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Enrollment
548
Middle
DISTRICT 581 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARDNER EDGERTON·NCES 200642001824
Pioneer Ridge Middle School
16200 Kill Creek Road, Gardner, KS 66030 · (913) 856-3850 · Johnson County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL548 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Kansas public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
12.3:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
181 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 51%
Community
5
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 | 133 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 149 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 147 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 119 | 22% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
Pioneer Ridge Middle School→Gardner Edgerton High
Based on grade levels within Gardner Edgerton. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
46.3%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
49.6%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 | 46.3% | 49.6% |
| 2023-24 | 33.4% | 38.1% |
% 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
43.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.4%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Pioneer Ridge Middle School
Pioneer Ridge Middle School's state test result (43.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Ridge Middle School this school | 548 | 33.0% | 43.6% |
| Tonganoxie Middle School Tonganoxie | 433 | 33.3% | 30.5% |
| Goddard Middle School Goddard | 485 | 35.1% | 29.5% |
| Lansing Middle 6-8 Lansing | 580 | 35.9% | 39.6% |
| Discovery Intermediate School Goddard | 502 | 26.5% | 50.4% |
| Clearwater Intermediate - Middle School Clearwater | 405 | 33.6% | 47.8% |
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 Pioneer Ridge Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #38 of 192 | #21 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #38 of 192 | #22 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #64 of 192 | #25 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 548 | #69 of 225 | #23 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #50 of 161 | #9 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.4% | #129 of 161 | #28 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.0% | #156 of 195 | #11 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.5% | #82 of 98 | #18 of 21 |
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
548
-29 (-5%) vs 2020
-18% since 2010-11, when it was 669
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 548 | 44.4 | 12.3:1 | 33% (181) |
| 2023-24 | 570 | 41.4 | 13.8:1 | 32% (181) |
| 2022-23 | 558 | 41.3 | 13.5:1 | 32% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 577 | 46 | 12.5:1 | 25% (147) |
| 2017-18 | 568 | 47 | 12.1:1 | 26% (150) |
| 2015-16 | 529 | N/A | N/A | 27% (145) |
| 2010-11 | 669 | 53 | 12.6:1 | 26% (174) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pioneer Ridge Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (568 to 548); teachers down 6% (47 to 44.4).
About Pioneer Ridge Middle School
The public middle-grades school Pioneer Ridge Middle School is located in Gardner, Kansas. It reported 548 students in grades 5 through 8 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 402 students for middle schools in Kansas.
Gardner Edgerton oversees Pioneer Ridge Middle School and 10 other schools, with 5,854 students in total.
The share of students at Pioneer Ridge Middle School who are White is 82%. Smaller groups are 6% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 4% Black. Johnson County residents are about 79% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 31% means there is a 31% chance two randomly chosen students at Pioneer Ridge Middle School are from different groups.
A staff of 44.4 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 12.3:1. The 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas is close to this figure. By family income, 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Pioneer Ridge Middle School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 79% of Kansas public middle schools.
Compared with Kansas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Pioneer Ridge Middle School's results are 2.7 points below predicted: 43.6% against 46.4%.
In Johnson County, median household income comes to about $109,208, roughly 58% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. The county's public schools total 168, with about 93,598 students.
A public school about 1.5 miles away, Madison Elementary, is the closest to Pioneer Ridge Middle School. Pioneer Ridge Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 40.4%, lower than Pioneer Ridge Middle School's 43.6%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Pioneer Ridge Middle School enrolled 577 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 548.
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Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
620,631
Census ACS
Median income
$109,208
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
168
93,598 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gardner Edgerton
- Gardner Edgerton HighHigh · 1,794 students
- Trail Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Madison ElementaryElementary · 521 students
- Wheatridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
- Grand Star ElementaryElementary · 380 students
- Nike ElementaryElementary · 365 students
Other schools in Gardner
- Gardner Edgerton HighHigh · 1,794 students
- Trail Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Madison ElementaryElementary · 521 students
- Wheatridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
- Grand Star ElementaryElementary · 380 students
- Nike ElementaryElementary · 365 students
Other Pioneer Ridge Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Pioneer Ridge Middle. Pioneer Ridge Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLEINDEPENDENCE, MO · 731 students
- PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOLCHASKA, MN · 418 students
Nearby schools
- Madison Elementary1.5 mi · 521
- Gardner Edgerton High1.7 mi · 1,794
- Sunflower Elementary2.1 mi · 293
- Gardner Elem2.6 mi · 304
- Wheatridge Middle School2.6 mi · 517
- Grand Star Elementary3.0 mi · 380
Frequently asked questions
About Pioneer Ridge Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pioneer Ridge Middle School?
Pioneer Ridge Middle School enrolls approximately 548 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Pioneer Ridge Middle School serve?
Pioneer Ridge Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Pioneer Ridge Middle School?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Pioneer Ridge Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pioneer Ridge Middle School?
At Pioneer Ridge Middle School, the student body is approximately 82% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Pioneer Ridge Middle School in?
Pioneer Ridge Middle School is part of Gardner Edgerton.
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