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Alumni: what's one memory from Eisenhower Middle School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
516
Middle
DISTRICT 494 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIBERAL·NCES 200873002080
Eisenhower Middle School
2000 N Western, Liberal, KS 67901 · (620) 604-1400 · Seward County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL516 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Kansas public middle schools
- DTest 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
13.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
421 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 161 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 190 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 165 | 32% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
Eisenhower Middle School→Liberal Sr High
Based on grade levels within Liberal. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
22.2%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
16.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 | 22.2% | 16.3% |
| 2023-24 | 12.4% | 12.2% |
% 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
15.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.1%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Eisenhower Middle School
Eisenhower Middle School's state test result (15.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eisenhower Middle School this school | 516 | 81.6% | 15.1% |
| Dodge City Middle School Dodge City | 808 | 82.7% | 14.3% |
| Comanche Middle School Dodge City | 783 | 84.8% | 16.4% |
| Horace J. Good Middle School Garden City | 583 | 83.4% | 18.7% |
| Seymour Rogers Middle School Liberal | 472 | 90.7% | 9.1% |
| Charles O Stones Intermediate Ctr Garden City | 377 | 80.1% | 27.0% |
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 Eisenhower Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.1% | #177 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.3% | #173 of 192 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.2% | #174 of 192 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 516 | #80 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #78 of 161 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.5% | #131 of 161 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.6% | #22 of 195 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.0% | #24 of 98 |
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
516
-54 (-9%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 516 | 39.7 | 13.0:1 | 82% (421) |
| 2023-24 | 544 | 38.3 | 14.2:1 | 83% (451) |
| 2022-23 | 559 | 40.3 | 13.9:1 | 79% (441) |
| 2020-21 | 570 | 41 | 13.9:1 | 78% (446) |
| 2017-18 | 637 | 41.5 | 15.3:1 | 75% (476) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eisenhower Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (637 to 516); teachers down 4% (41.5 to 39.7).
About Eisenhower Middle School
The public middle-grades school Eisenhower Middle School is located in Liberal, Kansas. Federal data show 516 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. On average, middle schools in Kansas enroll around 402, and this school is 28% bigger than that mark.
The 8 schools in Liberal enroll 4,653 students altogether, Eisenhower Middle School among them.
Eisenhower Middle School is 82% Hispanic by enrollment. The remaining shares are 14% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Seward County's population at about 67%. The diversity index for Eisenhower Middle School is 30%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 39.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.0:1. The 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas is close to this figure. On the income side, 82% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Eisenhower Middle School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 11% of Kansas public middle schools.
Eisenhower Middle School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 15.1% is 8.0 points below the 23.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For Seward County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $63,827 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 11%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting Eisenhower Middle School, Seward County has 10 public schools.
MacArthur Elementary School is the nearest public school to Eisenhower Middle School, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of Eisenhower Middle School, there are 7 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Eisenhower Middle School is 5th of 8 on proficiency.
Eisenhower Middle School is coded as Town: Remote in federal locale data.
The school's student count fell 9% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Eisenhower Middle School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Seward County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,486
Census ACS
Median income
$63,827
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
11%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
5,115 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Liberal
- Liberal Sr HighHigh · 1,421 students
- Sunflower Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
- Cottonwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
- Seymour Rogers Middle SchoolMiddle · 472 students
- Prairie View Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
- MacArthur Elementary SchoolElementary · 386 students
Other schools in Liberal
- Liberal Sr HighHigh · 1,421 students
- Sunflower Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
- Cottonwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
- Seymour Rogers Middle SchoolMiddle · 472 students
- Prairie View Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
- MacArthur Elementary SchoolElementary · 386 students
Other Eisenhower Middle schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Eisenhower Middle. Eisenhower Middle School is the 9th largest of the 10.
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolTopeka, KS · 440 students
- EISENHOWER MIDDLE SCHOOLGIBSONTON, FL · 1,174 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolLawton, OK · 1,087 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolRockford, IL · 963 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 951 students
Nearby schools
- MacArthur Elementary School0.4 mi · 386
- Cottonwood Elementary School0.9 mi · 500
- Liberal Sr High1.4 mi · 1,421
- Meadowlark Elementary School1.7 mi · 362
- Sunflower Elementary School2.7 mi · 570
- Prairie View Elementary School2.8 mi · 426
Frequently asked questions
About Eisenhower Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Eisenhower Middle School?
Eisenhower Middle School enrolls approximately 516 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Eisenhower Middle School serve?
Eisenhower Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Eisenhower Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Eisenhower Middle School is approximately 13.0:1 (40 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Eisenhower Middle School?
Eisenhower Middle School reports a student body of 14% White, 82% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Eisenhower Middle School?
Eisenhower Middle School is overseen by Liberal in Seward County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.