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What's the most underrated thing about Marshall Middle School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
596
Middle
DISTRICT 615 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICHITA·NCES 201299001908
Marshall Middle School
1510 Payne, Wichita, KS 67203 · (316) 973-9000 · Sedgwick County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL596 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% of Kansas public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
13.8:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
533 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 200 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 198 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 198 | 33% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
21.3%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
14.6%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 | 21.3% | 14.6% |
| 2023-24 | 22.2% | 13.3% |
% 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
17.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.4%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Marshall Middle School
Marshall Middle School's state test result (17.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Middle School this school | 596 | 89.4% | 17.0% |
| Pleasant Valley Middle School Wichita | 760 | 92.4% | 17.4% |
| Comanche Middle School Dodge City | 783 | 84.8% | 16.4% |
| Horace J. Good Middle School Garden City | 583 | 83.4% | 18.7% |
| Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Ctr Garden City | 367 | 80.4% | 23.2% |
| Rosedale Middle Kansas City | 501 | 86.4% | 8.6% |
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 Marshall Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #172 of 192 | #24 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.6% | #176 of 192 | #24 of 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #177 of 192 | #24 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 596 | #56 of 225 | #17 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #108 of 161 | #15 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.8% | #70 of 161 | #16 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.4% | #11 of 195 | #8 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.6% | #11 of 54 | #5 of 17 |
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
596
+60 (+11%) vs 2020
+13% since 2010-11, when it was 529
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 596 | 43.1 | 13.8:1 | 89% (533) |
| 2023-24 | 505 | 40.3 | 12.5:1 | 90% (453) |
| 2022-23 | 490 | 40.3 | 12.2:1 | 90% (441) |
| 2020-21 | 536 | 41 | 13.1:1 | 92% (494) |
| 2017-18 | 507 | 40 | 12.7:1 | 91% (462) |
| 2015-16 | 505 | 43 | 11.7:1 | 88% (446) |
| 2010-11 | 529 | 37 | 14.3:1 | 89% (470) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marshall Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (507 to 596); teachers up 8% (40 to 43.1).
About Marshall Middle School
Marshall Middle School is a public medium-sized middle school in Wichita, Kansas. The school reports 596 students in grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Kansas is about 402 students.
Marshall Middle School is in Wichita, a district with 47,545 students across 87 schools.
Hispanic students are the majority at Marshall Middle School, with 66% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 21% White, 8% Black, and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 50 points above the 17% share among Sedgwick County residents. 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.
Teachers at Marshall Middle School total 43.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.8:1. That is 1.2 students per teacher above the 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 89%. That is 26 points above the 63% average for public schools in Sedgwick County.
allk12 grades Marshall Middle School a C. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Marshall Middle School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (17.0%) and its predicted rate (19.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Kansas schools.
Marshall Middle School is located in Sedgwick County, where the median household income is $69,365, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Besides Marshall Middle School, Sedgwick County has 159 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Woodland Health / Wellness Magnet Elem, about 0.2 miles away. Marshall Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: Marshall Middle School ranks 5th of 8 nearby schools, at 17.0% versus a 28.0% average.
For locale, NCES codes Marshall Middle School as City: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 60 more students in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Marshall Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Wichita
- East HighHigh · 2,435 students
- Southeast HighHigh · 2,066 students
- North HighHigh · 2,041 students
- South HighHigh · 1,662 students
- Heights HighHigh · 1,505 students
- Northwest HighHigh · 1,424 students
Other schools in Wichita
- East HighHigh · 2,435 students
- Southeast HighHigh · 2,066 students
- North HighHigh · 2,041 students
- Campus High HaysvilleHigh · 1,803 students
- South HighHigh · 1,662 students
- Heights HighHigh · 1,505 students
Other Marshall Middle schools
11 other US public schools in 9 states are named Marshall Middle. Marshall Middle School is the 6th largest of the 12.
- Marshall MiddleSan Diego, CA · 1,390 students
- Marshall Middle SchoolWexford, PA · 847 students
- Marshall MiddleJanesville, WI · 747 students
- Marshall Middle SchoolBEAUMONT, TX · 694 students
- MARSHALL MIDDLE SCHOOLMARSHALL, MN · 655 students
Nearby schools
- Woodland Health / Wellness Magnet Elem0.2 mi · 347
- North High0.4 mi · 2,041
- Riverside Leadership Magnet Elementary0.7 mi · 255
- Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet0.9 mi · 643
- Irving Elementary0.9 mi · 447
- Park Elementary1.0 mi · 337
Frequently asked questions
About Marshall Middle SchoolHow many students attend Marshall Middle School?
Marshall Middle School enrolls approximately 596 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Marshall Middle School serve?
Marshall Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Marshall Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Marshall Middle School is approximately 13.8:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Marshall Middle School?
Student demographics at Marshall Middle School are roughly 21% White, 66% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Marshall Middle School public or private?
Marshall Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wichita.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.