Enrollment
293
Middle
DISTRICT 319 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLBY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 200501000572
Colby Middle School
750 W Third St, Colby, KS 67701 · (785) 460-5200 · Thomas County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL293 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% 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.
- FBeats 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
13.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
103 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 5 | 80 | 27% |
| Grade 6 | 79 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 68 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 66 | 23% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
Colby Middle School→Colby Senior High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Colby Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
29.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
23.7%
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 24 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 | 29.0% | 23.7% |
| 2023-24 | 27.1% | 16.1% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 45% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Colby Middle School
Colby Middle School's state test result (27.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colby Middle School this school | 293 | 35.2% | 27.9% |
| Spring Hill Middle School Spring Hill | 288 | 33.3% | 37.6% |
| Lexington Trails Middle School De Soto | 393 | 31.6% | 60.0% |
| Rose Hill Middle Rose Hill | 328 | 36.3% | 28.3% |
| Jefferson West Middle Meriden | 276 | 35.9% | 42.8% |
| Tonganoxie Middle School Tonganoxie | 433 | 33.3% | 30.5% |
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 Colby Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #121 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.7% | #148 of 192 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #154 of 192 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 293 | #139 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #104 of 161 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.2% | #115 of 161 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.2% | #145 of 195 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.1% | #25 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
293
-17 (-5%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 316
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 293 | 21.5 | 13.6:1 | 35% (103) |
| 2023-24 | 273 | 17.6 | 15.5:1 | 35% (96) |
| 2022-23 | 271 | 17.3 | 15.7:1 | 36% (97) |
| 2020-21 | 310 | 20 | 15.5:1 | 35% (108) |
| 2017-18 | 271 | 16.2 | 16.7:1 | 37% (101) |
| 2015-16 | 272 | 15 | 18.1:1 | 43% (118) |
| 2010-11 | 214 | 14 | 15.3:1 | 38% (82) |
| 2000-01 | 275 | 19 | 14.5:1 | 27% (73) |
| 1990-91 | 316 | 22 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Colby Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (271 to 293); teachers up 33% (16.2 to 21.5).
About Colby Middle School
Colby Middle School is a small middle-grades school serving families in Colby, Kansas. The school enrolls 293 students in grades 5 through 8. Middle schools in Kansas average about 402 students, which makes this school 27% below average.
Colby Middle School is in Colby Public Schools, a district with 958 students across 3 schools.
The largest group at Colby Middle School is White students, at 78%. The remaining students are 18% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Thomas County, the White share is about 90%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Colby Middle School scores 36%.
Colby Middle School reported 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 13.6:1. The school's 13.6:1 compares with an average of 12.7:1 for middle schools in Kansas. Roughly 35% of students at Colby Middle School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Thomas County average a similar 37%.
On the allk12 Grade, Colby Middle School lands at C-, ahead of 16% of Kansas public middle schools.
Colby Middle School ranks in the bottom 10% of Kansas schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 27.9%. Predicted: 45.4%. Difference: 17.5 points.
Looking at the county, Thomas County, the median household earns about $71,325 a year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Colby Middle School, Thomas County has 7 public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Colby Elem is less than a tenth of a mile from Colby Middle School. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. On proficiency, Colby Middle School is behind the 28.4% nearby average, ranking 4th of 8.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Remote, or in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 293, compared with 310 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 15.5:1 to 13.6:1.
This page is set up for the Colby Middle School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Thomas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,885
Census ACS
Median income
$71,325
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,169 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Colby Public Schools
- Colby ElemElementary · 369 students
- Colby Senior HighHigh · 296 students
Other schools in Colby
- Colby ElemElementary · 369 students
- Colby Senior HighHigh · 296 students
Other Colby Middle schools
One other US public school is named Colby Middle. Colby Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Colby MiddleColby, WI · 204 students
Nearby schools
- Colby Elem0.1 mi · 369
- Colby Senior High1.7 mi · 296
- Golden Plains High17.2 mi · 55
- Golden Plains Middle17.2 mi · 32
- Brewster High17.4 mi · 34
- Brewster Elem17.4 mi · 90
Frequently asked questions
About Colby Middle SchoolHow large is Colby Middle School?
Colby Middle School enrolls approximately 293 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Colby Middle School serve?
Colby Middle School serves grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at Colby Middle School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Colby Middle School.
How diverse is Colby Middle School?
Colby Middle School reports a student body of 78% White, 18% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Colby Middle School in?
Colby Middle School is part of Colby Public Schools.
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