Conway Springs Middle School
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Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingWhat this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Conway Springs Middle School
As a tiny middle school in Conway Springs, Kansas, Conway Springs Middle School teaches 89 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by Conway Springs. Compared to the state average of about 402 students per school, that is 78% leaner than typical.
Within Conway Springs, which oversees 3 schools and 379 students, Conway Springs Middle School is one campus in the system.
Demographically, Conway Springs Middle School lists that nearly all students (93%) are White. The remainder looks like 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Sumner County as a whole.
In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Sumner County (around 53%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Conway Springs Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.4%; this one delivers 40.0%.
Around the school, Sumner County reports that median household income runs about $63,951, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Conway Springs Middle School is one of 23 public schools in Sumner County (combined enrollment of about 3,436 students).
Nearest neighbor: Conway Springs Kyle Trueblood, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Conway Springs Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Conway Springs Middle School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 38.3%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 15%: 105 students in 2018 compared to 89 in 2025.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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