Enrollment
234
Middle
DISTRICT 267 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PERRY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 201062000677
Perry-Lecompton Middle
408 Lecompton Rd, Perry, KS 66073 · (785) 597-5159 · Jefferson County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL234 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% 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.
- C-Beats 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
13.9:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
93 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 66 | 28% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 22% |
| Grade 7 | 59 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 57 | 24% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
Perry-Lecompton Middle→Perry Lecompton High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Perry Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
42.4%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
33.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 | 42.4% | 33.5% |
| 2023-24 | 28.1% | 19.3% |
% 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
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.2%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Perry-Lecompton Middle
Perry-Lecompton Middle's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perry-Lecompton Middle this school | 234 | 39.7% | 32.5% |
| Chapman Middle School Chapman | 250 | 38.8% | 39.5% |
| Smoky Valley Middle School Lindsborg | 253 | 36.4% | 40.8% |
| Jefferson West Middle Meriden | 276 | 35.9% | 42.8% |
| Frontenac Jr. High Frontenac | 219 | 45.2% | 40.5% |
| Burlington Middle School 5 - 8 Burlington | 242 | 45.0% | 38.2% |
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 Perry-Lecompton Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #93 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #110 of 192 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #88 of 192 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 234 | #156 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #109 of 161 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.3% | #135 of 161 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.7% | #134 of 195 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.8% | #94 of 98 |
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
234
-1 (0%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 231
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 234 | 16.9 | 13.9:1 | 40% (93) |
| 2023-24 | 229 | 16.2 | 14.2:1 | 42% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 207 | 16.2 | 12.8:1 | 37% (77) |
| 2020-21 | 235 | 16 | 14.7:1 | 36% (85) |
| 2017-18 | 236 | 16.3 | 14.5:1 | 41% (97) |
| 2015-16 | 241 | 20 | 12.1:1 | 41% (100) |
| 2010-11 | 287 | 19 | 15.1:1 | 35% (101) |
| 2000-01 | 185 | 12 | 15.4:1 | 18% (33) |
| 1990-91 | 231 | 13 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Perry-Lecompton Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (236 to 234); teachers up 4% (16.3 to 16.9).
About Perry-Lecompton Middle
Perry-Lecompton Middle is a low-enrollment middle school in Perry, Kansas, (ZIP code 66073). Enrollment totals 234 students across grades 5 through 8. On average, middle schools in Kansas enroll around 402, and this school is 42% below that mark.
Across its 3 schools, Perry Public Schools enrolls 800 students. Perry-Lecompton Middle is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, Perry-Lecompton Middle is 84% White. The next largest groups are 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. The school's White share is 8 points below the 93% share among Jefferson County residents. A diversity index of 28% means there is a 28% chance two randomly chosen students at Perry-Lecompton Middle are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at Perry-Lecompton Middle totals 16.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.9:1. Compared with the 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas, this school's ratio is higher. Federal data show 40% of students (93) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Jefferson County is similar, at 39%.
On the allk12 Grade, Perry-Lecompton Middle lands at C+, ahead of 36% of Kansas public middle schools.
Perry-Lecompton Middle is 10.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (32.5% versus 43.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Kansas.
The school is in Jefferson County, where the median household earns about $81,278 a year, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Across Jefferson County, 14 public schools serve about 3,123 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Perry Lecompton High, is the closest to Perry-Lecompton Middle. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Perry-Lecompton Middle ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 235 in 2020-21 and 234 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Perry-Lecompton Middle community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,349
Census ACS
Median income
$81,278
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
3,123 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Perry Public Schools
- Lecompton ElemElementary · 298 students
- Perry Lecompton HighHigh · 268 students
Nearby schools
- Perry Lecompton High0.1 mi · 268
- Lecompton Elem2.8 mi · 298
- Lawrence Free State High8.3 mi · 1,774
- Langston Hughes Elem8.5 mi · 560
- Deerfield Elem9.0 mi · 433
- Quail Run Elementary9.1 mi · 421
Frequently asked questions
About Perry-Lecompton MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Perry-Lecompton Middle?
Perry-Lecompton Middle enrolls approximately 234 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Perry-Lecompton Middle serve?
Perry-Lecompton Middle serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Perry-Lecompton Middle?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Perry-Lecompton Middle.
What is the student diversity at Perry-Lecompton Middle?
Student demographics at Perry-Lecompton Middle are roughly 84% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Perry-Lecompton Middle in?
Perry-Lecompton Middle is part of Perry Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.