Parsons Middle School

Parsons Middle School is an intermediate school of close-knit scale in Parsons, Kansas, operated by Parsons, instructing 273 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 32% smaller than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 402 students.

Parsons Middle School is one of 5 schools operated by Parsons, a district that serves 1,313 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Parsons Middle School logs that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 19% multiracial, 14% Hispanic, 7% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

In terms of school funding signals, Parsons Middle School logs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Parsons Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.4%, the actual is 24.4%, a residual of -5.0 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Labette County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $56,325 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Labette County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,468 students), of which Parsons Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is St. Hosp. Training Center Parsons, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Parsons Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Parsons Middle School at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 37.8%.

Parsons Middle School operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Parsons Middle School's enrollment has edged up 4% since 2018, when it stood at 263 (now 273). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 63% to 58%.

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