Forest Spring Middle School

As a tight-knit middle school in Spring Hill, Kansas, Forest Spring Middle School works with 296 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by Spring Hill. Compared to the state average of about 402 students per school, that is 26% below typical.

Within Spring Hill, which oversees 11 schools and 5,841 students, Forest Spring Middle School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Forest Spring Middle School records that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian, 2% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 14% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Johnson County (around 27%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Forest Spring Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.0%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Johnson County shows median household earnings sit near $109,208, about 58% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Johnson County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students), of which Forest Spring Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Wolf Creek Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Forest Spring Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Forest Spring Middle School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 52.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

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