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Enrollment
502
Middle
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GODDARD·NCES 200654001557
Discovery Intermediate School
301 S. Main, Goddard, KS 67052 · (316) 794-4030 · Sedgwick County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL502 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
133 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 5 | 239 | 48% |
| Grade 6 | 263 | 52% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
52.6%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
47.0%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 53 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.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.6% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.7% | 36.7% |
% 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
50.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Discovery Intermediate School
Discovery Intermediate School's state test result (50.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery Intermediate School this school | 502 | 26.5% | 50.4% |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School Goddard | 625 | 22.2% | 42.6% |
| Basehor-Linwood Middle School Basehor | 679 | 22.1% | 47.5% |
| Tonganoxie Middle School Tonganoxie | 433 | 33.3% | 30.5% |
| Wamego Middle School Wamego | 385 | 28.8% | 42.5% |
| Rock Creek Middle School St. George | 415 | 26.5% | 51.1% |
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 Discovery Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #24 of 192 | #3 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #46 of 192 | #4 of 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #37 of 192 | #4 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 502 | #83 of 225 | #23 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #155 of 161 | #29 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.8% | #114 of 161 | #27 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.5% | #167 of 195 | #29 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.7% | #26 of 54 | #10 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
502
+25 (+5%) vs 2020
+27% since 2010-11, when it was 396
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 502 | 30.8 | 16.3:1 | 26% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 535 | 31.1 | 17.2:1 | 26% (140) |
| 2022-23 | 485 | 33.3 | 14.6:1 | 24% (116) |
| 2020-21 | 477 | 27 | 17.7:1 | 14% (68) |
| 2017-18 | 466 | 21.9 | 21.3:1 | 24% (113) |
| 2015-16 | 485 | 25 | 19.4:1 | 23% (113) |
| 2010-11 | 396 | 24 | 16.5:1 | 23% (92) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Discovery Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (466 to 502); teachers up 41% (21.9 to 30.8).
About Discovery Intermediate School
Discovery Intermediate School is a medium-sized middle school in Goddard, Kansas, one of the schools in Goddard. It enrolled 502 students in grades 5 through 6 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 25% higher than the average for middle schools in Kansas, which is about 402.
Goddard has 12 schools; together they serve 6,344 students.
Roughly 78% of students at Discovery Intermediate School are White. The rest of enrollment is 10% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Among all residents of Sedgwick County, the White share is about 69%. Discovery Intermediate School's diversity index is 37%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 16.3:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas. The school's lunch program data list 26% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is lower than the 63% average for public schools in Sedgwick County.
Discovery Intermediate School scores 50.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 49.5%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Sedgwick County show that the median household income is $69,365, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Besides Discovery Intermediate School, Sedgwick County has 159 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Clark Davidson Elem, at about 0.3 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 41.5% proficiency; Discovery Intermediate School posts 50.4%.
Discovery Intermediate School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 502 students in 2024-25, 25 more than the 477 it had in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.3:1) than in 2020-21 (17.7:1).
The Discovery Intermediate School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Goddard
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 991 students
- Goddard HighHigh · 962 students
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 625 students
- Apollo Elementary SchoolElementary · 544 students
- Amelia Earhart Elementary SchoolElementary · 514 students
- Goddard Middle SchoolMiddle · 485 students
Other schools in Goddard
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 991 students
- Goddard HighHigh · 962 students
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 625 students
- Apollo Elementary SchoolElementary · 544 students
- Amelia Earhart Elementary SchoolElementary · 514 students
- Goddard Middle SchoolMiddle · 485 students
Other Discovery Intermediate schools
One other US public school is named Discovery Intermediate. Discovery Intermediate School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLKISSIMMEE, FL · 804 students
Nearby schools
- Clark Davidson Elem0.3 mi · 462
- Challenger Intermediate School0.4 mi · 454
- Oak Street Elementary School K-40.5 mi · 343
- USD 265 - Goddard Virtual School0.6 mi · 29
- Goddard High0.7 mi · 962
- Goddard Middle School0.8 mi · 485
Frequently asked questions
About Discovery Intermediate SchoolHow large is Discovery Intermediate School?
Discovery Intermediate School enrolls approximately 502 students in grades 05-06.
What age range does Discovery Intermediate School serve?
Discovery Intermediate School serves students from grade 05 through grade 06.
How many teachers does Discovery Intermediate School have?
Discovery Intermediate School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
How diverse is Discovery Intermediate School?
Discovery Intermediate School reports a student body of 78% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Discovery Intermediate School?
Discovery Intermediate School is overseen by Goddard in Sedgwick County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.