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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Derby North Middle School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
832
Middle
DISTRICT 878 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DERBY·NCES 200546002079
Derby North Middle School
3100 N Rock Road, Derby, KS 67037 · (316) 788-8408 · Sedgwick County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL832 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Kansas public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
14.6:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
393 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 | 264 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 279 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 289 | 35% |
Student demographics
61%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 North Middle School→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
44.9%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
40.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 | 44.9% | 40.5% |
| 2023-24 | 29.3% | 29.4% |
% 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
35.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 North Middle School
Derby North Middle School's state test result (35.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derby North Middle School this school | 832 | 47.2% | 35.9% |
| Derby Middle Sch Derby | 923 | 49.7% | 29.3% |
| Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School Manhattan | 730 | 49.6% | 37.6% |
| Trail Ridge Middle School Gardner | 679 | 44.0% | 34.2% |
| Trailridge Middle Shawnee | 752 | 42.6% | 41.8% |
| Indian Trail Middle School Olathe | 582 | 49.0% | 27.2% |
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 North Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #73 of 192 | #11 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #71 of 192 | #8 of 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #72 of 192 | #10 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 832 | #8 of 225 | #4 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #131 of 161 | #20 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.8% | #45 of 161 | #15 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.2% | #110 of 195 | #19 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.5% | #49 of 54 | #15 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
832
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 832 | 57.2 | 14.6:1 | 47% (393) |
| 2023-24 | 856 | 53.2 | 16.1:1 | 49% (419) |
| 2022-23 | 828 | 58.6 | 14.1:1 | 48% (401) |
| 2020-21 | 827 | 60 | 13.8:1 | 43% (359) |
| 2017-18 | 820 | 55.6 | 14.8:1 | 46% (375) |
| 2015-16 | 790 | 55 | 14.4:1 | 45% (358) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Derby North Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (820 to 832); teachers up 3% (55.6 to 57.2).
About Derby North Middle School
Derby North Middle School is one of the public schools in Derby, Kansas. It is a large middle-grades school. The school serves 832 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. The average among middle schools in Kansas is roughly 402 students; this school is 107% bigger than that.
Derby North Middle School is one school in Derby, a system of 13 schools with 7,416 students.
Roughly 58% of students at Derby North Middle School are White. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 6% Black, and 5% Asian. By comparison, Sedgwick County residents are about 69% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 61% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 57.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Derby North Middle School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.6:1. That is 1.9 students per teacher above the 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 47%. The rate at public schools in Sedgwick County averages 63%, higher than here.
allk12 grades Derby North Middle School a B. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Derby North Middle School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (35.9%) and its predicted rate (39.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Kansas schools.
Federal survey data for Sedgwick County show that the median household income is $69,365, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 160 public schools in Sedgwick County, enrolling about 84,569 students in all.
The shortest distance from Derby North Middle School to another public school is about 0.9 miles, to Stone Creek Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 40.2%, higher than Derby North Middle School's 35.9%.
In the federal locale system, Derby North Middle School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools 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 (827) to 2024-25 (832).
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Middle SchMiddle · 923 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 Middle SchMiddle · 923 students
- Tanglewood ElemElementary · 607 students
- Stone Creek ElementaryElementary · 451 students
- Derby Hills ElemElementary · 410 students
- Park Hill ElementaryElementary · 392 students
Nearby schools
- Stone Creek Elementary0.9 mi · 451
- Derby Hills Elem1.5 mi · 410
- Derby High School2.0 mi · 2,172
- Tanglewood Elem2.2 mi · 607
- Derby Virtual School2.3 mi · 65
- El Paso Elem2.3 mi · 288
Frequently asked questions
About Derby North Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Derby North Middle School?
Derby North Middle School enrolls approximately 832 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Derby North Middle School serve?
Derby North Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Derby North Middle School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Derby North Middle School.
How diverse is Derby North Middle School?
Derby North Middle School reports a student body of 58% White, 18% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Derby North Middle School public or private?
Derby North Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Derby.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.