Chisholm Middle School

Chisholm Middle School operates as a mid-tier intermediate school in Newton, Kansas, run under Newton. Current enrollment sits at 422 students spanning grades 7 through 8.

Newton runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 2,943 students. Chisholm Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Chisholm Middle School records that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 31% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

In terms of school funding signals, Chisholm Middle School lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Harvey County (around 52%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Chisholm Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.1%, the actual is 21.3%, a residual of -10.8 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Harvey County put the typical household earns roughly $74,368 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Chisholm Middle School is one of 18 public schools in Harvey County (combined enrollment of about 5,012 students).

Slate Creek Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Chisholm Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 28.9%.

Chisholm Middle School operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 12%: 482 students in 2018 compared to 422 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.