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Enrollment
495
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TURNER-KANSAS CITY·NCES 201236001475
Midland Trail
3101 South 51st Street, Kansas City, KS 66106 · (913) 288-3500 · Wyandotte County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL495 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of Kansas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
437 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 51%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 62 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
44.5%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
39.6%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 | 44.5% | 39.6% |
| 2023-24 | 32.5% | 37.6% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
36.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.9%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 20% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Kansas's top 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 Midland Trail
Midland Trail's state test result (36.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midland Trail this school | 495 | 88.3% | 36.3% |
| Ross Elementary Topeka | 563 | 87.4% | 12.7% |
| Allen Elem Wichita | 514 | 91.6% | 17.7% |
| Stanley Elem Wichita | 439 | 90.4% | 16.4% |
| Highland Park Central Topeka | 318 | 93.7% | 20.9% |
| Anderson Elem Wichita | 477 | 93.3% | 13.8% |
Matched among Kansas elementary 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 Midland Trail ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Wyandotte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #413 of 625 | #6 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #346 of 625 | #7 of 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #383 of 625 | #9 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 495 | #77 of 714 | #12 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #274 of 539 | #15 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #105 of 540 | #15 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.3% | #60 of 658 | #17 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #188 of 377 | #17 of 30 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
495
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
+20% since 2010-11, when it was 411
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 495 | 36.9 | 13.4:1 | 88% (437) |
| 2023-24 | 492 | 34.9 | 14.1:1 | 90% (445) |
| 2022-23 | 494 | 36.8 | 13.4:1 | 82% (405) |
| 2020-21 | 489 | 37 | 13.2:1 | 78% (383) |
| 2017-18 | 572 | 39.1 | 14.6:1 | 74% (421) |
| 2015-16 | 604 | 34 | 17.8:1 | 83% (504) |
| 2010-11 | 411 | 29 | 14.2:1 | 75% (310) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Midland Trail.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (572 to 495); teachers down 6% (39.1 to 36.9).
About Midland Trail
Midland Trail is a large elementary school in Kansas City, Kansas, (ZIP code 66106). Enrollment in 2024-25 was 495 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Kansas is about 313 students, so this school is 58% above average.
Turner-Kansas City oversees Midland Trail and 7 other schools, with 3,865 students in total.
A majority of students at Midland Trail, 52%, are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 23% Black, 18% White, and 5% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 34%. Midland Trail has a diversity index of 64%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 13.4 students per teacher and 36.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Kansas, the average ratio is about 13.2:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 88%. That is higher than the 75% average for public schools in Wyandotte County.
allk12 grades Midland Trail a B-. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Midland Trail is among the top 10% of schools in Kansas. Predicted: 19.9%. Actual: 36.3%.
Census estimates describe Wyandotte County this way: median household income is about $63,631, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Wyandotte County number 62 and enroll about 30,713.
The nearest other public school, Oak Grove Elem, is about 0.8 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Midland Trail. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Midland Trail ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Midland Trail as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment went from 489 in 2020-21 to 495 in 2024-25, a change of 6 students.
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Wyandotte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
167,654
Census ACS
Median income
$63,631
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
62
30,713 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Turner-Kansas City
- Turner HighHigh · 1,147 students
- Turner Middle SchoolMiddle · 585 students
- Turner ElemElementary · 560 students
- Oak Grove ElemElementary · 532 students
- Turner Sixth Grade AcademyMiddle · 299 students
- Junction ElementaryElementary · 234 students
Other schools in Kansas City
- Wyandotte HighHigh · 1,903 students
- Silver City ElemElementary · 1,495 students
- J C Harmon HighHigh · 1,285 students
- Washington HighHigh · 1,180 students
- Turner HighHigh · 1,147 students
- Sumner Academy of Arts & ScienceHigh · 1,045 students
Nearby schools
- Oak Grove Elem0.8 mi · 532
- Turner High1.1 mi · 1,147
- Junction Elementary1.2 mi · 234
- Bluejacket-Flint1.5 mi · 395
- Beyond the Bell1.6 mi · 13
- Hocker Grove Middle1.7 mi · 714
Frequently asked questions
About Midland TrailHow many students attend Midland Trail?
Midland Trail enrolls approximately 495 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Midland Trail serve?
Midland Trail serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Midland Trail?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Midland Trail is approximately 13.4:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Midland Trail?
At Midland Trail, the student body is approximately 18% White, 52% Hispanic, 23% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Midland Trail in?
Midland Trail is part of Turner-Kansas City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.