Enrollment
72
Middle
DISTRICT 140 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELLINWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 200582000732
Ellinwood Middle School
210 E. 2nd St., Ellinwood, KS 67526 · (620) 564-3136 · Barton County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL72 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of Kansas public middle schools
- CTest 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
12.9:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
32 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 7 | 37 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 35 | 49% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
Ellinwood Middle School→Ellinwood High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Ellinwood Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
37.7%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
28.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 | 37.7% | 28.3% |
| 2023-24 | 20.3% | 23.7% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
25.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Ellinwood Middle School
Ellinwood Middle School's state test result (25.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellinwood Middle School this school | 72 | 44.4% | 25.8% |
| McLouth Middle McLouth | 91 | 46.2% | 24.6% |
| Pretty Prairie Middle Pretty Prairie | 68 | 47.1% | 27.7% |
| Udall Middle School Udall | 66 | 48.5% | 35.8% |
| Onaga Middle School Onaga | 76 | 46.1% | 40.2% |
| Norton Jr High Norton | 96 | 47.9% | 20.1% |
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 Ellinwood Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 72 | #205 of 225 |
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
72
-2 (-3%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 85
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 72 | 5.6 | 12.9:1 | 44% (32) |
| 2023-24 | 78 | 4.6 | 17.1:1 | 41% (32) |
| 2022-23 | 76 | 4.5 | 16.9:1 | 32% (24) |
| 2020-21 | 74 | 4 | 18.5:1 | 46% (34) |
| 2017-18 | 73 | 5.1 | 14.3:1 | 55% (40) |
| 2015-16 | 72 | 5 | 14.4:1 | 54% (39) |
| 2010-11 | 63 | 4 | 15.8:1 | 49% (31) |
| 2000-01 | 104 | 6 | 17.3:1 | 37% (38) |
| 1990-91 | 85 | 6 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ellinwood Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (73 to 72); teachers up 9% (5.1 to 5.6).
About Ellinwood Middle School
Ellinwood Middle School is a middle-grades school in Ellinwood, Kansas, and it is part of Ellinwood Public Schools. The school enrolls 72 students, from grades 7 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Kansas) has about 402 students.
Ellinwood Public Schools has 420 students in 3 schools, and Ellinwood Middle School is one of those schools.
Most students at Ellinwood Middle School are White: 90% of enrollment. Other groups make up 6% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Barton County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school's share is higher. Ellinwood Middle School has a diversity index of 18%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 12.9 students per teacher and 5.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in Kansas, the average ratio is about 12.7:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 44%. Public schools in Barton County average 62%.
Ellinwood Middle School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 17% of Kansas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In Kansas, Ellinwood Middle School is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 25.8% compared with a predicted 40.9%.
Barton County has about 25,097 residents, and median household income is about $58,851, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Barton County number 15 and enroll about 4,179.
Ellinwood High is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. Ellinwood Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Ellinwood Middle School ranks 4th on proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 72, 3% below the 74 of 2020-21. Students per teacher fell from 18.5 in 2020-21 to 12.9 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Ellinwood Middle School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Barton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,097
Census ACS
Median income
$58,851
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
4,179 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ellinwood Public Schools
- Ellinwood ElemElementary · 202 students
- Ellinwood HighHigh · 146 students
Other schools in Ellinwood
- Ellinwood ElemElementary · 202 students
- Ellinwood HighHigh · 146 students
Nearby schools
- Ellinwood High0.0 mi · 146
- Ellinwood Elem0.3 mi · 202
- Riley Elem9.8 mi · 296
- Park Elem10.3 mi · 304
- Great Bend High School10.5 mi · 923
- Jefferson Elem10.8 mi · 297
Frequently asked questions
About Ellinwood Middle SchoolHow large is Ellinwood Middle School?
Ellinwood Middle School enrolls approximately 72 students in grades 07-08.
Is Ellinwood Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ellinwood Middle School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Ellinwood Middle School have?
Ellinwood Middle School employs 6 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Ellinwood Middle School?
Student demographics at Ellinwood Middle School are roughly 90% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
What district is Ellinwood Middle School in?
Ellinwood Middle School is part of Ellinwood Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.