Clifton-Clyde Middle School
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Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingWhat this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Clifton-Clyde Middle School
Located at 405 W Parallel, in Clifton, Kansas, Clifton-Clyde Middle School is a rural-scale middle school that caters to 116 students (grades 4 through 8), overseen by Clifton-Clyde. Compared to the state average of about 402 students per school, that is 71% leaner than typical.
Within Clifton-Clyde, which oversees 3 schools and 310 students, Clifton-Clyde Middle School is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, Clifton-Clyde Middle School records that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% Hispanic. Compared to Washington County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at school resources, Clifton-Clyde Middle School reports 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 46% of students at Clifton-Clyde Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Washington County (around 37%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
After controlling for student poverty, Clifton-Clyde Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.3%; this one delivers 36.2%.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Washington County indicate median household earnings sit near $65,482, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Washington County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,079 students), of which Clifton-Clyde Middle School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Clifton-Clyde Grade School K-3, around 0.2 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Clifton-Clyde Middle School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 42.7%.
Clifton-Clyde Middle School operates from a countryside location.
Over the past 7-year window. Clifton-Clyde Middle School's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 117 (now 116). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.
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- Clifton-Clyde Sr HighHigh · 104 students
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