Enrollment
270
Middle
DISTRICT 287 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROYAL VALLEY·NCES 200932000661
Royal Valley Middle School
204 S 4th, Mayetta, KS 66509 · (785) 966-2251 · Jackson County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL270 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% 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.
- B+Beats 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
12.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
146 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 5 | 88 | 33% |
| Grade 6 | 48 | 18% |
| Grade 7 | 72 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 62 | 23% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Royal Valley Middle School→Royal Valley High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Royal Valley. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
39.8%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
39.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 | 39.8% | 39.4% |
| 2023-24 | 33.3% | 34.6% |
% 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
34.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Royal Valley Middle School
Royal Valley Middle School's state test result (34.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Valley Middle School this school | 270 | 54.1% | 34.9% |
| Hiawatha Middle School Hiawatha | 278 | 54.0% | 39.0% |
| Liberty Middle School Pratt | 282 | 53.2% | 42.6% |
| Royster Middle School Chanute | 389 | 58.9% | 30.3% |
| Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School Lawrence | 386 | 58.8% | 25.6% |
| Billy Mills Middle School Lawrence | 494 | 57.9% | 24.3% |
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 Royal Valley Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #82 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #78 of 192 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #97 of 192 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 270 | #149 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #37 of 161 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.0% | #39 of 161 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.1% | #85 of 195 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.7% | #53 of 54 |
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
270
+49 (+22%) vs 2020
+91% since 1990-91, when it was 141
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 270 | 22.6 | 12.0:1 | 54% (146) |
| 2023-24 | 240 | 20.1 | 11.9:1 | 50% (121) |
| 2022-23 | 247 | 21.4 | 11.5:1 | 43% (106) |
| 2020-21 | 221 | 21 | 10.5:1 | 48% (106) |
| 2017-18 | 268 | 21.3 | 12.6:1 | 44% (118) |
| 2015-16 | 270 | 22 | 12.3:1 | 51% (138) |
| 2010-11 | 281 | 19 | 14.8:1 | 51% (143) |
| 2000-01 | 311 | 17 | 18.3:1 | 31% (95) |
| 1990-91 | 141 | 9 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Royal Valley Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (268 to 270); teachers up 6% (21.3 to 22.6).
About Royal Valley Middle School
Royal Valley Middle School is a small middle-grades school serving families in Mayetta, Kansas. The student body numbers 270 students, from grades 5 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Kansas is about 402, so this school runs 33% smaller than that.
Royal Valley Middle School is a school in Royal Valley. The district has 3 schools and 862 students.
White students make up a majority at Royal Valley Middle School, at 53%. The remaining shares are 27% Native American, 11% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Jackson County's population at about 83%. Pick two students at random and there is a 63% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Royal Valley Middle School and a ratio of 12.0:1. For comparison, middle schools in Kansas average 12.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 54% of students. The rate at public schools in Jackson County averages 45%, lower than here.
Measured against Kansas public middle schools, Royal Valley Middle School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Kansas, Royal Valley Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 34.9% actual against a predicted 36.3%.
Census Bureau estimates for Jackson County show that the median household income is $75,215, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Royal Valley Middle School is one of 9 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is Royal Valley High, about 6.3 miles away. Royal Valley Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with 6 others within ten miles. Royal Valley Middle School ranks 6th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 34.9% against a local average of 41.6%.
NCES describes the area around Royal Valley Middle School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment grew 22% from its 2020-21 level of 221. The ratio was 10.5:1 in 2020-21 and 12.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
13,341
Census ACS
Median income
$75,215
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
2,426 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Royal Valley
- Royal Valley ElementaryElementary · 369 students
- Royal Valley HighHigh · 223 students
Nearby schools
- Royal Valley High6.3 mi · 223
- Royal Valley Elementary6.3 mi · 369
- Fresh Start (Virtual)9.0 mi · 1
- Holton Elementary School9.1 mi · 511
- Holton High9.3 mi · 335
- Holton Middle9.4 mi · 220
Frequently asked questions
About Royal Valley Middle SchoolHow large is Royal Valley Middle School?
Royal Valley Middle School enrolls approximately 270 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Royal Valley Middle School serve?
Royal Valley Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Royal Valley Middle School have?
Royal Valley Middle School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
How diverse is Royal Valley Middle School?
Royal Valley Middle School reports a student body of 53% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Royal Valley Middle School?
Royal Valley Middle School is overseen by Royal Valley in Jackson County.
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