Enrollment
144
Middle
DISTRICT 253 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUMBOLDT·NCES 200759000248
Humboldt Middle School
1105 Bridge Street, Humboldt, KS 66748 · (620) 473-3348 · Allen County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL144 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of Kansas public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
12.9:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
75 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 6 | 48 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 52 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 44 | 31% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
Humboldt Middle School→Humboldt High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Humboldt. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
31.9%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
39.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 | 31.9% | 39.3% |
| 2023-24 | 22.2% | 17.8% |
% 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
26.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Humboldt Middle School
Humboldt Middle School's state test result (26.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humboldt Middle School this school | 144 | 52.1% | 26.2% |
| Belle Plaine Middle Belle Plaine | 162 | 50.0% | 22.0% |
| Riverton Middle Riverton | 147 | 51.7% | 20.3% |
| Reno Valley Middle School Hutchinson | 137 | 53.3% | 30.1% |
| West Franklin Middle School Pomona | 149 | 54.4% | 24.4% |
| Remington Middle School Whitewater | 151 | 47.7% | 46.4% |
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 Humboldt Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #134 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #81 of 192 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #136 of 192 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 144 | #183 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.1% | #95 of 195 |
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
144
+6 (+4%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 106
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 144 | 11.2 | 12.9:1 | 52% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 135 | 9.9 | 13.6:1 | 50% (68) |
| 2022-23 | 141 | 10.4 | 13.6:1 | 52% (74) |
| 2020-21 | 138 | 10 | 13.8:1 | 55% (76) |
| 2017-18 | 134 | 7.4 | 18.1:1 | 56% (75) |
| 2015-16 | 133 | 8 | 16.6:1 | 57% (76) |
| 2010-11 | 117 | 9 | 13.0:1 | 48% (56) |
| 2000-01 | 138 | 9 | 15.3:1 | 30% (41) |
| 1990-91 | 106 | 6 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Humboldt Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (134 to 144); teachers up 51% (7.4 to 11.2).
About Humboldt Middle School
Humboldt Middle School runs as a very small middle school in Humboldt, Kansas. It teaches 144 students in grades 6 through 8. It has 64% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Kansas (about 402).
Besides Humboldt Middle School, Humboldt runs 3 other schools. The district enrolls 1,013 students.
Of every 100 students at Humboldt Middle School, about 85 are White. Smaller groups are 7% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 27, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Humboldt Middle School comes to 11.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.9:1. The average for middle schools in Kansas is about 12.7:1. On the income side, 52% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Humboldt Middle School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 22% of Kansas public middle schools.
Humboldt Middle School is 11.1 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (26.2% versus 37.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Kansas.
In Allen County, home to about 12,483 people, the median household earns about $60,689 a year, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Humboldt Middle School shares Allen County with 10 other public schools.
Humboldt High School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Humboldt Middle School. There are 3 other public schools within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Humboldt Middle School is 4th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Humboldt Middle School's location as Rural: Distant.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 4%, from 138 to 144.
The allk12 page for Humboldt Middle School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Allen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
12,483
Census ACS
Median income
$60,689
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
2,464 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Humboldt
- Humboldt Virtual EducationHigh · 351 students
- Humboldt Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
- Humboldt High SchoolHigh · 176 students
Other schools in Humboldt
- Humboldt Virtual EducationHigh · 351 students
- Humboldt Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
- Humboldt High SchoolHigh · 176 students
Other Humboldt Middle schools
One other US public school is named Humboldt Middle. Humboldt Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Humboldt Middle SchoolHumboldt, IA · 454 students
Nearby schools
- Humboldt High School0.0 mi · 176
- Humboldt Virtual Education0.1 mi · 351
- Humboldt Elementary School0.2 mi · 342
- Iola Middle School8.0 mi · 238
- Iola Sr High8.0 mi · 296
- Iola High School Virtual8.0 mi · 22
Frequently asked questions
About Humboldt Middle SchoolHow many students attend Humboldt Middle School?
Humboldt Middle School enrolls approximately 144 students in grades 06-08.
Is Humboldt Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Humboldt Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Humboldt Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Humboldt Middle School is approximately 12.9:1 (11 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Humboldt Middle School?
Humboldt Middle School reports a student body of 85% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Two or more.
Is Humboldt Middle School public or private?
Humboldt Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Humboldt.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.