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What's something Chisholm Middle School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
422
Middle
DISTRICT 431 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWTON·NCES 200996001975
Chisholm Middle School
900 E. First, Newton, KS 67114 · (316) 284-6260 · Harvey County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL422 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% 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
11.6:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
265 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 7 | 212 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 210 | 50% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Chisholm Middle School→Newton Sr High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Newton. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
29.2%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
22.1%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 | 29.2% | 22.1% |
| 2023-24 | 15.9% | 9.2% |
% 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
21.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.1%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Chisholm Middle School
Chisholm Middle School's state test result (21.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chisholm Middle School this school | 422 | 62.8% | 21.3% |
| Santa Fe 5/6 Center Newton | 440 | 64.8% | 26.7% |
| Great Bend Middle School Great Bend | 438 | 66.2% | 24.8% |
| Arkansas City Middle Sch Arkansas City | 628 | 60.5% | 24.2% |
| Lakewood Middle School Salina | 647 | 66.2% | 29.9% |
| Scott City Middle Scott City | 409 | 53.3% | 33.0% |
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 Chisholm Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #154 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #155 of 192 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #153 of 192 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 422 | #106 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #26 of 161 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.4% | #58 of 161 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.8% | #62 of 195 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #44 of 98 |
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
422
-71 (-14%) vs 2020
-19% since 2010-11, when it was 522
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 422 | 36.3 | 11.6:1 | 63% (265) |
| 2023-24 | 452 | 34 | 13.3:1 | 58% (260) |
| 2022-23 | 489 | 34.8 | 14.1:1 | 58% (282) |
| 2020-21 | 493 | 36 | 13.7:1 | 53% (263) |
| 2017-18 | 482 | 36.6 | 13.2:1 | 55% (265) |
| 2015-16 | 541 | 35 | 15.5:1 | 57% (308) |
| 2010-11 | 522 | 37 | 14.1:1 | 57% (297) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chisholm Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (482 to 422); teachers down 1% (36.6 to 36.3).
About Chisholm Middle School
Chisholm Middle School is a public mid-sized middle school in Newton, Kansas. Its grade span covers grades 7 through 8, with 422 students on the rolls.
Newton runs 8 schools with a combined 2,943 students. Chisholm Middle School is one of them.
About 59% of the student body at Chisholm Middle School is White. Enrollment also includes 31% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Among people living in Harvey County, the White share is about 84%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
There are 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Chisholm Middle School, giving a ratio of 11.6:1. The school's 11.6:1 compares with an average of 12.7:1 for middle schools in Kansas. By family income, 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Harvey County averages 52%, lower than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Chisholm Middle School lands at D, ahead of 12% of Kansas public middle schools.
Chisholm Middle School scores 21.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 32.1%.
Looking at the county, Harvey County, the median household earns about $74,368 a year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Chisholm Middle School, Harvey County has 18 public schools.
Slate Creek Elementary is the nearest public school to Chisholm Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number 7. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Chisholm Middle School ranks 7th on proficiency.
Federal data place Chisholm Middle School in the Town: Distant locale, which means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 14% decrease, from 493 to 422. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.7:1 to 11.6:1.
This page is set up for the Chisholm Middle School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Harvey County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,756
Census ACS
Median income
$74,368
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
5,012 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Newton
- Newton Sr HighHigh · 932 students
- Santa Fe 5/6 CenterMiddle · 440 students
- Northridge ElementaryElementary · 345 students
- South Breeze ElementaryElementary · 316 students
- Slate Creek ElementaryElementary · 236 students
- Sunset ElementaryElementary · 199 students
Other schools in Newton
- Newton Sr HighHigh · 932 students
- Santa Fe 5/6 CenterMiddle · 440 students
- Northridge ElementaryElementary · 345 students
- South Breeze ElementaryElementary · 316 students
- Slate Creek ElementaryElementary · 236 students
- Sunset ElementaryElementary · 199 students
Other Chisholm Middle schools
One other US public school is named Chisholm Middle. Chisholm Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Chisholm Middle SchoolEnid, OK · 247 students
Nearby schools
- Slate Creek Elementary0.1 mi · 236
- Santa Fe 5/6 Center1.0 mi · 440
- South Breeze Elementary1.2 mi · 316
- Northridge Elementary1.7 mi · 345
- Opportunity Academy1.9 mi · 53
- Sunset Elementary1.9 mi · 199
Frequently asked questions
About Chisholm Middle SchoolHow large is Chisholm Middle School?
Chisholm Middle School enrolls approximately 422 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Chisholm Middle School serve?
Chisholm Middle School serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Chisholm Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Chisholm Middle School is approximately 11.6:1 (36 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Chisholm Middle School?
Chisholm Middle School reports a student body of 59% White, 31% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Chisholm Middle School in?
Chisholm Middle School is part of Newton.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.