McLouth Middle

McLouth Middle is a junior high of minimally staffed scale in McLouth, Kansas, part of McLouth, caters to 91 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 402 students each, so McLouth Middle sits 77% below that benchmark.

McLouth comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 437 students; McLouth Middle is among them.

On demographics, McLouth Middle reports that nearly all students (89%) are White. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, McLouth Middle sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 40.1%; actual is 24.6%, a gap of -15.5 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate median household earnings sit near $81,278, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jefferson County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,123 students), of which McLouth Middle is one.

McLouth High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts McLouth Middle at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 31.8%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at McLouth Middle has declined 19%, going from 113 students in 2018 to 91 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 in 2025.

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