Enrollment
31
Middle
DISTRICT 50 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHERN VALLEY·NCES 200327000063
Long Island Middle School
627 Washington, Long Island, KS 67647 · (785) 854-7681 · Phillips County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL31 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 69% 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.
- A-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
6.2:1
5 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.6:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
23 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 5 | 8 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 8 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 9 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 6 | 19% |
Student demographics
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
Long Island Middle School→Northern Valley High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Northern Valley. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
33.3%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
39.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 | 33.3% | 39.4% |
| 2023-24 | 27.8% | 30.6% |
% 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
33.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.7%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 →
Where Long Island Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 31 | #221 of 225 |
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
31
-7 (-18%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 63
Student : Teacher
6.2:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 31 | 5 | 6.2:1 | 74% (23) |
| 2023-24 | 38 | 4.4 | 8.6:1 | 68% (26) |
| 2022-23 | 36 | 4.4 | 8.1:1 | 69% (25) |
| 2020-21 | 38 | 3 | 12.7:1 | 47% (18) |
| 2017-18 | 45 | 5.1 | 8.8:1 | 51% (23) |
| 2015-16 | 50 | 6 | 8.3:1 | 66% (33) |
| 2010-11 | 62 | 7 | 8.9:1 | 76% (47) |
| 2000-01 | 57 | 6 | 9.5:1 | 39% (22) |
| 1990-91 | 63 | 7 | 9.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Long Island Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (45 to 31); teachers down 3% (5.1 to 5).
About Long Island Middle School
Long Island Middle School serves students in Long Island, Kansas, as a small middle school. School enrollment was 31 students in 2024-25, in grades 5 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in Kansas average about 402 students.
Northern Valley operates 3 schools. Combined enrollment is 150 students.
White students are the large majority at Long Island Middle School, with 94% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 6% Hispanic. The White share in Phillips County as a whole is similar, at about 93%.
The school reports 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 6.2 students per teacher. The 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas is higher than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 74%. Among public schools in Phillips County, the average eligibility rate is 50%.
The allk12 Grade for Long Island Middle School is B+. Compared with Kansas public middle schools, the school scored higher than 69% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Long Island Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Kansas schools: 33.1% actual against 26.7% predicted.
In Phillips County (population about 4,813), median household income is about $62,123, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 7 public schools operate in Phillips County, serving about 813 students.
Northern Valley High is the closest public school, about 10.0 miles away in a straight line. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 58.0%; Long Island Middle School's is 33.1%, ranking 7th of 8.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Remote: the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Long Island Middle School went from 38 students to 31. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.7:1 in 2020-21 to 6.2:1 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Long Island Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Phillips County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,813
Census ACS
Median income
$62,123
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
813 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Northern Valley
- Almena ElemElementary · 78 students
- Northern Valley HighHigh · 41 students
Nearby schools
- Northern Valley High10.0 mi · 41
- Almena Elem10.0 mi · 78
- ALMA HIGH SCHOOL14.2 mi · 190
- ALMA ELEMENTARY AT ALMA14.2 mi · 192
- SO VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL14.8 mi · 252
- SOUTHERN VALLEY JR/SR HIGH14.9 mi · 145
Frequently asked questions
About Long Island Middle SchoolHow many students attend Long Island Middle School?
Long Island Middle School enrolls approximately 31 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Long Island Middle School serve?
Long Island Middle School serves grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at Long Island Middle School?
Approximately 6.2:1 students per teacher at Long Island Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Long Island Middle School?
Student demographics at Long Island Middle School are roughly 94% White, 6% Hispanic.
What district is Long Island Middle School in?
Long Island Middle School is part of Northern Valley.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.