Jardine Middle School

Located at 2600 SW 33rd St, in Topeka, Kansas, Jardine Middle School is a middle-of-the-pack junior high that caters to 508 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within Topeka Public Schools. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 402 students each, so Jardine Middle School sits 26% larger than that benchmark.

Topeka Public Schools runs 25 schools in total, collectively educating 11,695 students. Jardine Middle School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Jardine Middle School logs that 33% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 32% Hispanic, 18% Black, 16% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Jardine Middle School has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. The state averages about 12.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 76% of students at Jardine Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Shawnee County (around 54%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Jardine Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.9%, the actual is 20.8%, a residual of -5.1 points.

Around the school, Shawnee County reports that the typical household earns roughly $67,104 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Shawnee County's 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,294 students), Jardine Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Jardine Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jardine Middle School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 25.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 3%: 523 students in 2018 compared to 508 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 23% to 32%.

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