Enrollment
273
Middle
DISTRICT 284 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HESSTON·NCES 200717001193
Hesston Middle
100 N Ridge Road, Hesston, KS 67062 · (620) 327-7111 · Harvey County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL273 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of Kansas public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
16.9:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
70 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 5 | 70 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 70 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 70 | 26% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
Hesston Middle→Hesston High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Hesston. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
63.2%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
62.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 | 63.2% | 62.5% |
| 2023-24 | 46.7% | 52.8% |
% 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
56.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.9%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Hesston Middle
Hesston Middle's state test result (56.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hesston Middle this school | 273 | 25.6% | 56.9% |
| Wamego Middle School Wamego | 385 | 28.8% | 42.5% |
| Louisburg Middle Louisburg | 378 | 21.2% | 56.3% |
| Rock Creek Middle School St. George | 415 | 26.5% | 51.1% |
| Spring Hill Middle School Spring Hill | 288 | 33.3% | 37.6% |
| Cheney Middle School 6-8 Cheney | 193 | 22.3% | 61.5% |
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 Hesston Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #16 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #17 of 192 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #18 of 192 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 273 | #147 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #158 of 161 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.8% | #141 of 161 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.6% | #168 of 195 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.1% | #22 of 54 |
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
273
+5 (+2%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 220
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 273 | 16.2 | 16.9:1 | 26% (70) |
| 2023-24 | 268 | 14.3 | 18.7:1 | 25% (66) |
| 2022-23 | 294 | 14.4 | 20.4:1 | 27% (78) |
| 2020-21 | 268 | 14 | 19.1:1 | 26% (69) |
| 2017-18 | 248 | 14.7 | 16.9:1 | 32% (79) |
| 2015-16 | 276 | 17 | 16.2:1 | 32% (89) |
| 2010-11 | 255 | 18 | 14.2:1 | 37% (95) |
| 2000-01 | 257 | 17 | 15.1:1 | 25% (64) |
| 1990-91 | 220 | 15 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hesston Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (248 to 273); teachers up 10% (14.7 to 16.2).
About Hesston Middle
A low-enrollment middle-grades school in Hesston, Kansas, Hesston Middle is part of Hesston. Its grade span covers grades 5 through 8, with 273 students on the rolls. Across middle schools in Kansas, the average enrollment is about 402.
Hesston counts 3 schools and 853 students, including Hesston Middle.
White students account for 85% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 10% Hispanic and 3% Black. Among Harvey County residents, the White share is about 84%. A diversity index of 27% means there is a 27% chance two randomly chosen students at Hesston Middle are from different groups.
Hesston Middle reported 16.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 16.9:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Kansas is 12.7:1. There are 70 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 26% of enrollment. The gap from the 52% average for public schools in Harvey County is 25 points.
Among Kansas public middle schools, Hesston Middle outscored 96%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
Hesston Middle is 7.0 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (56.9% versus 49.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Kansas.
In Harvey County, home to about 33,756 people, median household income comes to about $74,368, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Harvey County's 18 public schools enroll about 5,012 students and include Hesston Middle.
Hesston Middle is about 0.2 miles from Hesston High, its nearest public school. Hesston Middle has 2 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Hesston Middle ranks 2nd of 9 nearby schools, at 56.9% versus a 35.2% average.
NCES assigns Hesston Middle the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 273, close to the 268 recorded in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 16.9 students per teacher, compared with 19.1 in 2020-21.
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Harvey County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,756
Census ACS
Median income
$74,368
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
5,012 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hesston
- Hesston ElemElementary · 306 students
- Hesston HighHigh · 274 students
Other schools in Hesston
- Hesston ElemElementary · 306 students
- Hesston HighHigh · 274 students
Nearby schools
- Hesston High0.2 mi · 274
- Hesston Elem0.2 mi · 306
- Moundridge Middle6.4 mi · 170
- Moundridge High6.4 mi · 160
- Newton Sr High6.4 mi · 932
- Northridge Elementary6.6 mi · 345
Frequently asked questions
About Hesston MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Hesston Middle?
Hesston Middle enrolls approximately 273 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Hesston Middle serve?
Hesston Middle serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Hesston Middle?
Approximately 16.9:1 students per teacher at Hesston Middle.
How diverse is Hesston Middle?
Hesston Middle reports a student body of 85% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Hesston Middle public or private?
Hesston Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hesston.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.