Reno Valley Middle School

Set in Hutchinson, Kansas, Reno Valley Middle School is an one-room-style middle school, part of Nickerson. It enrolls 137 students across grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 66% below the state mean of about 402.

Within Nickerson, which oversees 5 schools and 1,011 students, Reno Valley Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Reno Valley Middle School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). Beyond that, the school reports 10% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Reno Valley Middle School reports 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Reno Valley Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Reno Valley Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.1%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Reno County indicate the typical household earns roughly $60,645 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Reno County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,909 students), of which Reno Valley Middle School is one.

Wiley Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Reno Valley Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 25.9%.

Reno Valley Middle School operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Reno Valley Middle School has edged down 14%, going from 160 students in 2018 to 137 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 5% to 10% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 8.0:1 in 2025.

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