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What's the most underrated thing about Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
386
Middle
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAWRENCE·NCES 200840001375
Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School
1400 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS 66044 · (785) 832-5400 · Douglas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL386 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% 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.
- CBeats 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
13.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
227 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 | 147 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 134 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 105 | 27% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
31.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
24.1%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 | 31.0% | 24.1% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 15.1% |
% 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
25.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.0%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School
Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School's state test result (25.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School this school | 386 | 58.8% | 25.6% |
| Billy Mills Middle School Lawrence | 494 | 57.9% | 24.3% |
| Atchison Middle School Atchison | 287 | 63.8% | 19.5% |
| Winfield Middle School Winfield | 456 | 59.9% | 22.9% |
| Parsons Middle School Parsons | 273 | 68.5% | 24.4% |
| Royster Middle School Chanute | 389 | 58.9% | 30.3% |
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 Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #135 of 192 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #147 of 192 | #6 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #141 of 192 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 386 | #118 of 225 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #111 of 161 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.5% | #47 of 161 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.8% | #73 of 195 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.2% | #21 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
386
-101 (-21%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 571
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 386 | 27.7 | 13.9:1 | 59% (227) |
| 2023-24 | 394 | 23 | 17.2:1 | 59% (231) |
| 2022-23 | 422 | 32.1 | 13.1:1 | 67% (282) |
| 2020-21 | 487 | 42 | 11.6:1 | 54% (261) |
| 2017-18 | 478 | 43 | 11.1:1 | 58% (275) |
| 2015-16 | 492 | 46 | 10.7:1 | 60% (294) |
| 2010-11 | 407 | 40 | 10.2:1 | 49% (198) |
| 2000-01 | 562 | 41 | 13.7:1 | 49% (278) |
| 1990-91 | 571 | 36 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (478 to 386); teachers down 36% (43 to 27.7).
About Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School
Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School is a medium-sized middle-grades school based in Lawrence, Kansas. The school reports 386 students in grades 6 through 8.
Lawrence is the district for Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School. It has 18 schools and 10,380 students.
A majority of students at Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School, 59%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 16% multiracial, 15% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 2% Native American. Among all residents of Douglas County, the White share is about 78%. By the diversity index, Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School comes in at 60%.
Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School employs 27.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.9:1. That ratio is over the 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 59% in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Douglas County averages 40%, lower than here.
The allk12 Grade for Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School is C. Compared with Kansas public middle schools, the school scored higher than 26% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School is 8.5 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Kansas schools.
Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School is located in Douglas County, where median household income is about $69,746, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School is one of 30 public schools in Douglas County, which together enroll about 13,766 students.
The closest public school, Cordley Elem, is about 0.5 miles from Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School is 8th among 9 schools close by.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
The number of students declined from 487 to 386 over 4 years. Students per teacher rose from 11.6 in 2020-21 to 13.9 in 2024-25.
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Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
120,302
Census ACS
Median income
$69,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
13,766 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lawrence
- Lawrence Free State HighHigh · 1,774 students
- Lawrence HighHigh · 1,454 students
- Lawrence West Middle SchoolMiddle · 648 students
- Lawrence Southwest Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Langston Hughes ElemElementary · 560 students
- Lawrence Virtual SchoolCombined · 543 students
Other schools in Lawrence
- Lawrence Free State HighHigh · 1,774 students
- Lawrence HighHigh · 1,454 students
- Lawrence West Middle SchoolMiddle · 648 students
- Lawrence Southwest Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Langston Hughes ElemElementary · 560 students
- Lawrence Virtual SchoolCombined · 543 students
Nearby schools
- Cordley Elem0.5 mi · 348
- New York Elem0.6 mi · 415
- Lawrence High0.7 mi · 1,454
- Woodlawn Elem1.3 mi · 240
- Hillcrest Elem1.4 mi · 393
- Schwegler Elem1.5 mi · 434
Frequently asked questions
About Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid SchoolHow many students attend Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School?
Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School enrolls approximately 386 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School serve?
Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School.
How diverse is Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School?
Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School reports a student body of 59% White, 15% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 16% Two or more.
What district is Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School in?
Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School is part of Lawrence.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.