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Enrollment
635
Middle
DISTRICT 555 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MAIZE·NCES 200914001105
Maize Middle School
4600 N Maize Rd, Maize, KS 67101 · (316) 729-2464 · Sedgwick County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL635 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
214 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 7 | 312 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 323 | 51% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
42.4%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
38.9%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 42 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 | 42.4% | 38.9% |
| 2023-24 | 28.4% | 33.5% |
% 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
34.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.1%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Maize Middle School
Maize Middle School's state test result (34.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maize Middle School this school | 635 | 33.7% | 34.7% |
| Maize Intermediate School Maize | 651 | 34.9% | 42.7% |
| Goddard Middle School Goddard | 485 | 35.1% | 29.5% |
| Lansing Middle 6-8 Lansing | 580 | 35.9% | 39.6% |
| Lawrence West Middle School Lawrence | 648 | 36.7% | 37.9% |
| Challenger Intermediate School Goddard | 454 | 31.7% | 41.3% |
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 Maize Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #83 of 192 | #12 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #83 of 192 | #11 of 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #87 of 192 | #13 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 635 | #44 of 225 | #12 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #32 of 161 | #2 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.6% | #73 of 161 | #18 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.7% | #151 of 195 | #24 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.3% | #29 of 98 | #2 of 7 |
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
635
-391 (-38%) vs 2020
-30% since 2000-01, when it was 908
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 635 | 53.4 | 11.9:1 | 34% (214) |
| 2023-24 | 671 | 50 | 13.4:1 | 34% (228) |
| 2022-23 | 734 | 51.3 | 14.3:1 | 29% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 1,026 | 56 | 18.3:1 | 25% (254) |
| 2017-18 | 768 | 43.2 | 17.8:1 | 26% (198) |
| 2015-16 | 743 | 51 | 14.6:1 | 28% (207) |
| 2010-11 | 754 | 51 | 14.8:1 | 23% (175) |
| 2000-01 | 908 | 51 | 17.8:1 | 8% (72) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Maize Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (768 to 635); teachers up 24% (43.2 to 53.4).
About Maize Middle School
A high-enrollment middle school in Maize, Kansas, Maize Middle School is part of Maize. The school serves 635 students in grades 7 through 8 in 2024-25. For comparison, middle schools in Kansas average about 402 students.
Within Maize, Maize Middle School is one of 12 schools. The district enrolls 8,065 students.
At Maize Middle School, White students make up 67% of the student body. The school is also 18% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 3% Black. For comparison, Sedgwick County is about 69% White. The school's diversity index is 51%, meaning two students picked at random have a 51% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 11.9 students per teacher and 53.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 0.8 below the 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 34%. The gap from the 63% average for public schools in Sedgwick County is 29 points.
Maize Middle School scores 34.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 46.1%.
Among Sedgwick County residents, the median household income is $69,365, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Maize Middle School is one of 160 public schools in the county.
Vermillion Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 34.7% average proficiency ranks 7th among 9 nearby schools.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Maize Middle School declined 38% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 1,026 to 635 students. Its ratio of students to teachers was 18.3:1 in 2020-21, and 11.9:1 in 2024-25.
The Maize Middle School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Sedgwick County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
528,226
Census ACS
Median income
$69,365
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
84,569 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Maize
- Maize Sr HighHigh · 1,444 students
- Maize South High SchoolHigh · 1,107 students
- Vermillion Elementary SchoolElementary · 874 students
- Maize Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 651 students
- Maize Central ElementaryElementary · 542 students
- Maize South ElementaryElementary · 514 students
Other schools in Maize
- Maize Sr HighHigh · 1,444 students
- Vermillion Elementary SchoolElementary · 874 students
- Maize Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 651 students
- Maize Central ElementaryElementary · 542 students
- Pray-Woodman ElementaryElementary · 507 students
- Maize ElementaryElementary · 413 students
Nearby schools
- Vermillion Elementary School0.5 mi · 874
- Maize Elementary0.6 mi · 413
- Maize Central Elementary0.7 mi · 542
- Pray-Woodman Elementary0.8 mi · 507
- Maize Sr High0.8 mi · 1,444
- Maize Intermediate School1.1 mi · 651
Frequently asked questions
About Maize Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Maize Middle School?
Maize Middle School enrolls approximately 635 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Maize Middle School serve?
Maize Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Maize Middle School have?
Maize Middle School employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Maize Middle School?
At Maize Middle School, the student body is approximately 67% White, 18% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Maize Middle School in?
Maize Middle School is part of Maize.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.