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Enrollment
430
Middle
DISTRICT 435 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOPEKA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 201226001688
Landon Middle School
731 SW Fairlawn Rd, Topeka, KS 66606 · (785) 438-4220 · Shawnee County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL430 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% of Kansas public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
12.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
294 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 51%
Community
5
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 6 | 158 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 136 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 136 | 32% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
35.4%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
28.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 | 35.4% | 28.3% |
| 2023-24 | 25.2% | 18.2% |
% 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
26.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.4%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Landon Middle School
Landon Middle School's state test result (26.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landon Middle School this school | 430 | 68.4% | 26.8% |
| Roosevelt Middle Coffeyville | 262 | 74.0% | 21.1% |
| Mayberry Cultural and Fine Arts Magnet Middle Wichita | 623 | 79.0% | 18.3% |
| Great Bend Middle School Great Bend | 438 | 66.2% | 24.8% |
| Wilbur Middle School Wichita | 822 | 71.3% | 24.8% |
| Santa Fe 5/6 Center Newton | 440 | 64.8% | 26.7% |
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 Landon Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Shawnee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #129 of 192 | #6 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #134 of 192 | #6 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #123 of 192 | #4 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 430 | #103 of 225 | #7 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #73 of 161 | #9 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.6% | #21 of 161 | #5 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.4% | #48 of 195 | #6 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.5% | #71 of 98 | #6 of 10 |
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
430
-20 (-4%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 464
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 430 | 33.3 | 12.9:1 | 68% (294) |
| 2023-24 | 421 | 34.8 | 12.1:1 | 74% (312) |
| 2022-23 | 457 | 36.2 | 12.6:1 | 68% (312) |
| 2020-21 | 450 | 39 | 11.5:1 | 73% (328) |
| 2017-18 | 455 | 39.6 | 11.5:1 | 71% (322) |
| 2015-16 | 441 | 35 | 12.6:1 | 69% (305) |
| 2010-11 | 458 | 35 | 13.1:1 | 66% (300) |
| 2000-01 | 461 | 28 | 16.5:1 | 50% (229) |
| 1990-91 | 464 | 29 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Landon Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (455 to 430); teachers down 16% (39.6 to 33.3).
About Landon Middle School
This page covers Landon Middle School, a mid-sized middle school in Topeka, Kansas. The school enrolls 430 students in grades 6 through 8.
Topeka Public Schools enrolls 11,695 students, and its 25 schools include Landon Middle School.
The student body at Landon Middle School has no majority group. White students lead at 40%. Enrollment also includes 38% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, and 8% Black. The school's White share is 35 points below the 75% share among Shawnee County residents. A diversity index of 68% means there is a 68% chance two randomly chosen students at Landon Middle School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.9:1. The school has 33.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas. Federal data show 68% of students (294) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 54% average for public schools in Shawnee County.
Landon Middle School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 47% of Kansas public middle schools.
Landon Middle School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 26.8%, compared with a predicted 29.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Kansas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Looking at the county, Shawnee County, the median household earns about $67,104 a year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Shawnee County has 54 public schools with about 26,294 students, including Landon Middle School.
About 1.2 miles separate Landon Middle School from the closest public school, McCarter Elem. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Landon Middle School's average proficiency of 26.8% compares with 33.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Landon Middle School is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 430, compared with 450 in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.9:1.
The allk12 page for Landon Middle School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Shawnee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
178,025
Census ACS
Median income
$67,104
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
26,294 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Topeka Public Schools
- Topeka HighHigh · 1,578 students
- Topeka West HighHigh · 971 students
- Highland Park HighHigh · 835 students
- Jardine ElementaryElementary · 729 students
- Ross ElementaryElementary · 563 students
- Jardine Middle SchoolMiddle · 508 students
Other schools in Topeka
- Washburn Rural HighHigh · 1,878 students
- Topeka HighHigh · 1,578 students
- Seaman HighHigh · 1,190 students
- Topeka West HighHigh · 971 students
- Washburn Rural Middle SchoolMiddle · 966 students
- Highland Park HighHigh · 835 students
Nearby schools
- McCarter Elem1.2 mi · 401
- Topeka West High1.6 mi · 971
- Hope Street Charter Academy1.6 mi · 103
- Wanamaker Elem1.8 mi · 475
- Whitson Elem1.8 mi · 416
- Randolph Elem2.1 mi · 346
Frequently asked questions
About Landon Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Landon Middle School?
Landon Middle School enrolls approximately 430 students in grades 06-08.
Is Landon Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Landon Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Landon Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Landon Middle School is approximately 12.9:1 (33 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Landon Middle School?
Landon Middle School reports a student body of 40% White, 38% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Landon Middle School in?
Landon Middle School is part of Topeka Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.