Hoisington Middle

Hoisington Middle operates as a very small intermediate school in Hoisington, Kansas, one of the schools within Hoisington. Current enrollment sits at 158 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 61% smaller than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 402 students.

Hoisington Middle is one of 4 schools operated by Hoisington, a district that teaches 731 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hoisington Middle logs that nearly all students (83%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. Compared to Barton County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hoisington Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.3%, the actual is 23.9%, a residual of -10.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, Barton County reports that median household earnings sit near $58,851, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Barton County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,179 students), of which Hoisington Middle is one.

Hoisington High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Hoisington Middle comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 36.1%.

Hoisington Middle operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 156 students in 2018 compared to 158 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 in 2025.

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