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Enrollment
580
Middle
DISTRICT 525 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LANSING·NCES 200834001664
Lansing Middle 6-8
220 Lion Lane, Lansing, KS 66043 · (913) 727-1197 · Leavenworth County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL580 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of Kansas public middle schools
- B+Test 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
13.4:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
208 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 175 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 208 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 197 | 34% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Lansing Middle 6-8→Lansing High 9-12
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Lansing. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
49.1%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
41.9%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 | 49.1% | 41.9% |
| 2023-24 | 36.7% | 32.5% |
% 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
39.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Lansing Middle 6-8
Lansing Middle 6-8's state test result (39.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lansing Middle 6-8 this school | 580 | 35.9% | 39.6% |
| Lawrence West Middle School Lawrence | 648 | 36.7% | 37.9% |
| Maize Intermediate School Maize | 651 | 34.9% | 42.7% |
| Maize Middle School Maize | 635 | 33.7% | 34.7% |
| Goddard Middle School Goddard | 485 | 35.1% | 29.5% |
| Wheatridge Middle School Gardner | 517 | 42.2% | 36.8% |
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 Lansing Middle 6-8 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Leavenworth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #57 of 192 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #63 of 192 | #4 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #46 of 192 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 580 | #63 of 225 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #86 of 161 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.3% | #81 of 161 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.9% | #144 of 195 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #53 of 98 | N/A |
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
580
-27 (-4%) vs 2020
+38% since 1990-91, when it was 419
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 580 | 43.4 | 13.4:1 | 36% (208) |
| 2023-24 | 603 | 43.9 | 13.7:1 | 37% (222) |
| 2022-23 | 635 | 44.9 | 14.1:1 | 33% (210) |
| 2020-21 | 607 | 43 | 14.1:1 | 31% (186) |
| 2017-18 | 649 | 43.3 | 15.0:1 | 30% (196) |
| 2015-16 | 577 | 41 | 14.1:1 | 33% (190) |
| 2010-11 | 613 | 38 | 16.1:1 | 23% (140) |
| 2000-01 | 526 | 34 | 15.5:1 | 9% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 419 | 26 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lansing Middle 6-8.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (649 to 580); teachers unchanged (43.3 to 43.4).
About Lansing Middle 6-8
Lansing Middle 6-8 is a mid-sized middle-grades school in Kansas, with an address in Lansing. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 580 students enrolled. Middle schools in Kansas have about 402 students on average; enrollment here is 44% higher.
Lansing is responsible for 5 schools, Lansing Middle 6-8 included, with 2,626 students in all.
More than half of the students at Lansing Middle 6-8 are White (70%). The rest of enrollment is 13% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 6% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Leavenworth County's population at about 80%. The diversity index for Lansing Middle 6-8 is 48%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 43.4 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.4:1. Compared with the 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 36%. The figure for public schools in Leavenworth County is close, at 34%.
Lansing Middle 6-8 holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 63% of Kansas public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Lansing Middle 6-8 is 5.4 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Kansas schools.
In Leavenworth County, median household income comes to about $89,218, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 30, with about 13,185 students.
Lansing Virtual Academy is the nearest public school to Lansing Middle 6-8, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Lansing Middle 6-8 ranks 4th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Lansing Middle 6-8 as Town: Fringe, meaning in a town close to an urbanized area.
The school's student count decreased 4% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
People can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Leavenworth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
83,123
Census ACS
Median income
$89,218
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
13,185 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lansing
- Lansing High 9-12High · 860 students
- Lansing Elementary SchoolElementary · 758 students
- Lansing Intermediate SchoolElementary · 370 students
- Lansing Virtual AcademyCombined · 58 students
Other schools in Lansing
- Lansing Elementary SchoolElementary · 758 students
- Lansing Intermediate SchoolElementary · 370 students
- Lansing Virtual AcademyCombined · 58 students
Nearby schools
- Lansing Virtual Academy0.2 mi · 58
- Lansing Elementary School0.8 mi · 758
- Lansing Intermediate School1.0 mi · 370
- Lansing High 9-121.8 mi · 860
- Richard Warren Middle School3.5 mi · 427
- Richard Warren Intermediate School3.5 mi · 409
Frequently asked questions
About Lansing Middle 6-8How many students attend Lansing Middle 6-8?
Lansing Middle 6-8 enrolls approximately 580 students in grades 06-08.
Is Lansing Middle 6-8 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lansing Middle 6-8 is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lansing Middle 6-8?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lansing Middle 6-8 is approximately 13.4:1 (43 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lansing Middle 6-8?
Lansing Middle 6-8 reports a student body of 70% White, 13% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Lansing Middle 6-8?
Lansing Middle 6-8 is overseen by Lansing in Leavenworth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.