Enrollment
173
Middle
DISTRICT 173 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LYONS·NCES 200903000929
Lyons Middle School
501 E American Road, Lyons, KS 67554 · (620) 257-3961 · Rice County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL173 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
130 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 6 | 49 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 71 | 41% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Lyons Middle School→Lyons High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Lyons. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
28.7%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
20.7%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 | 28.7% | 20.7% |
| 2023-24 | 21.6% | 14.4% |
% 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
24.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.2%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Lyons Middle School
Lyons Middle School's state test result (24.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyons Middle School this school | 173 | 75.1% | 24.1% |
| Hugoton Middle Hugoton | 161 | 61.5% | 34.1% |
| Roosevelt Middle Coffeyville | 262 | 74.0% | 21.1% |
| Lakin Middle Lakin | 182 | 58.2% | 30.9% |
| Kepley Middle School Ulysses | 294 | 76.9% | 16.4% |
| Hutchinson Middle School 7 Hutchinson | 284 | 70.1% | 24.5% |
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 Lyons Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #144 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #162 of 192 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #157 of 192 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 173 | #173 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.1% | #33 of 195 |
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
173
+13 (+8%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 192
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 173 | 17.2 | 10.0:1 | 75% (130) |
| 2023-24 | 174 | 18 | 9.7:1 | 76% (132) |
| 2022-23 | 187 | 19.7 | 9.5:1 | 81% (151) |
| 2020-21 | 160 | 15 | 10.7:1 | 76% (122) |
| 2017-18 | 174 | 15.5 | 11.3:1 | 79% (137) |
| 2015-16 | 173 | 16 | 10.8:1 | 69% (120) |
| 2010-11 | 162 | 16 | 10.1:1 | 66% (107) |
| 2000-01 | 218 | 18 | 12.1:1 | 55% (120) |
| 1990-91 | 192 | 14 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lyons Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (174 to 173); teachers up 11% (15.5 to 17.2).
About Lyons Middle School
Lyons, Kansas, is home to Lyons Middle School, a small middle-grades school. It enrolls 173 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8. The school is 57% below the average for middle schools in Kansas.
Lyons Middle School falls under Lyons, which has 4 schools enrolling 692 students.
White students make up 47% of enrollment at Lyons Middle School, the largest share of any group. Beyond that, enrollment is 47% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. In Rice County overall, about 79% of residents are White. A diversity index of 55% means there is a 55% chance two randomly chosen students at Lyons Middle School are from different groups.
The school had 17.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 10.0:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Kansas is 12.7:1. The school reported 75% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is above the 58% average among public schools in Rice County.
Lyons Middle School is 2.1 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (24.1% versus 26.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Kansas.
For Rice County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $63,925, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The county has 11 public schools and about 1,434 students.
Among nearby public schools, Lyons High School is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. There are 3 more public schools inside five miles. Lyons Middle School places 5th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Remote.
The school grew from 160 students in 2020-21 to 173 in 2024-25.
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Rice County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,350
Census ACS
Median income
$63,925
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
1,434 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lyons
- Lyons High SchoolHigh · 221 students
- Lyons Park ElementaryElementary · 166 students
- Lyons Central ElementaryElementary · 132 students
Other schools in Lyons
- Lyons High SchoolHigh · 221 students
- Lyons Park ElementaryElementary · 166 students
- Lyons Central ElementaryElementary · 132 students
Other Lyons Middle schools
One other US public school is named Lyons Middle. Lyons Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- LYONS MIDDLE SCHOOLLYONS, NY · 132 students
Nearby schools
- Lyons High School0.1 mi · 221
- Lyons Park Elementary0.9 mi · 166
- Lyons Central Elementary0.9 mi · 132
- Chase High8.1 mi · 48
- Chase Raymond Primary Intermediate School8.2 mi · 72
- Sterling Junior High/Senior High8.2 mi · 232
Frequently asked questions
About Lyons Middle SchoolHow large is Lyons Middle School?
Lyons Middle School enrolls approximately 173 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Lyons Middle School serve?
Lyons Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Lyons Middle School have?
Lyons Middle School employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Lyons Middle School?
Student demographics at Lyons Middle School are roughly 47% White, 47% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Lyons Middle School public or private?
Lyons Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lyons.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.