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Enrollment
641
Middle
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAWRENCE·NCES 200840000876
Lawrence Southwest Middle School
2511 Inverness Drive, Lawrence, KS 66047 · (785) 832-5550 · Douglas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL641 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Kansas public middle schools
- A-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
15.6:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
159 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 218 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 222 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 201 | 31% |
Student demographics
50%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
55.6%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
53.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 | 55.6% | 53.5% |
| 2023-24 | 39.5% | 46.8% |
% 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
47.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Southwest Middle School
Lawrence Southwest Middle School's state test result (47.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Southwest Middle School this school | 641 | 24.8% | 47.5% |
| Andover Central Middle School Andover | 642 | 28.2% | 57.1% |
| Frontier Trail Middle School Olathe | 693 | 21.8% | 48.4% |
| Maize South Middle School Wichita | 501 | 28.9% | 43.5% |
| Maize South Intermediate School Wichita | 431 | 26.9% | 51.1% |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School Goddard | 625 | 22.2% | 42.6% |
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 Southwest Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #33 of 192 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #29 of 192 | #1 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #30 of 192 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 641 | #43 of 225 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #149 of 161 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.2% | #75 of 161 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.8% | #169 of 195 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.6% | #95 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
641
+3 (+0%) vs 2020
-1% since 2000-01, when it was 645
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 641 | 41.1 | 15.6:1 | 25% (159) |
| 2023-24 | 654 | 41.3 | 15.8:1 | 24% (160) |
| 2022-23 | 641 | 45.1 | 14.2:1 | 27% (172) |
| 2020-21 | 638 | 46 | 13.9:1 | 20% (129) |
| 2017-18 | 645 | 52 | 12.4:1 | 22% (139) |
| 2015-16 | 689 | 54 | 12.8:1 | 22% (153) |
| 2010-11 | 637 | 47 | 13.6:1 | 16% (101) |
| 2000-01 | 645 | 46 | 14.0:1 | 16% (104) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lawrence Southwest Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (645 to 641); teachers down 21% (52 to 41.1).
About Lawrence Southwest Middle School
Lawrence Southwest Middle School is a high-enrollment middle-grades school in Lawrence, Kansas, (ZIP code 66047). The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 641 students. An average school in this group (middle schools in Kansas) has about 402 students.
Lawrence Southwest Middle School is one of 18 schools in Lawrence, which enrolls 10,380 students in total.
White students account for 69% of enrollment at Lawrence Southwest Middle School. Smaller groups are 12% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 4% Black. For comparison, the population of Douglas County is roughly 78% White. Lawrence Southwest Middle School has a diversity index of 50%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 15.6 students per teacher and 41.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among middle schools in Kansas is 12.7:1, lower than at this school. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Douglas County averages 40%, higher than here.
allk12 grades Lawrence Southwest Middle School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Lawrence Southwest Middle School is -2.8 points: 47.5% actual, 50.3% predicted.
Douglas County has these Census figures: median household income is about $69,746, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Lawrence Southwest Middle School is among the 30 public schools in Douglas County.
The closest public school to Lawrence Southwest Middle School is Sunflower Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Lawrence Southwest Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Lawrence Southwest Middle School is behind the 48.0% nearby average, ranking 4th of 9.
Locale data from NCES put Lawrence Southwest Middle School inside a principal city with a population under 100,000 (City: Small).
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 641, close to the 638 recorded in 2020-21. Students per teacher rose from 13.9 in 2020-21 to 15.6 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
- Langston Hughes ElemElementary · 560 students
- Lawrence Virtual SchoolCombined · 543 students
- Billy Mills Middle SchoolMiddle · 494 students
Other schools in Lawrence
- Lawrence Free State HighHigh · 1,774 students
- Lawrence HighHigh · 1,454 students
- Lawrence West Middle SchoolMiddle · 648 students
- Langston Hughes ElemElementary · 560 students
- Lawrence Virtual SchoolCombined · 543 students
- Billy Mills Middle SchoolMiddle · 494 students
Nearby schools
- Sunflower Elementary0.1 mi · 444
- Quail Run Elementary1.8 mi · 421
- Schwegler Elem2.3 mi · 434
- Langston Hughes Elem2.3 mi · 560
- Sunset Hill Elem2.6 mi · 398
- Lawrence West Middle School2.6 mi · 648
Frequently asked questions
About Lawrence Southwest Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lawrence Southwest Middle School?
Lawrence Southwest Middle School enrolls approximately 641 students in grades 06-08.
Is Lawrence Southwest Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lawrence Southwest Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Lawrence Southwest Middle School?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Lawrence Southwest Middle School.
How diverse is Lawrence Southwest Middle School?
Lawrence Southwest Middle School reports a student body of 69% White, 9% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Lawrence Southwest Middle School public or private?
Lawrence Southwest Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lawrence.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.