Comanche Middle School

Comanche Middle School is one of the big middle schools in Dodge City, Kansas, part of Dodge City, with 783 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 95% larger than the state mean of about 402.

Within Dodge City, which oversees 11 schools and 7,268 students, Comanche Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Comanche Middle School records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 79% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

On the resource side, On paper, Comanche Middle School has 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 85% of students at Comanche Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Comanche Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 16.4%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Ford County indicate median household earnings sit near $70,781, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Comanche Middle School is one of 15 public schools in Ford County (combined enrollment of about 7,836 students).

The closest other public school is Central Elem, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Comanche Middle School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 22.0%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Comanche Middle School's enrollment has rose 5% since 2018, when it stood at 743 (now 783). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

On this page, members of the Comanche Middle School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.