Ellinwood Middle School

Set in Ellinwood, Kansas, Ellinwood Middle School is a tiny junior high, one of the schools within Ellinwood Public Schools. It serves 72 students across grades 7 through 8. That puts it 82% below the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 402 students.

Across the 3 schools in Ellinwood Public Schools (420 students total), Ellinwood Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Ellinwood Middle School records that nearly all students (90%) are White. Beyond that, the school lists 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Ellinwood Middle School reports 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 44% of students at Ellinwood Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Barton County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Ellinwood Middle School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 40.9%; actual is 25.8%, a gap of -15.1 points.

Around the school, census data for Barton County shows median household earnings sit near $58,851, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Ellinwood Middle School is one of 15 public schools in Barton County (combined enrollment of about 4,179 students).

Ellinwood High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Ellinwood Middle School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 28.1%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 73 students in 2018 compared to 72 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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