Goddard Middle School

As a reasonably sized 6-8 campus in Goddard, Kansas, Goddard Middle School instructs 485 students from grades 7 through 8, one of the schools within Goddard. That puts it 21% bigger than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 402 students.

Goddard Middle School is one of 12 schools operated by Goddard, a district that instructs 6,344 students overall.

Demographically, Goddard Middle School records that 75% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 16% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Sedgwick County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Goddard Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Kansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 45.4%; Goddard Middle School posts 29.5%, -15.9 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Sedgwick County) reports that median household earnings sit near $69,365, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Goddard Middle School is one of 160 public schools in Sedgwick County (combined enrollment of about 84,569 students).

The closest other public school is Goddard High, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Goddard Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Goddard Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 44.5%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 15%: 421 students in 2018 compared to 485 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 80% to 75% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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