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Enrollment
923
Middle
DISTRICT 878 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DERBY·NCES 200546001598
Derby Middle Sch
801 E Madison, Derby, KS 67037 · (316) 788-8580 · Sedgwick County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL923 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% 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.
- CBeats 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
15.8:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
459 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 305 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 301 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 317 | 34% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Derby Middle Sch→Derby High School
Based on grade levels within Derby. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
35.9%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
34.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 | 35.9% | 34.5% |
| 2023-24 | 26.3% | 22.8% |
% 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
29.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.4%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Derby Middle Sch
Derby Middle Sch's state test result (29.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derby Middle Sch this school | 923 | 49.7% | 29.3% |
| Valley Center Middle School Valley Center | 802 | 44.3% | 33.7% |
| Trail Ridge Middle School Gardner | 679 | 44.0% | 34.2% |
| Derby North Middle School Derby | 832 | 47.2% | 35.9% |
| Hays Middle School Hays | 726 | 40.4% | 35.1% |
| Shawnee Heights Middle Tecumseh | 540 | 42.6% | 34.9% |
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 Derby Middle Sch ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #115 of 192 | #16 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #105 of 192 | #15 of 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #122 of 192 | #16 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 923 | #3 of 225 | #2 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #151 of 161 | #27 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.7% | #72 of 161 | #17 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.7% | #100 of 195 | #18 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.5% | #16 of 54 | #8 of 17 |
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
923
-13 (-1%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 942
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 923 | 58.4 | 15.8:1 | 50% (459) |
| 2023-24 | 897 | 54.9 | 16.3:1 | 48% (432) |
| 2022-23 | 929 | 57.1 | 16.3:1 | 46% (429) |
| 2020-21 | 936 | 59 | 15.9:1 | 45% (421) |
| 2017-18 | 813 | 54 | 15.1:1 | 54% (440) |
| 2015-16 | 861 | 56 | 15.4:1 | 50% (427) |
| 2010-11 | 958 | 71 | 13.5:1 | 46% (444) |
| 2000-01 | 1,059 | 72 | 14.7:1 | 18% (193) |
| 1990-91 | 942 | 65 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Derby Middle Sch.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (813 to 923); teachers up 8% (54 to 58.4).
About Derby Middle Sch
Derby Middle Sch is a high-enrollment middle school located in Derby, Kansas. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 923 students. The school's enrollment is 130% larger than the 402 average for middle schools in Kansas.
Derby Middle Sch reports to Derby, which has 13 schools and 7,416 students.
White students are the majority at Derby Middle Sch, with 67% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 18% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. That is close to the 69% White share among all Sedgwick County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 51% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.8:1, with 58.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is higher than the 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Derby Middle Sch is 50%. On average, public schools in Sedgwick County report 63%.
Measured against Kansas public middle schools, Derby Middle Sch receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Derby Middle Sch is 38.4%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 29.3%.
Within Sedgwick County, the median household income is $69,365, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. In all, Sedgwick County has 160 public schools and roughly 84,569 students.
Of nearby public schools, El Paso Elem is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Derby Middle Sch. Its average proficiency rate of 29.3% is below the 46.7% average for nearby schools.
Federal data place Derby Middle Sch in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (936) to 2024-25 (923).
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Derby Middle Sch. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Sedgwick County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
528,226
Census ACS
Median income
$69,365
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
84,569 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Derby
- Derby High SchoolHigh · 2,172 students
- Derby North Middle SchoolMiddle · 832 students
- Tanglewood ElemElementary · 607 students
- Stone Creek ElementaryElementary · 451 students
- Derby Hills ElemElementary · 410 students
- Wineteer ElemElementary · 397 students
Other schools in Derby
- Derby High SchoolHigh · 2,172 students
- Derby North Middle SchoolMiddle · 832 students
- Tanglewood ElemElementary · 607 students
- Stone Creek ElementaryElementary · 451 students
- Derby Hills ElemElementary · 410 students
- Park Hill ElementaryElementary · 392 students
Nearby schools
- El Paso Elem0.5 mi · 288
- Derby Virtual School0.7 mi · 65
- Tanglewood Elem0.7 mi · 607
- Swaney Elem0.8 mi · 351
- Derby High School1.2 mi · 2,172
- Park Hill Elementary1.4 mi · 392
Frequently asked questions
About Derby Middle SchHow large is Derby Middle Sch?
Derby Middle Sch enrolls approximately 923 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Derby Middle Sch serve?
Derby Middle Sch serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Derby Middle Sch?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Derby Middle Sch is approximately 15.8:1 (58 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Derby Middle Sch?
At Derby Middle Sch, the student body is approximately 67% White, 18% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Derby Middle Sch in?
Derby Middle Sch is part of Derby.
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