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If you had an hour of school board time for Great Bend Middle School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
438
Middle
DISTRICT 411 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREAT BEND·NCES 200666001034
Great Bend Middle School
1919 Harrison, Great Bend, KS 67530 · (620) 793-1510 · Barton County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL438 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
290 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 51%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Great Bend Middle School→Great Bend High School
Based on grade levels within Great Bend. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
32.5%
KS avg 44.5% . +7.6pp since 2023
Math
31.3%
KS avg 38.8% . +14.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
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
24.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
438
+27 (+7%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 9.9:1
% White
55%
was 61%
% Hispanic
38%
was 35%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Great Bend Middle School
Great Bend Middle School is one of the average-sized intermediate schools in Great Bend, Kansas, operated by Great Bend, with 438 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8.
Great Bend runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,876 students. Great Bend Middle School is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, Great Bend Middle School reports that the largest single group is White, at 55% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 38% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.6:1. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Great Bend Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.5%; this one delivers 24.8%.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Barton County put median household earnings sit near $58,851, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Barton County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,179 students), of which Great Bend Middle School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Jefferson Elem, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Great Bend Middle School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 34.9%.
The school occupies a town-center site.
Five-year trend. Great Bend Middle School's enrollment has ticked up 7% since 2018, when it stood at 411 (now 438). The White share of enrollment contracted from 61% to 55% over that span.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Great Bend Middle School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Barton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,097
Census ACS
Median income
$58,851
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
4,179 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Great Bend
- Great Bend High SchoolHigh · 923 students
- Eisenhower ElemElementary · 343 students
- Park ElemElementary · 304 students
- Jefferson ElemElementary · 297 students
- Riley ElemElementary · 296 students
- Lincoln ElemElementary · 275 students
Other schools in Great Bend
- Great Bend High SchoolHigh · 923 students
- Eisenhower ElemElementary · 343 students
- Park ElemElementary · 304 students
- Jefferson ElemElementary · 297 students
- Riley ElemElementary · 296 students
- Lincoln ElemElementary · 275 students
Nearby schools
- Jefferson Elem0.5 mi · 297
- Eisenhower Elem0.6 mi · 343
- Great Bend High School0.8 mi · 923
- Park Elem0.9 mi · 304
- Lincoln Elem1.5 mi · 275
- Riley Elem1.6 mi · 296
Frequently asked questions
About Great Bend Middle SchoolHow large is Great Bend Middle School?
Great Bend Middle School enrolls approximately 438 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Great Bend Middle School serve?
Great Bend Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Great Bend Middle School?
Approximately 10.6:1 students per teacher at Great Bend Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Great Bend Middle School?
Student demographics at Great Bend Middle School are roughly 55% White, 38% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Great Bend Middle School?
Great Bend Middle School is overseen by Great Bend in Barton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.