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What's the biggest difference between Rock Creek Middle School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
415
Middle
DISTRICT 333 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCK CREEK·NCES 200000402114
Rock Creek Middle School
9357 Flush Rd, St. George, KS 66535 · (785) 494-8591 · Pottawatomie County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
110 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 51%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Rock Creek Middle School→Rock Creek High School
Based on grade levels within Rock Creek. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
57.9%
KS avg 44.5% . +14.8pp since 2023
Math
51.8%
KS avg 38.8% . +6.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
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
51.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 →
About Rock Creek Middle School
Rock Creek Middle School is a 6-8 campus of reasonably sized scale in St. George, Kansas, overseen by Rock Creek, hosting 415 students in grades 5 through 8.
Within Rock Creek, which oversees 4 schools and 1,330 students, Rock Creek Middle School is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, Rock Creek Middle School lists that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic. Compared to Pottawatomie County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Rock Creek Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.5%, the actual is 51.1%, a residual of +1.6 points.
In the surrounding community, Pottawatomie County reports that the typical household earns roughly $92,325 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Pottawatomie County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,283 students), Rock Creek Middle School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Rock Creek High School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Rock Creek Middle School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.1%.
Rock Creek Middle School operates from a rural location.
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Pottawatomie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,204
Census ACS
Median income
$92,325
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
4,283 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rock Creek
- Rock Creek High SchoolHigh · 415 students
- St George ElemElementary · 374 students
- Westmoreland ElemElementary · 126 students
Nearby schools
- Rock Creek High School0.1 mi · 415
- Westmoreland Elem6.3 mi · 126
- Oliver Brown Elementary6.9 mi · 338
- St George Elem7.4 mi · 374
- Wamego Middle School8.9 mi · 385
- Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School9.3 mi · 730
Frequently asked questions
About Rock Creek Middle SchoolHow large is Rock Creek Middle School?
Rock Creek Middle School enrolls approximately 415 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Rock Creek Middle School serve?
Rock Creek Middle School serves grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Rock Creek Middle School have?
Rock Creek Middle School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Rock Creek Middle School?
Student demographics at Rock Creek Middle School are roughly 92% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Rock Creek Middle School in?
Rock Creek Middle School is part of Rock Creek.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.