Dodge City Middle School

Set in Dodge City, Kansas, Dodge City Middle School is a high-enrollment junior high, part of Dodge City. It educates 808 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 402 students per school, that is 101% bigger than typical.

Across the 11 schools in Dodge City (7,268 students total), Dodge City Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Dodge City Middle School lists that nearly all students (84%) are Hispanic. The remainder reads as 13% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

Looking at school resources, Dodge City Middle School records 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Dodge City Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Dodge City Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 14.3%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Ford County) reports that median household earnings sit near $70,781, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Ford County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,836 students), of which Dodge City Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Soule Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Dodge City Middle School comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 22.7%.

Dodge City Middle School operates from a town-center location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 6%: 764 students in 2018 compared to 808 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

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