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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Eisenhower Middle School administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
440
Middle
DISTRICT 435 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOPEKA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 201226001469
Eisenhower Middle School
3305 SE Minnesota Ave, Topeka, KS 66605 · (785) 274-6160 · Shawnee County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL440 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of Kansas public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
11.6:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
381 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 157 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 140 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 143 | 33% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
10.8%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
6.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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 | 10.8% | 6.4% |
| 2023-24 | 7.3% | 6.0% |
% 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
6.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.7%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 6% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 (6.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eisenhower Middle School this school | 440 | 86.6% | 6.3% |
| Hamilton Middle School Wichita | 604 | 95.9% | 7.8% |
| Rosedale Middle Kansas City | 501 | 86.4% | 8.6% |
| Turner Middle School Kansas City | 585 | 82.7% | 17.1% |
| Argentine Middle Kansas City | 519 | 80.0% | 7.5% |
| Chase Middle School Topeka | 390 | 95.9% | 15.3% |
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 | In Shawnee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 6.3% | #190 of 192 | #10 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.4% | #189 of 192 | #10 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 10.8% | #192 of 192 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 440 | #98 of 225 | #6 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #23 of 161 | #4 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.3% | #17 of 161 | #4 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.6% | #12 of 195 | #2 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.4% | #19 of 98 | #1 of 10 |
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
440
-57 (-11%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 526
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 440 | 38 | 11.6:1 | 87% (381) |
| 2023-24 | 427 | 42.3 | 10.1:1 | 88% (374) |
| 2022-23 | 486 | 46 | 10.6:1 | 90% (437) |
| 2020-21 | 497 | 40 | 12.4:1 | 90% (447) |
| 2017-18 | 546 | 49.6 | 11.0:1 | 92% (500) |
| 2015-16 | 567 | 49 | 11.6:1 | 94% (533) |
| 2010-11 | 456 | 37 | 12.3:1 | 89% (408) |
| 2000-01 | 443 | 29 | 15.3:1 | 76% (337) |
| 1990-91 | 526 | 34 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eisenhower Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (546 to 440); teachers down 23% (49.6 to 38).
About Eisenhower Middle School
Eisenhower Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in Topeka Public Schools, located in Topeka, Kansas. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 440 students in 2024-25.
The district, Topeka Public Schools, has 11,695 students enrolled across 25 schools.
At Eisenhower Middle School, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 47%. Other groups include 22% Black, 16% multiracial, and 14% White. By comparison, Shawnee County residents are about 14% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 68, compared with 70 nationally.
With 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.6:1. Middle schools in Kansas have an average ratio of 12.7:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Eisenhower Middle School, 87% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Shawnee County average 54%.
On the allk12 Grade, Eisenhower Middle School lands at F, ahead of 1% of Kansas public middle schools.
Schools in Kansas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 20.7%. Eisenhower Middle School scores 6.3%.
In Shawnee County, the median household earns about $67,104 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Shawnee County has 54 public schools with about 26,294 students, including Eisenhower Middle School.
Eisenhower Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Ross Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Eisenhower Middle School at 7th of 8.
NCES describes the area around Eisenhower Middle School as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2020-21, Eisenhower Middle School enrolled 497 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 440.
This page collects posts and questions about Eisenhower Middle School, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Shawnee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
178,025
Census ACS
Median income
$67,104
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
26,294 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Topeka Public Schools
- Topeka HighHigh · 1,578 students
- Topeka West HighHigh · 971 students
- Highland Park HighHigh · 835 students
- Jardine ElementaryElementary · 729 students
- Ross ElementaryElementary · 563 students
- Jardine Middle SchoolMiddle · 508 students
Other schools in Topeka
- Washburn Rural HighHigh · 1,878 students
- Topeka HighHigh · 1,578 students
- Seaman HighHigh · 1,190 students
- Topeka West HighHigh · 971 students
- Washburn Rural Middle SchoolMiddle · 966 students
- Highland Park HighHigh · 835 students
Other Eisenhower Middle schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Eisenhower Middle. Eisenhower Middle School is the 10th largest of the 10.
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolLiberal, KS · 516 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
- Ross Elementary0.2 mi · 563
- Highland Park Central0.8 mi · 318
- Highland Park High1.2 mi · 835
- Avondale Academy1.3 mi · 23
- Topeka Virtual School1.3 mi · 384
- Williams Science and Fine Arts Magnet School2.6 mi · 447
Frequently asked questions
About Eisenhower Middle SchoolHow many students attend Eisenhower Middle School?
Eisenhower Middle School enrolls approximately 440 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Eisenhower Middle School serve?
Eisenhower Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Eisenhower Middle School have?
Eisenhower Middle School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Eisenhower Middle School?
Student demographics at Eisenhower Middle School are roughly 14% White, 47% Hispanic, 22% Black, 16% Two or more.
Is Eisenhower Middle School public or private?
Eisenhower Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Topeka Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.