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Enrollment
676
Middle
DISTRICT 575 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DE SOTO·NCES 200549001871
Mill Creek Middle School
8001 Mize Boulevard, Lenexa, KS 66227 · (913) 667-3512 · Johnson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL676 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
86 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 226 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 240 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 210 | 31% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
48.2%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
50.8%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 | 48.2% | 50.8% |
| 2023-24 | 39.9% | 42.2% |
% 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
43.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.1%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Mill Creek Middle School
Mill Creek Middle School's state test result (43.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Creek Middle School this school | 676 | 12.7% | 43.5% |
| Monticello Trails Middle School Shawnee | 655 | 13.1% | 49.8% |
| Mission Trail Middle School Olathe | 680 | 9.3% | 49.5% |
| Indian Hills Middle Prairie Village | 879 | 13.8% | 62.3% |
| Leawood Middle Leawood | 493 | 7.7% | 61.0% |
| Chisholm Trail Middle School Olathe | 569 | 13.2% | 49.9% |
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 Mill Creek Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #39 of 192 | #22 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #36 of 192 | #21 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #56 of 192 | #23 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 676 | #37 of 225 | #11 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #130 of 161 | #30 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.8% | #111 of 161 | #25 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.7% | #185 of 195 | #23 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.4% | #97 of 98 | #21 of 21 |
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
676
+48 (+8%) vs 2020
+19% since 2010-11, when it was 570
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 676 | 47 | 14.4:1 | 13% (86) |
| 2023-24 | 665 | 43.9 | 15.2:1 | 11% (74) |
| 2022-23 | 629 | 41.8 | 15.1:1 | 9% (59) |
| 2020-21 | 628 | 41 | 15.3:1 | 4% (26) |
| 2017-18 | 679 | 42 | 16.2:1 | 8% (51) |
| 2015-16 | 664 | 40 | 16.6:1 | 8% (52) |
| 2010-11 | 570 | 38 | 15.0:1 | 10% (55) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mill Creek Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (679 to 676); teachers up 12% (42 to 47).
About Mill Creek Middle School
Mill Creek Middle School is a large middle school in Lenexa, Kansas, administered by De Soto. In all, 676 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8. That is 68% above the average of about 402 students for middle schools in Kansas.
Mill Creek Middle School is in De Soto, a district with 7,067 students across 13 schools.
The share of White students at Mill Creek Middle School is 78%, a majority. After that, the student body is 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put Johnson County at about 79% White, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 38, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 47 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.4:1. The gap from the 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas is 1.7 students per teacher. The school reported 13% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Among public schools in Johnson County, the average eligibility rate is 27%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Mill Creek Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Kansas schools: 43.5% actual against 56.1% predicted.
The school is in Johnson County, where median household income comes to about $109,208, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Johnson County counts 168 public schools with about 93,598 students.
Of the public schools around it, Mill Creek Middle School is closest to Mize Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Mill Creek Middle School at 9th of 9.
Mill Creek Middle School is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
From 628 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 676 by 2024-25.
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Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
620,631
Census ACS
Median income
$109,208
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
168
93,598 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in De Soto
- Mill Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,432 students
- De Soto High SchoolHigh · 918 students
- Monticello Trails Middle SchoolMiddle · 655 students
- Mize Elementary SchoolElementary · 474 students
- Clear Creek ElemElementary · 461 students
- Riverview ElementaryElementary · 441 students
Other schools in Lenexa
- Manchester Park ElementaryElementary · 616 students
- Rosehill ElemElementary · 477 students
- Rising Star ElemElementary · 473 students
- Canyon Creek ElementaryElementary · 459 students
- Christa McAuliffe ElemElementary · 400 students
- Sunflower ElemElementary · 390 students
Other Mill Creek Middle schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Mill Creek Middle. Mill Creek Middle School is the 4th largest of the 8.
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolWoodstock, GA · 1,476 students
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolNolensville, TN · 932 students
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolKent, WA · 866 students
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolDEXTER, MI · 525 students
- Mill Creek MiddleClaremont, NC · 477 students
Nearby schools
- Mize Elementary School0.8 mi · 474
- Horizon Elementary2.1 mi · 351
- Canyon Creek Elementary2.3 mi · 459
- Belmont Elementary School2.9 mi · 381
- Monticello Trails Middle School3.1 mi · 655
- Prairie Ridge Elementary School3.2 mi · 431
Frequently asked questions
About Mill Creek Middle SchoolHow many students attend Mill Creek Middle School?
Mill Creek Middle School enrolls approximately 676 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Mill Creek Middle School serve?
Mill Creek Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Mill Creek Middle School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Mill Creek Middle School.
How diverse is Mill Creek Middle School?
Mill Creek Middle School reports a student body of 78% White, 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Mill Creek Middle School?
Mill Creek Middle School is overseen by De Soto in Johnson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.