Patton Jr High

Patton Jr High operates as a medium-sized intermediate school in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, run under Fort Leavenworth. Current enrollment sits at 389 students spanning grades 6 through 9.

Fort Leavenworth runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,542 students. Patton Jr High is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Patton Jr High shows that 64% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder is composed of 13% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 8% Black, 2% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. Roughly 12% of students at Patton Jr High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Leavenworth County's rate of about 34%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Patton Jr High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.3%; this one delivers 60.4%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Leavenworth County indicate the typical household earns roughly $89,218 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Leavenworth County's 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,185 students), Patton Jr High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Bradley Elem, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Patton Jr High comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 46.4%.

Patton Jr High operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Patton Jr High has edged up 28%, going from 303 students in 2018 to 389 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.