Enrollment
264
Middle
DISTRICT 274 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUTCHINSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 200762001635
Hutchinson Middle School 8
200 W 14, Hutchinson, KS 67501 · (620) 615-4800 · Reno County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL264 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of Kansas public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
11.7:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
200 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 7 | 3 | 1% |
| Grade 8 | 261 | 99% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Hutchinson Middle School 8→Hutchinson High School
Based on grade levels within Hutchinson Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
22.3%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
17.2%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 | 22.3% | 17.2% |
| 2023-24 | 16.5% | 13.2% |
% 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
17.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.9%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Hutchinson Middle School 8
Hutchinson Middle School 8's state test result (17.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hutchinson Middle School 8 this school | 264 | 75.8% | 17.9% |
| Hutchinson Middle School 7 Hutchinson | 284 | 70.1% | 24.5% |
| Independence Middle Independence | 376 | 74.7% | 28.1% |
| Roosevelt Middle Coffeyville | 262 | 74.0% | 21.1% |
| Parsons Middle School Parsons | 273 | 68.5% | 24.4% |
| Pauline South Intermediate Wakarusa | 277 | 69.0% | 29.0% |
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 Hutchinson Middle School 8 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Reno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #168 of 192 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.2% | #171 of 192 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #173 of 192 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 264 | #150 of 225 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #28 of 161 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.1% | #59 of 161 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.8% | #32 of 195 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.3% | #8 of 98 | N/A |
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
264
-40 (-13%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 421
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 264 | 22.7 | 11.7:1 | 76% (200) |
| 2023-24 | 305 | 25.5 | 12.0:1 | 73% (222) |
| 2022-23 | 295 | 26.1 | 11.3:1 | 69% (205) |
| 2020-21 | 304 | 25 | 12.2:1 | 69% (211) |
| 2017-18 | 358 | 25.8 | 13.9:1 | 72% (259) |
| 2015-16 | 693 | 60 | 11.6:1 | 70% (483) |
| 2010-11 | 753 | 58 | 13.0:1 | 64% (483) |
| 2000-01 | 373 | 31 | 12.0:1 | 42% (158) |
| 1990-91 | 421 | 34 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hutchinson Middle School 8.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (358 to 264); teachers down 12% (25.8 to 22.7).
About Hutchinson Middle School 8
Hutchinson Middle School 8 is one of the public schools in Hutchinson, Kansas. It is a small middle school. Enrolled students number 264 students, in grades 7 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in Kansas average about 402 students each.
Hutchinson Middle School 8 is among 10 schools run by Hutchinson Public Schools, which serves 3,957 students.
White students account for 63% of enrollment at Hutchinson Middle School 8. Enrollment also includes 20% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 6% Black. The school's White share is 22 points below the 85% share among Reno County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Hutchinson Middle School 8 belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 55%.
A ratio of 11.7:1 comes from the school's 22.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 76% of students at Hutchinson Middle School 8 as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 55% average for public schools in Reno County is 21 points lower.
Hutchinson Middle School 8 is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 15% of Kansas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 25.9% for a school in Kansas with Hutchinson Middle School 8's free or reduced-price lunch share. Hutchinson Middle School 8 posts 17.9%.
Census estimates describe Reno County this way: median household income is about $60,645, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Reno County number 33 and enroll about 8,909.
The nearest public school is Hutchinson Magnet School at Allen, at about 0.4 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Hutchinson Middle School 8 is 8th among 8 schools close by.
NCES assigns Hutchinson Middle School 8 the locale Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment was 304 in 2020-21 and 264 in 2024-25, a decrease of 40 students.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Reno County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
61,553
Census ACS
Median income
$60,645
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
8,909 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hutchinson Public Schools
- Hutchinson High SchoolHigh · 1,214 students
- Morgan ElementaryElementary · 388 students
- McCandless ElementaryElementary · 346 students
- Wiley ElementaryElementary · 322 students
- Graber ElementaryElementary · 311 students
- Hutchinson Virtual SchoolCombined · 300 students
Other schools in Hutchinson
- Hutchinson High SchoolHigh · 1,214 students
- Prairie Hills MiddleMiddle · 532 students
- Plum Creek ElementaryElementary · 448 students
- Union Valley ElemElementary · 435 students
- Morgan ElementaryElementary · 388 students
- McCandless ElementaryElementary · 346 students
Nearby schools
- Hutchinson Magnet School at Allen0.4 mi · 249
- Faris Elementary0.7 mi · 279
- Wiley Elementary0.9 mi · 322
- Morgan Elementary1.0 mi · 388
- Graber Elementary1.0 mi · 311
- Hutchinson Virtual School1.1 mi · 300
Frequently asked questions
About Hutchinson Middle School 8How many students attend Hutchinson Middle School 8?
Hutchinson Middle School 8 enrolls approximately 264 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Hutchinson Middle School 8 serve?
Hutchinson Middle School 8 serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hutchinson Middle School 8?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hutchinson Middle School 8 is approximately 11.7:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hutchinson Middle School 8?
At Hutchinson Middle School 8, the student body is approximately 63% White, 20% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Hutchinson Middle School 8 public or private?
Hutchinson Middle School 8 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hutchinson Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.