Junction City Middle School

Junction City Middle School, a big middle school in Junction City, Kansas, operated by Geary County Schools, educates 900 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 402 students each, so Junction City Middle School sits 124% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Geary County Schools, which oversees 15 schools and 7,293 students, Junction City Middle School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Junction City Middle School records that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 21% Hispanic, 17% Black, 12% multiracial, 3% Pacific Islander. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

In terms of school funding signals, Junction City Middle School reports 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. Roughly 62% of students at Junction City Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Junction City Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.6%, the actual is 29.4%, a residual of -3.2 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Geary County indicate median household income runs about $59,317, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Geary County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,880 students), Junction City Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Junction City Sr High, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Junction City Middle School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Junction City Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 42.3%.

Junction City Middle School operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 914 students in 2018 compared to 900 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Junction City Middle School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.