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What's something Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
730
Middle
DISTRICT 753 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANHATTAN-OGDEN·NCES 200918001067
Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School
800 Walters Dr, Manhattan, KS 66502 · (785) 587-2880 · Riley County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL730 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
362 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 | 249 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 239 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 242 | 33% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School→Manhattan High School
Based on grade levels within Manhattan-Ogden. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
44.8%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
41.7%
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 42 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 | 44.8% | 41.7% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 29.9% |
% 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
37.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% 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 Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School
Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School's state test result (37.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School this school | 730 | 49.6% | 37.6% |
| Trailridge Middle Shawnee | 752 | 42.6% | 41.8% |
| Pioneer Trail Middle School Olathe | 617 | 48.0% | 29.4% |
| Hocker Grove Middle Shawnee | 714 | 53.6% | 33.6% |
| Derby North Middle School Derby | 832 | 47.2% | 35.9% |
| Westridge Middle Overland Park | 761 | 53.6% | 31.6% |
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 Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #68 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #65 of 192 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #73 of 192 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 730 | #24 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #66 of 161 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.5% | #36 of 161 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.6% | #101 of 195 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +59.7% | #4 of 54 |
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
730
+214 (+41%) vs 2020
+57% since 2000-01, when it was 464
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 730 | 57.3 | 12.8:1 | 50% (362) |
| 2023-24 | 756 | 54 | 14.0:1 | 47% (357) |
| 2022-23 | 740 | 57.3 | 12.9:1 | 46% (343) |
| 2020-21 | 516 | 38 | 13.6:1 | 47% (243) |
| 2017-18 | 457 | 35.3 | 12.9:1 | 52% (237) |
| 2015-16 | 433 | 33 | 13.1:1 | 54% (233) |
| 2010-11 | 359 | 28 | 12.8:1 | 47% (167) |
| 2000-01 | 464 | 30 | 15.5:1 | 32% (150) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 60% (457 to 730); teachers up 62% (35.3 to 57.3).
About Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School
Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School is a large middle school with its address in Manhattan, Kansas. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 730 students. Middle schools in Kansas have about 402 students on average; enrollment here is 82% higher.
Enrollment across the 14 schools in Manhattan-Ogden totals 7,204 students.
The share of White students at Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School is 56%, a majority. After that, the student body is 17% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 11% Black, and 2% Asian. Census figures show Riley County is about 77% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 63, compared with 70 nationally.
Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1, with 57.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Kansas is about 12.7:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 50% at Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School is within a point of the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 37.6% actual, 38.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Kansas.
Riley County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $61,098 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Public schools in Riley County number 18, with about 8,145 students.
Measured in a straight line, Northview Elem is about 0.8 miles from Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School is behind the 47.5% nearby average, ranking 7th of 8.
Under the NCES locale system, Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School is City: Small.
In 2020-21 the school reported 516 students, and in 2024-25 it reported 730. Grade changes, mergers, or boundary shifts can explain gaps this large.
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Riley County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
71,946
Census ACS
Median income
$61,098
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
8,145 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Manhattan-Ogden
- Manhattan High SchoolHigh · 2,087 students
- Susan B Anthony Middle SchoolMiddle · 775 students
- Frank V Bergman ElemElementary · 568 students
- Theo Roosevelt ElemElementary · 468 students
- Marlatt ElemElementary · 454 students
- Amanda Arnold ElemElementary · 399 students
Other schools in Manhattan
- Manhattan High SchoolHigh · 2,087 students
- Susan B Anthony Middle SchoolMiddle · 775 students
- Frank V Bergman ElemElementary · 568 students
- Theo Roosevelt ElemElementary · 468 students
- Marlatt ElemElementary · 454 students
- Amanda Arnold ElemElementary · 399 students
Other Dwight D Eisenhower Middle schools
One other US public school is named Dwight D Eisenhower Middle. Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Dwight D Eisenhower Middle SchoolWest Berlin, NJ · 261 students
Nearby schools
- Northview Elem0.8 mi · 364
- Susan B Anthony Middle School2.0 mi · 775
- Bluemont Elementary School2.1 mi · 207
- Marlatt Elem2.3 mi · 454
- Lee Elem2.4 mi · 299
- Woodrow Wilson Elem2.4 mi · 207
Frequently asked questions
About Dwight D Eisenhower Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School?
Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School enrolls approximately 730 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School serve?
Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School is approximately 12.8:1 (57 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School?
At Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School, the student body is approximately 56% White, 17% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School public or private?
Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Manhattan-Ogden.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.