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What tradition at Fort Scott Middle School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
372
Middle
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT SCOTT·NCES 200618000148
Fort Scott Middle School
1105 E 12th St, Fort Scott, KS 66701 · (620) 223-3262 · Bourbon County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL372 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Kansas public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
10.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
217 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 | 119 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 125 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 128 | 34% |
Student demographics
29%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
Fort Scott Middle School→Fort Scott Sr High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Fort Scott. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
43.3%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
49.0%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 | 43.3% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 21.2% | 27.0% |
% 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
31.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Fort Scott Middle School
Fort Scott Middle School's state test result (31.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Scott Middle School this school | 372 | 58.3% | 31.9% |
| Ottawa Middle School Ottawa | 456 | 58.3% | 28.5% |
| Abilene Middle School Abilene | 319 | 56.4% | 35.3% |
| Winfield Middle School Winfield | 456 | 59.9% | 22.9% |
| Wellington Middle School Wellington | 349 | 61.3% | 20.3% |
| Royster Middle School Chanute | 389 | 58.9% | 30.3% |
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 Fort Scott Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #97 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #41 of 192 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #82 of 192 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 372 | #123 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #7 of 161 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.5% | #134 of 161 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.3% | #76 of 195 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #40 of 98 |
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
372
-53 (-12%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 490
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 372 | 35.9 | 10.4:1 | 58% (217) |
| 2023-24 | 392 | 35.5 | 11.0:1 | 59% (233) |
| 2022-23 | 430 | 38 | 11.3:1 | 61% (264) |
| 2020-21 | 425 | 35 | 12.1:1 | 55% (234) |
| 2017-18 | 431 | 33.4 | 12.9:1 | 55% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 462 | 34 | 13.6:1 | 60% (276) |
| 2010-11 | 430 | 36 | 11.9:1 | 62% (268) |
| 2000-01 | 505 | 37 | 13.7:1 | 45% (225) |
| 1990-91 | 490 | 31 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fort Scott Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (431 to 372); teachers up 8% (33.4 to 35.9).
About Fort Scott Middle School
Fort Scott Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in Kansas, with an address in Fort Scott. The school counted 372 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8.
Fort Scott runs 5 schools with a combined 1,731 students. Fort Scott Middle School is one of them.
White students are 84% of those enrolled at Fort Scott Middle School. The rest of enrollment is 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 29, compared with 70 nationally.
Fort Scott Middle School has 35.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.4:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Kansas is 12.7:1. At Fort Scott Middle School, 58% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The figure for public schools in Bourbon County is close, at 57%.
Fort Scott Middle School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 58% of Kansas public middle schools.
A school with Fort Scott Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Kansas is predicted to score 34.3%. Fort Scott Middle School scores 31.9%, 2.4 points below that line.
In Bourbon County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $59,238, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The county has 7 public schools and about 2,172 students.
The closest school to Fort Scott Middle School is Fort Scott Sr High, located about 0.8 miles away. In all, 4 other public schools sit within five miles of Fort Scott Middle School. Its average proficiency rate of 31.9% is below the 43.0% average for nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Town: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school shrank from 425 students in 2020-21 to 372 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (10.4:1) than in 2020-21 (12.1:1).
People who know Fort Scott Middle School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Bourbon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
14,394
Census ACS
Median income
$59,238
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
2,172 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fort Scott
- Fort Scott Sr HighHigh · 578 students
- Eugene Ware ElemElementary · 361 students
- Winfield Scott ElemElementary · 311 students
- Fort Scott Preschool CenterElementary · 109 students
Other schools in Fort Scott
- Fort Scott Sr HighHigh · 578 students
- Eugene Ware ElemElementary · 361 students
- Winfield Scott ElemElementary · 311 students
- Fort Scott Preschool CenterElementary · 109 students
Nearby schools
- Fort Scott Sr High0.8 mi · 578
- Eugene Ware Elem0.8 mi · 361
- Winfield Scott Elem1.1 mi · 311
- Fort Scott Preschool Center1.1 mi · 109
- West Bourbon Elementary15.4 mi · 263
- Uniontown High School15.4 mi · 178
Frequently asked questions
About Fort Scott Middle SchoolHow large is Fort Scott Middle School?
Fort Scott Middle School enrolls approximately 372 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Fort Scott Middle School serve?
Fort Scott Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fort Scott Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fort Scott Middle School is approximately 10.4:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Fort Scott Middle School?
Student demographics at Fort Scott Middle School are roughly 84% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Fort Scott Middle School?
Fort Scott Middle School is overseen by Fort Scott in Bourbon County.
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