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If you could change one rule at Gloria Willis Middle School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
737
Middle
DISTRICT 616 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KANSAS CITY·NCES 200795002112
Gloria Willis Middle School
1735 N. 64th Terrace, Kansas City, KS 66102 · (913) 627-6300 · Wyandotte County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL737 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of Kansas public middle schools
- DTest 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
18.8:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
632 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 51%
Community
5
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 | 239 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 272 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 226 | 31% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
16.8%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
9.8%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 | 16.8% | 9.8% |
| 2023-24 | 11.3% | 4.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
9.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.1%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Gloria Willis Middle School
Gloria Willis Middle School's state test result (9.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gloria Willis Middle School this school | 737 | 85.8% | 9.7% |
| Curtis Middle School Wichita | 846 | 92.3% | 9.6% |
| Mead Middle School Wichita | 678 | 95.6% | 10.6% |
| Carl B. Bruce Middle School Kansas City | 821 | 90.7% | 8.8% |
| Coleman Middle School Wichita | 631 | 84.3% | 12.2% |
| Eisenhower Middle School Topeka | 440 | 86.6% | 6.3% |
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 Gloria Willis Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Wyandotte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.7% | #182 of 192 | #6 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.8% | #185 of 192 | #7 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.8% | #182 of 192 | #7 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 737 | #23 of 225 | #2 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #161 of 161 | #11 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.3% | #48 of 161 | #7 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.8% | #14 of 195 | #3 of 11 |
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
737
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 737 | 39.3 | 18.8:1 | 86% (632) |
| 2023-24 | 739 | 39 | 18.9:1 | 82% (605) |
| 2022-23 | 707 | 49 | 14.4:1 | 84% (591) |
| 2020-21 | 741 | 41 | 18.1:1 | 92% (685) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gloria Willis Middle School.
About Gloria Willis Middle School
A large middle school in Kansas City, Kansas, Gloria Willis Middle School is part of Kansas City. Federal data show 737 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Across middle schools in Kansas, the average enrollment is about 402.
Kansas City counts 43 schools and 21,538 students, including Gloria Willis Middle School.
The largest group at Gloria Willis Middle School is Hispanic students, at 57%. Other groups include 27% Black, 8% Asian, 5% White, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Wyandotte County residents are about 34% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 59%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 18.8:1. The school has 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas is 6.1 students per teacher. In all, 86% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 75% average for public schools in Wyandotte County, the school's rate is higher.
Among Kansas public middle schools, Gloria Willis Middle School outscored 3%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 21.1% at Gloria Willis Middle School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 9.7%.
In the wider Wyandotte County area, median household income comes to about $63,631, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Wyandotte County counts 62 public schools with about 30,713 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, F L Schlagle High, is about 0.5 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Gloria Willis Middle School is 5th on average proficiency.
Gloria Willis Middle School falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal data show 741 students in 2020-21 and 737 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
Gloria Willis Middle School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Wyandotte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
167,654
Census ACS
Median income
$63,631
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
62
30,713 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kansas City
- Wyandotte HighHigh · 1,903 students
- Silver City ElemElementary · 1,495 students
- J C Harmon HighHigh · 1,285 students
- Washington HighHigh · 1,180 students
- Sumner Academy of Arts & ScienceHigh · 1,045 students
- F L Schlagle HighHigh · 841 students
Other schools in Kansas City
- Wyandotte HighHigh · 1,903 students
- Silver City ElemElementary · 1,495 students
- J C Harmon HighHigh · 1,285 students
- Washington HighHigh · 1,180 students
- Turner HighHigh · 1,147 students
- Sumner Academy of Arts & ScienceHigh · 1,045 students
Nearby schools
- F L Schlagle High0.5 mi · 841
- Hazel Grove Elem0.6 mi · 537
- John F Kennedy Elem1.3 mi · 419
- D D Eisenhower Middle1.4 mi · 634
- Lindbergh Elem1.4 mi · 216
- Turner Sixth Grade Academy1.7 mi · 299
Frequently asked questions
About Gloria Willis Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Gloria Willis Middle School?
Gloria Willis Middle School enrolls approximately 737 students in grades 06-08.
Is Gloria Willis Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gloria Willis Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Gloria Willis Middle School have?
Gloria Willis Middle School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
How diverse is Gloria Willis Middle School?
Gloria Willis Middle School reports a student body of 5% White, 57% Hispanic, 27% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Gloria Willis Middle School?
Gloria Willis Middle School is overseen by Kansas City in Wyandotte County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.