Middle School are White. Other students are 6% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Dickinson County residents are about 91% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Chapman Middle School scores 20%.
With 16.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.5:1. Statewide, middle schools in Kansas average 12.7:1. Roughly 39% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Dickinson County is 49%.
Chapman Middle School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 39.5%, compared with a predicted 43.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Kansas schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Dickinson County, the median household earns about $68,417 a year, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Dickinson County has 19 public schools with about 3,530 students, including Chapman Middle School.
Chapman High, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Chapman Middle School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Chapman Middle School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
A 6% decrease took enrollment from 267 in 2020-21 to 250 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 20.5:1 to 15.5:1.
The allk12 page for Chapman Middle School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Dickinson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,445
Census ACS
Median income
$68,417
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
3,530 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chapman
- Chapman HighHigh · 383 students
- Chapman ElemElementary · 282 students
- Enterprise ElemElementary · 86 students
- Blue Ridge ElemElementary · 71 students
- Rural Center ElemElementary · 62 students
Other schools in Chapman
- Chapman HighHigh · 383 students
- Chapman ElemElementary · 282 students
Other Chapman Middle schools
One other US public school is named Chapman Middle. Chapman Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Chapman Middle SchoolHuntsville, AL · 315 students
Nearby schools
- Chapman High0.4 mi · 383
- Chapman Elem0.6 mi · 282
- Blue Ridge Elem6.1 mi · 71
- Enterprise Elem7.3 mi · 86
- Spring Valley Elementary7.9 mi · 400
- Junction City Sr High8.2 mi · 1,713
Frequently asked questions
About Chapman Middle SchoolHow large is Chapman Middle School?
Chapman Middle School enrolls approximately 250 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Chapman Middle School serve?
Chapman Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Chapman Middle School have?
Chapman Middle School employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Chapman Middle School?
Student demographics at Chapman Middle School are roughly 89% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Chapman Middle School in?
Chapman Middle School is part of Chapman.
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