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Enrollment
599
Middle
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BONNER SPRINGS·NCES 200405000030
Robert E Clark Middle
420 N Bluegrass, Bonner Springs, KS 66012 · (913) 422-5115 · Wyandotte County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL599 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% of Kansas public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
11.9:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
385 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 180 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 212 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 207 | 35% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
Robert E Clark Middle→Bonner Springs High
Based on grade levels within Bonner Springs. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
32.1%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
27.8%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 | 32.1% | 27.8% |
| 2023-24 | 19.4% | 18.4% |
% 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
23.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.4%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Robert E Clark Middle
Robert E Clark Middle's state test result (23.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert E Clark Middle this school | 599 | 64.3% | 23.8% |
| Marjorie French Middle School Topeka | 480 | 64.4% | 27.1% |
| Junction City Middle School Junction City | 900 | 61.9% | 29.4% |
| Richard Warren Middle School Leavenworth | 427 | 67.0% | 16.0% |
| Wilbur Middle School Wichita | 822 | 71.3% | 24.8% |
| Richard Warren Intermediate School Leavenworth | 409 | 72.4% | 20.9% |
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 Robert E Clark Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Wyandotte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #147 of 192 | #2 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #136 of 192 | #3 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #133 of 192 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 599 | #55 of 225 | #6 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #34 of 161 | #1 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.4% | #32 of 161 | #5 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.3% | #59 of 195 | #10 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.1% | #84 of 98 | #7 of 7 |
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
599
-22 (-4%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 529
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 599 | 50.2 | 11.9:1 | 64% (385) |
| 2023-24 | 587 | 47.3 | 12.4:1 | 62% (366) |
| 2022-23 | 563 | 46.3 | 12.2:1 | 52% (293) |
| 2020-21 | 621 | 46 | 13.5:1 | 47% (293) |
| 2017-18 | 618 | 42.7 | 14.5:1 | 51% (314) |
| 2015-16 | 589 | 41 | 14.4:1 | 58% (339) |
| 2010-11 | 559 | 38 | 14.7:1 | 54% (300) |
| 2000-01 | 521 | 35 | 14.9:1 | 30% (157) |
| 1990-91 | 529 | 31 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Robert E Clark Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (618 to 599); teachers up 18% (42.7 to 50.2).
About Robert E Clark Middle
A mid-sized middle-grades school in Bonner Springs, Kansas, Robert E Clark Middle is part of Bonner Springs. The school enrolls 599 students in grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Kansas average about 402 students, which makes this school 49% larger than average.
Bonner Springs oversees Robert E Clark Middle and 4 other schools, with 2,437 students in total.
The student body at Robert E Clark Middle is 53% White. It is also 23% Hispanic, 15% Black, and 7% multiracial. Wyandotte County's residents are about 42% White, 11 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 64% means there is a 64% chance two randomly chosen students at Robert E Clark Middle are from different groups.
Robert E Clark Middle reports a ratio of 11.9 students per teacher, from 50.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in Kansas, the average ratio is 12.7:1. Lunch program data show 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Wyandotte County, the average eligibility rate is 75%.
Robert E Clark Middle earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 23% of Kansas public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Robert E Clark Middle is -7.6 points: 23.8% actual, 31.4% predicted.
The county, Wyandotte County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $63,631, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. The county's public schools total 62, with about 30,713 students.
Robert E Clark Middle is about 0.1 miles from Bonner Springs High, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 51.6% on proficiency, and Robert E Clark Middle is below that at 23.8%.
Locale data from NCES put Robert E Clark Middle in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 22 students, from 621 to 599. Students per teacher dropped from 13.5 in 2020-21 to 11.9 in 2024-25.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Robert E Clark MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Robert E Clark Middle?
Robert E Clark Middle enrolls approximately 599 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Robert E Clark Middle serve?
Robert E Clark Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Robert E Clark Middle?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at Robert E Clark Middle.
How diverse is Robert E Clark Middle?
Robert E Clark Middle reports a student body of 53% White, 23% Hispanic, 15% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Robert E Clark Middle public or private?
Robert E Clark Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bonner Springs.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.