Long Island Middle School

Long Island Middle School is one of the rural-scale middle-grades schools in Long Island, Kansas, run under Northern Valley, with 31 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. That puts it 92% below the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 402 students.

Across the 3 schools in Northern Valley (150 students total), Long Island Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Long Island Middle School records that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 6% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Long Island Middle School lists 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.2:1. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Phillips County (around 50%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Long Island Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.7%; this one delivers 33.1%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Phillips County indicate median household earnings sit near $62,123, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Phillips County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 813 students), of which Long Island Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Northern Valley High, roughly 10.0 miles away. On composite proficiency, Long Island Middle School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 58.0%.

Long Island Middle School operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Long Island Middle School's enrollment has ticked down 31% since 2018, when it stood at 45 (now 31). Over the same period, the White share climbed from 80% to 94%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 8.8:1 in 2018 to 6.2:1 in 2025.

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