Moundridge Middle

As a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Moundridge, Kansas, Moundridge Middle works with 170 students from grades 4 through 8, overseen by Moundridge. That puts it 58% leaner than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 402 students.

Moundridge runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 512 students. Moundridge Middle is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Moundridge Middle shows that nearly all students (94%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 4% multiracial. Compared to McPherson County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. Roughly 49% of students at Moundridge Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than McPherson County's rate of about 40%.

With demographic context factored in, Moundridge Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.8%, the actual is 39.5%, a residual of +0.7 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for McPherson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $78,851 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across McPherson County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,829 students), Moundridge Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Moundridge High, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Moundridge Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Moundridge Middle at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 45.3%.

Moundridge Middle operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Moundridge Middle has grew 45%, going from 117 students in 2018 to 170 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged down from 6% to 2% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.