Holton Middle

Holton Middle, a close-knit 6-8 campus in Holton, Kansas, one of the schools within Holton, instructs 220 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 402 students each, so Holton Middle sits 45% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Holton, which oversees 4 schools and 1,067 students, Holton Middle is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Holton Middle shows that 78% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Holton Middle has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Holton Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 45% 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, Holton Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.6%; this one delivers 26.4%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Jackson County put median household earnings sit near $75,215, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. In all, Jackson County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,426 students), of which Holton Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Holton High, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Holton Middle comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 36.5%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 15%: 259 students in 2018 compared to 220 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 6% to 12%.

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