Girard Middle

Girard Middle operates as a low-enrollment 6-8 campus in Girard, Kansas, run under Girard. Current enrollment sits at 201 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 402 students per school, that is 50% leaner than typical.

Within Girard, which oversees 3 schools and 1,012 students, Girard Middle is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Girard Middle records that nearly all students (89%) are White. The remainder consists of 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Girard Middle has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Crawford County's rate of about 62%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Girard Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.1%, the actual is 34.9%, a residual of -3.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Crawford County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $52,844 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Crawford County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,146 students), Girard Middle is one campus in the mix.

Girard High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Girard Middle comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 36.4%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Girard Middle has declined 24%, going from 265 students in 2018 to 201 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.