Enrollment
135
Middle
DISTRICT 152 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAKLEY·NCES 201005001707
Oakley Middle School
611 Center, Oakley, KS 67748 · (785) 671-3820 · Logan County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL135 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% of Kansas public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.3:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
78 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 5 | 28 | 21% |
| Grade 6 | 32 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 38 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 37 | 27% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Oakley Middle School→Oakley Sr High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Oakley. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
31.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
30.2%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 | 31.0% | 30.2% |
| 2023-24 | 25.4% | 27.5% |
% 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
31.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Oakley Middle School
Oakley Middle School's state test result (31.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakley Middle School this school | 135 | 57.8% | 31.4% |
| West Franklin Middle School Pomona | 149 | 54.4% | 24.4% |
| Hoisington Middle Hoisington | 158 | 58.2% | 23.9% |
| Reno Valley Middle School Hutchinson | 137 | 53.3% | 30.1% |
| Concordia Middle Concordia | 177 | 58.8% | 46.9% |
| South Central Middle School Protection | 113 | 57.5% | 38.6% |
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 Oakley Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #101 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #127 of 192 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #142 of 192 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 135 | #187 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.8% | #81 of 195 |
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
135
+11 (+9%) vs 2020
+8% since 2000-01, when it was 125
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 135 | 10.2 | 13.3:1 | 58% (78) |
| 2023-24 | 126 | 8.5 | 14.8:1 | 53% (67) |
| 2022-23 | 134 | 8.9 | 15.1:1 | 46% (61) |
| 2020-21 | 124 | 9 | 13.8:1 | 45% (56) |
| 2017-18 | 126 | 9 | 14.0:1 | 51% (64) |
| 2015-16 | 126 | 8 | 15.8:1 | 44% (56) |
| 2010-11 | 131 | 7 | 18.7:1 | 51% (67) |
| 2000-01 | 125 | 9 | 13.9:1 | 35% (44) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oakley Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (126 to 135); teachers up 13% (9 to 10.2).
About Oakley Middle School
Oakley Middle School operates as a small middle school in Oakley, Kansas. A federal count lists 135 students at the school, in grades 5 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Kansas) has about 402 students.
Oakley Middle School is in Oakley, a district with 456 students across 3 schools.
White students are the large majority at Oakley Middle School, with 89% of enrollment. Other groups include 8% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 89% White, within a few points of the school. The chance that two students picked at random at Oakley Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 20%.
Staffing totals 10.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.3:1. Middle schools in Kansas average about 12.7:1, a similar figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 58%.
The allk12 Grade for Oakley Middle School is B. Compared with Kansas public middle schools, the school scored higher than 55% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with Kansas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Oakley Middle School's results are 3.1 points below predicted: 31.4% against 34.5%.
In Logan County (population about 2,707), median household income is about $75,662, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Oakley Middle School is one of 5 public schools in Logan County, which together enroll about 529 students.
The nearest other public school, Oakley Elem, is less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Oakley Middle School ranks 5th of 9 on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Remote.
Enrollment was 124 in 2020-21 and 135 in 2024-25, a rise of 11 students.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Logan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,707
Census ACS
Median income
$75,662
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
529 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Oakley
- Oakley ElemElementary · 191 students
- Oakley Sr HighHigh · 130 students
Other schools in Oakley
- Oakley ElemElementary · 191 students
- Oakley Sr HighHigh · 130 students
Nearby schools
- Oakley Elem0.1 mi · 191
- Oakley Sr High0.1 mi · 130
- Grinnell Grade School11.9 mi · 43
- Grinnell Middle School11.9 mi · 22
- Colby Senior High19.6 mi · 296
- Wheatland High School20.3 mi · 41
Frequently asked questions
About Oakley Middle SchoolHow large is Oakley Middle School?
Oakley Middle School enrolls approximately 135 students in grades 05-08.
Is Oakley Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oakley Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at Oakley Middle School?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Oakley Middle School.
How diverse is Oakley Middle School?
Oakley Middle School reports a student body of 89% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
What district is Oakley Middle School in?
Oakley Middle School is part of Oakley.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.