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Enrollment
405
Middle
DISTRICT 365 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLEARWATER·NCES 200492000376
Clearwater Intermediate - Middle School
140 S 4th, Clearwater, KS 67026 · (620) 584-2036 · Sedgwick County
GRADES 04–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL405 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 87% of Kansas public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
136 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 4 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 7 | 87 | 21% |
| Grade 8 | 98 | 24% |
Student demographics
24%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
Clearwater Intermediate - Middle School→Clearwater High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Clearwater. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
51.9%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
42.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 | 51.9% | 42.4% |
| 2023-24 | 42.6% | 35.3% |
% 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
47.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.1%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Clearwater Intermediate - Middle School
Clearwater Intermediate - Middle School's state test result (47.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clearwater Intermediate - Middle School this school | 405 | 33.6% | 47.8% |
| Mulvane Middle School Mulvane | 404 | 36.9% | 34.5% |
| Tonganoxie Middle School Tonganoxie | 433 | 33.3% | 30.5% |
| Rose Hill Middle Rose Hill | 328 | 36.3% | 28.3% |
| Eudora Middle School Eudora | 370 | 36.8% | 40.0% |
| Baldwin Junior High School Baldwin City | 309 | 33.0% | 39.9% |
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 Clearwater Intermediate - Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #31 of 192 | #4 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #60 of 192 | #7 of 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #39 of 192 | #5 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 405 | #112 of 225 | #29 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #69 of 161 | #10 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.1% | #146 of 161 | #30 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.6% | #153 of 195 | #25 of 31 |
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
405
-28 (-6%) vs 2020
+71% since 1990-91, when it was 237
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 405 | 31.6 | 12.8:1 | 34% (136) |
| 2023-24 | 408 | 27.3 | 14.9:1 | 35% (142) |
| 2022-23 | 412 | 26.9 | 15.3:1 | 37% (153) |
| 2020-21 | 433 | 29 | 14.9:1 | 29% (124) |
| 2017-18 | 175 | 13.8 | 12.7:1 | 30% (53) |
| 2015-16 | 193 | 15 | 12.9:1 | 33% (63) |
| 2010-11 | 169 | 15 | 11.3:1 | 28% (48) |
| 2000-01 | 298 | 18 | 16.6:1 | 17% (51) |
| 1990-91 | 237 | 14 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clearwater Intermediate - Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 131% (175 to 405); teachers up 129% (13.8 to 31.6).
About Clearwater Intermediate - Middle School
Clearwater Intermediate - Middle School is a mid-sized middle school that serves part of Clearwater, Kansas. It reported 405 students in grades 4 through 8 in 2024-25.
Clearwater Intermediate - Middle School is part of Clearwater, where 3 schools serve 1,095 students.
Of every 100 students at Clearwater Intermediate - Middle School, about 87 are White. After that, the student body is 8% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Sedgwick County is about 69% White. A diversity index of 24% means there is a 24% chance two randomly chosen students at Clearwater Intermediate - Middle School are from different groups.
Clearwater Intermediate - Middle School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1, with 31.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 34% at Clearwater Intermediate - Middle School. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Sedgwick County is 63%.
Among Kansas public middle schools, Clearwater Intermediate - Middle School outscored 87%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, Clearwater Intermediate - Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Kansas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 47.8%; the prediction is 46.1%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Sedgwick County show that the median household earns about $69,365 a year, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Sedgwick County, 160 public schools serve about 84,569 students.
Clearwater Elementary West is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are 2 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 30.8% on proficiency, and Clearwater Intermediate - Middle School is above that at 47.8%.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
A 6% decline took enrollment from 433 in 2020-21 to 405 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.8:1.
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Sedgwick County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
528,226
Census ACS
Median income
$69,365
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
84,569 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clearwater
- Clearwater HighHigh · 361 students
- Clearwater Elementary WestElementary · 329 students
Other schools in Clearwater
- Clearwater HighHigh · 361 students
- Clearwater Elementary WestElementary · 329 students
Nearby schools
- Clearwater Elementary West0.3 mi · 329
- Clearwater High0.6 mi · 361
- Haysville West Middle School7.9 mi · 551
- Freeman Elem8.0 mi · 397
- Prairie Elementary School8.0 mi · 407
- Rex Elem8.4 mi · 386
Frequently asked questions
About Clearwater Intermediate - Middle SchoolHow many students attend Clearwater Intermediate - Middle School?
Clearwater Intermediate - Middle School enrolls approximately 405 students in grades 04-08.
Is Clearwater Intermediate - Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Clearwater Intermediate - Middle School is a middle school covering grades 04-08.
How many students per teacher at Clearwater Intermediate - Middle School?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Clearwater Intermediate - Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Clearwater Intermediate - Middle School?
Student demographics at Clearwater Intermediate - Middle School are roughly 87% White, 8% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Clearwater Intermediate - Middle School public or private?
Clearwater Intermediate - Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clearwater.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.