Eisenhower Middle School

Set in Liberal, Kansas, Eisenhower Middle School is an average-sized 6-8 campus, part of Liberal. It educates 516 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 402 students per school, that is 28% bigger than typical.

Eisenhower Middle School is one of 8 schools operated by Liberal, a district that works with 4,653 students overall.

Demographically, Eisenhower Middle School shows that 82% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 14% White. By comparison, Seward County as a whole is about 67% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 82% of students at Eisenhower Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Eisenhower Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.1%, the actual is 15.1%, a residual of -8.0 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Seward County) logs that median household income runs about $63,827, roughly 11% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Seward County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,115 students), Eisenhower Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MacArthur Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Eisenhower Middle School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 20.9%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 19%: 637 students in 2018 compared to 516 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 73% to 82% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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