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How has Piper Middle changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
680
Middle
DISTRICT 709 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PIPER-KANSAS CITY·NCES 201068001681
Piper Middle
4400 North 107 Street, Kansas City, KS 66109 · (913) 721-1144 · Wyandotte County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL680 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Kansas public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
197 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 6 | 218 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 220 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 242 | 36% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
Piper Middle→Piper High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Piper-Kansas City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
48.5%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
41.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 | 48.5% | 41.5% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 29.9% |
% 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
35.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Piper Middle
Piper Middle's state test result (35.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piper Middle this school | 680 | 29.0% | 35.9% |
| Oxford Middle Overland Park | 620 | 20.2% | 59.5% |
| Summit Trail Middle School Olathe | 576 | 31.3% | 43.3% |
| California Trail Middle School Olathe | 584 | 13.5% | 50.6% |
| Susan B Anthony Middle School Manhattan | 775 | 33.7% | 45.6% |
| Blue Valley Middle Overland Park | 593 | 15.5% | 54.3% |
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 Piper Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Wyandotte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #74 of 192 | #1 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #67 of 192 | #1 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #50 of 192 | #1 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 680 | #33 of 225 | #4 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #110 of 161 | #3 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #20 of 161 | #3 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.0% | #161 of 195 | #11 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.3% | #9 of 54 | N/A |
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
680
+81 (+14%) vs 2020
+162% since 1990-91, when it was 260
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 680 | 49 | 13.9:1 | 29% (197) |
| 2023-24 | 688 | 49.4 | 13.9:1 | 28% (196) |
| 2022-23 | 708 | 45.5 | 15.6:1 | 26% (185) |
| 2020-21 | 599 | 37 | 16.2:1 | 18% (109) |
| 2017-18 | 547 | 31 | 17.6:1 | 22% (123) |
| 2015-16 | 449 | 26 | 17.3:1 | 22% (99) |
| 2010-11 | 511 | 31 | 16.5:1 | 20% (100) |
| 2000-01 | 308 | 23 | 13.4:1 | 5% (14) |
| 1990-91 | 260 | 17 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Piper Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 24% (547 to 680); teachers up 58% (31 to 49).
About Piper Middle
Piper Middle is a middle-grades school in Kansas City, Kansas, according to federal school records. Total enrollment is 680 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8. Middle schools in Kansas have about 402 students on average; enrollment here is 69% higher.
Piper-Kansas City counts 4 schools and 2,835 students, including Piper Middle.
More than half of enrollment at Piper Middle is White: 51%. Next come 17% Hispanic, 14% Black, 10% Asian, and 8% multiracial. The county population is about 42% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Piper Middle scores 68%.
There are 49 full-time-equivalent teachers at Piper Middle, giving a ratio of 13.9:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Kansas is 12.7:1. A total of 197 students, or 29%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 75% average for public schools in Wyandotte County is 46 points higher.
Among Kansas public middle schools, Piper Middle outscored 41%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Piper Middle is 12.5 points below its prediction. Actual: 35.9%. Predicted: 48.3%.
The school's county is Wyandotte County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $63,631, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Wyandotte County's 62 public schools enroll about 30,713 students and include Piper Middle.
Piper Creek Elementary sits about 0.2 miles from Piper Middle. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Piper Middle is 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment was 680 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 599. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.2:1 to 13.9:1.
This page is set up for the Piper Middle community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Wyandotte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
167,654
Census ACS
Median income
$63,631
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
62
30,713 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Piper-Kansas City
- Piper HighHigh · 913 students
- Piper Prairie ElementaryElementary · 644 students
- Piper Creek ElementaryElementary · 598 students
Other schools in Kansas City
- Wyandotte HighHigh · 1,903 students
- Silver City ElemElementary · 1,495 students
- J C Harmon HighHigh · 1,285 students
- Washington HighHigh · 1,180 students
- Turner HighHigh · 1,147 students
- Sumner Academy of Arts & ScienceHigh · 1,045 students
Nearby schools
- Piper Creek Elementary0.2 mi · 598
- Piper Prairie Elementary2.2 mi · 644
- Lowell Brune Elementary School3.2 mi · 432
- Piper High3.3 mi · 913
- Alfred Fairfax Academy3.7 mi · 52
- Delaware Ridge Elementary4.2 mi · 378
Frequently asked questions
About Piper MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Piper Middle?
Piper Middle enrolls approximately 680 students in grades 06-08.
Is Piper Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Piper Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Piper Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Piper Middle is approximately 13.9:1 (49 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Piper Middle?
Piper Middle reports a student body of 51% White, 17% Hispanic, 14% Black, 10% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Piper Middle?
Piper Middle is overseen by Piper-Kansas City in Wyandotte County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.