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What's something Leawood Middle does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
493
Middle
DISTRICT 570 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLUE VALLEY·NCES 201200001606
Leawood Middle
2410 W. 123rd St., Leawood, KS 66209 · (913) 239-5300 · Johnson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL493 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% 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.
- ABeats 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
13.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
38 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 | 162 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 180 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 151 | 31% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
69.3%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
71.2%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 | 69.3% | 71.2% |
| 2023-24 | 57.1% | 54.3% |
% 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
61.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Leawood Middle
Leawood Middle's state test result (61.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leawood Middle this school | 493 | 7.7% | 61.0% |
| Mission Trail Middle School Olathe | 680 | 9.3% | 49.5% |
| Woodland Spring Middle School Olathe | 333 | 5.7% | 57.9% |
| Mill Creek Middle School Lenexa | 676 | 12.7% | 43.5% |
| Monticello Trails Middle School Shawnee | 655 | 13.1% | 49.8% |
| Forest Spring Middle School Spring Hill | 296 | 14.2% | 55.0% |
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 Leawood Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #6 of 192 | #5 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.2% | #5 of 192 | #5 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #5 of 192 | #5 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 493 | #88 of 225 | #28 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #82 of 161 | #17 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.6% | #124 of 161 | #26 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.7% | #192 of 195 | #29 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.6% | #36 of 54 | #4 of 8 |
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
493
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 464
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 493 | 37.2 | 13.3:1 | 8% (38) |
| 2023-24 | 490 | 36.2 | 13.5:1 | 8% (37) |
| 2022-23 | 459 | 36.3 | 12.6:1 | 8% (39) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | 30 | 16.3:1 | 6% (27) |
| 2017-18 | 467 | 34.7 | 13.4:1 | 7% (34) |
| 2015-16 | 437 | 34 | 12.8:1 | 10% (42) |
| 2010-11 | 454 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 6% (28) |
| 2000-01 | 566 | 39 | 14.5:1 | 0% (2) |
| 1990-91 | 464 | 36 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leawood Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (467 to 493); teachers up 7% (34.7 to 37.2).
About Leawood Middle
Leawood Middle is a mid-sized middle-grades school for students in Leawood, Kansas. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 493 students. Across middle schools in Kansas, the average enrollment is about 402.
A total of 37 schools make up Blue Valley, with 22,225 students enrolled.
White students account for 82% of the school's enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Black. Among Johnson County residents, the White share is about 79%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 33%.
The school has 37.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.3 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas. The school reported 8% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Across public schools in Johnson County, the average is 27%.
Among Kansas public middle schools, Leawood Middle outscored 94%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 58.5% for Leawood Middle. The school posts 61.0%, 2.4 points above the prediction.
The school is in Johnson County, where median household income comes to about $109,208, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Johnson County counts 168 public schools with about 93,598 students.
Leawood Elementary is about 0.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Leawood Middle, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 57.9%; Leawood Middle's is 61.0%, ranking 5th of 9.
Leawood Middle falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Leawood Middle had 488 students in 2020-21 and 493 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 16.3:1 in 2020-21 to 13.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
620,631
Census ACS
Median income
$109,208
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
168
93,598 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Blue Valley
- Blue Valley West HighHigh · 1,534 students
- Blue Valley Northwest HighHigh · 1,496 students
- Blue Valley HighHigh · 1,396 students
- Blue Valley North HighHigh · 1,376 students
- Blue Valley Southwest High SchoolHigh · 1,057 students
- Aubry Bend Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
Other schools in Leawood
- Leawood ElementaryElementary · 533 students
- Brookwood ElemElementary · 466 students
- Prairie Star MiddleMiddle · 438 students
- Mission Trail ElementaryElementary · 384 students
- Prairie Star ElementaryElementary · 371 students
Nearby schools
- Leawood Elementary0.1 mi · 533
- Mission Trail Elementary1.7 mi · 384
- MARTIN CITY ELEM.2.0 mi · 638
- RED BRIDGE ELEM.2.2 mi · 201
- Valley Park Elementary2.3 mi · 549
- Brookwood Elem2.4 mi · 466
Frequently asked questions
About Leawood MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Leawood Middle?
Leawood Middle enrolls approximately 493 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Leawood Middle serve?
Leawood Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Leawood Middle?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Leawood Middle.
What is the student diversity at Leawood Middle?
Student demographics at Leawood Middle are roughly 82% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Leawood Middle?
Leawood Middle is overseen by Blue Valley in Johnson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.