Larned Middle School

As a small intermediate school in Larned, Kansas, Larned Middle School enrolls 177 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by Ft Larned. That puts it 56% leaner than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 402 students.

Ft Larned runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 842 students. Larned Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Larned Middle School lists that 76% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 14% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. Roughly 49% of students at Larned Middle School qualify 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, Larned Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.7%, the actual is 30.9%, a residual of -7.8 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Pawnee County put median household income runs about $63,517, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 2% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Pawnee County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 979 students), Larned Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Larned Sr High, roughly 0.1 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Larned Middle School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 39.9%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 9%: 194 students in 2018 compared to 177 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the Larned Middle School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.