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Alumni: what's one memory from Rosedale Middle that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
501
Middle
DISTRICT 616 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KANSAS CITY·NCES 200795001418
Rosedale Middle
3600 Springfield, Kansas City, KS 66103 · (913) 627-6900 · Wyandotte County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL501 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of Kansas public middle schools
- FTest 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
14.2:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
433 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 187 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 163 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 151 | 30% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
14.3%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
7.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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 | 14.3% | 7.3% |
| 2023-24 | 12.5% | 4.2% |
% 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
8.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.8%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Rosedale Middle
Rosedale Middle's state test result (8.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosedale Middle this school | 501 | 86.4% | 8.6% |
| Argentine Middle Kansas City | 519 | 80.0% | 7.5% |
| Central Middle Kansas City | 687 | 84.3% | 6.3% |
| Marshall Middle School Wichita | 596 | 89.4% | 17.0% |
| Turner Middle School Kansas City | 585 | 82.7% | 17.1% |
| Eisenhower Middle School Topeka | 440 | 86.6% | 6.3% |
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 Rosedale Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Wyandotte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.6% | #186 of 192 | #8 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.3% | #187 of 192 | #9 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #188 of 192 | #9 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 501 | #84 of 225 | #9 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #119 of 161 | #5 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.5% | #83 of 161 | #10 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.4% | #13 of 195 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.9% | #27 of 98 | #2 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
501
-176 (-26%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 502
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 501 | 35.4 | 14.2:1 | 86% (433) |
| 2023-24 | 508 | 37.3 | 13.6:1 | 79% (401) |
| 2022-23 | 798 | 38.5 | 20.7:1 | 56% (445) |
| 2020-21 | 677 | 38 | 17.8:1 | 78% (531) |
| 2017-18 | 610 | 38.5 | 15.8:1 | 87% (533) |
| 2015-16 | 598 | 39 | 15.3:1 | 82% (493) |
| 2010-11 | 598 | 36 | 16.6:1 | 87% (522) |
| 2000-01 | 503 | 33 | 15.2:1 | 85% (430) |
| 1990-91 | 502 | 30 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rosedale Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (610 to 501); teachers down 8% (38.5 to 35.4).
About Rosedale Middle
Federal records list Rosedale Middle as a middle school in Kansas City, Kansas. The school serves 501 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. The average among middle schools in Kansas is roughly 402 students; this school is 25% larger than that.
Kansas City is made up of 43 schools with 21,538 students in all.
Roughly 70% of students at Rosedale Middle are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 17% Black, 9% White, and 4% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 34%. Rosedale Middle's diversity index is 48%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 35.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Rosedale Middle in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.2:1. That is 1.5 students per teacher above the 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 86%. That rate is above the 75% average among public schools in Wyandotte County.
allk12 grades Rosedale Middle an F. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Rosedale Middle is 12.2 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 8.6% actual, 20.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Kansas.
In the county around the school, Wyandotte County, the median household income is $63,631, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 62 public schools in Wyandotte County, enrolling about 30,713 students in all.
The closest public school to Rosedale Middle is GORDON PARKS ELEM., about 0.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Rosedale Middle ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Rosedale Middle falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment is down 26% from 2020-21, when Rosedale Middle had 677 students, to 2024-25, when it had 501. The ratio of students to teachers went from 17.8:1 to 14.2:1 over the same years.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Rosedale Middle covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 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
- Sumner Academy of Arts & ScienceHigh · 1,045 students
- F L Schlagle HighHigh · 841 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
Other Rosedale Middle schools
One other US public school is named Rosedale Middle. Rosedale Middle is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Rosedale MiddleBakersfield, CA · 810 students
Nearby schools
- GORDON PARKS ELEM.0.7 mi · 131
- Frank Rushton Elem0.9 mi · 359
- ALLEN VILLAGE PRESCHOOL1.3 mi · 9
- ALLEN VILLAGE PRIMARY ACADEMY1.3 mi · 66
- ALLEN VILLAGE ELEMENTARY ACADE1.3 mi · 87
- ALLEN VILLAGE JUNIOR ACADEMY1.3 mi · 92
Frequently asked questions
About Rosedale MiddleHow large is Rosedale Middle?
Rosedale Middle enrolls approximately 501 students in grades 06-08.
Is Rosedale Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rosedale Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Rosedale Middle have?
Rosedale Middle employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rosedale Middle?
At Rosedale Middle, the student body is approximately 9% White, 70% Hispanic, 17% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Rosedale Middle public or private?
Rosedale Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kansas City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.