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Enrollment
783
Middle
DISTRICT 796 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DODGE CITY·NCES 200558001743
Comanche Middle School
1601 First Ave., Dodge City, KS 67801 · (620) 371-1100 · Ford County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL783 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Kansas public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
14.0:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
664 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 6 | 258 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 249 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 276 | 35% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
Comanche Middle School→Dodge City High School
Based on grade levels within Dodge City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
21.8%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
17.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 | 21.8% | 17.5% |
| 2023-24 | 15.6% | 14.6% |
% 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
16.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Comanche Middle School
Comanche Middle School's state test result (16.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comanche Middle School this school | 783 | 84.8% | 16.4% |
| Dodge City Middle School Dodge City | 808 | 82.7% | 14.3% |
| Eisenhower Middle School Liberal | 516 | 81.6% | 15.1% |
| Pleasant Valley Middle School Wichita | 760 | 92.4% | 17.4% |
| Horace J. Good Middle School Garden City | 583 | 83.4% | 18.7% |
| Marshall Middle School Wichita | 596 | 89.4% | 17.0% |
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 Comanche Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.4% | #174 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.5% | #169 of 192 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #176 of 192 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 783 | #15 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #116 of 161 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.5% | #116 of 161 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.8% | #16 of 195 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.4% | #37 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
783
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
+19% since 2010-11, when it was 658
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 783 | 55.8 | 14.0:1 | 85% (664) |
| 2023-24 | 761 | 46 | 16.5:1 | 82% (625) |
| 2022-23 | 795 | 45.5 | 17.5:1 | 80% (636) |
| 2020-21 | 778 | 56 | 13.9:1 | 78% (610) |
| 2017-18 | 743 | 58.7 | 12.7:1 | 80% (593) |
| 2015-16 | 721 | 58 | 12.4:1 | 80% (575) |
| 2010-11 | 658 | 44 | 14.9:1 | 88% (577) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Comanche Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (743 to 783); teachers down 5% (58.7 to 55.8).
About Comanche Middle School
Students in Dodge City, Kansas, attend Comanche Middle School, a high-enrollment middle-grades school. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 783 students. Against the 402-student average for middle schools in Kansas, enrollment here is 95% higher.
Within Dodge City, Comanche Middle School is one of 11 schools. The district enrolls 7,268 students.
At 79%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Comanche Middle School combined. Other students are 15% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. By comparison, Ford County residents are about 59% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Comanche Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 36%.
Comanche Middle School counts 55.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.0 students for each one. Among middle schools in Kansas, the typical ratio is 12.7:1. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 Grade for Comanche Middle School is C-. Compared with Kansas public middle schools, the school scored higher than 20% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 21.6% for a school in Kansas with Comanche Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Comanche Middle School posts 16.4%.
Federal survey data for Ford County show that median household income is about $70,781, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Comanche Middle School is among the 15 public schools in Ford County.
Central Elem is located about 0.4 miles from Comanche Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Comanche Middle School comes in 6th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Comanche Middle School falls in the Town: Remote locale category, used for schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (778) to 2024-25 (783).
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Ford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
34,074
Census ACS
Median income
$70,781
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
7,836 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dodge City
- Dodge City High SchoolHigh · 2,178 students
- Dodge City Middle SchoolMiddle · 808 students
- Miller ElemElementary · 780 students
- Ross Elementary SchoolElementary · 502 students
- Central ElemElementary · 381 students
- Northwest ElemElementary · 380 students
Other schools in Dodge City
- Dodge City High SchoolHigh · 2,178 students
- Dodge City Middle SchoolMiddle · 808 students
- Miller ElemElementary · 780 students
- Ross Elementary SchoolElementary · 502 students
- Central ElemElementary · 381 students
- Northwest ElemElementary · 380 students
Other Comanche Middle schools
One other US public school is named Comanche Middle. Comanche Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Comanche Middle SchoolComanche, OK · 175 students
Nearby schools
- Central Elem0.4 mi · 381
- Dodge City Middle School0.5 mi · 808
- Soule Elementary School0.6 mi · 375
- Northwest Elem0.6 mi · 380
- Miller Elem0.8 mi · 780
- Linn Elementary1.2 mi · 361
Frequently asked questions
About Comanche Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Comanche Middle School?
Comanche Middle School enrolls approximately 783 students in grades 06-08.
Is Comanche Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Comanche Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Comanche Middle School have?
Comanche Middle School employs 56 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Comanche Middle School?
Student demographics at Comanche Middle School are roughly 15% White, 79% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Comanche Middle School in?
Comanche Middle School is part of Dodge City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.