Landon Middle School

Set in Topeka, Kansas, Landon Middle School is a reasonably sized middle school, overseen by Topeka Public Schools. It serves 430 students across grades 6 through 8.

Topeka Public Schools comprises 25 schools with combined enrollment of 11,695 students; Landon Middle School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Landon Middle School reports that 40% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 38% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 8% Black. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Shawnee County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Landon Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.4%; this one delivers 26.8%.

Zooming out to the county, Shawnee County reports that median household earnings sit near $67,104, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Landon Middle School is one of 54 public schools in Shawnee County (combined enrollment of about 26,294 students).

McCarter Elem is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Landon Middle School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 33.3%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Landon Middle School has shrank 5%, going from 455 students in 2018 to 430 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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