Lakin Middle

Set in Lakin, Kansas, Lakin Middle is a close-knit 6-8 campus, run under Lakin. It caters to 182 students across grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 402 students each, so Lakin Middle sits 55% below that benchmark.

Within Lakin, which oversees 3 schools and 684 students, Lakin Middle is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Lakin Middle reports that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 45% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Lakin Middle has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Lakin Middle higher than the state norm the norm. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lakin Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.3%, the actual is 30.9%, a residual of -3.4 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Kearny County put median household income runs about $89,135, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Kearny County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 928 students), of which Lakin Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Lakin High, roughly 0.2 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lakin Middle ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 21.4%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lakin Middle has shrank 9%, going from 201 students in 2018 to 182 in 2025.

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