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Enrollment
782
Middle
DISTRICT 715 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALINA·NCES 201137000520
Salina South Middle
2015 Simmons, Salina, KS 67401 · (785) 309-3900 · Saline County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL782 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% of Kansas public middle schools
- B-Test 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
13.4:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
480 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 258 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 256 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 268 | 34% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
41.7%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
38.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 42 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 | 41.7% | 38.5% |
| 2023-24 | 29.6% | 27.8% |
% 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
32.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.8%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Salina South Middle
Salina South Middle's state test result (32.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salina South Middle this school | 782 | 61.4% | 32.1% |
| Arkansas City Middle Sch Arkansas City | 628 | 60.5% | 24.2% |
| Lakewood Middle School Salina | 647 | 66.2% | 29.9% |
| Emporia Middle School Emporia | 843 | 67.0% | 23.8% |
| Chisholm Middle School Newton | 422 | 62.8% | 21.3% |
| Haysville West Middle School Haysville | 551 | 59.0% | 26.5% |
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 Salina South Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #96 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #85 of 192 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #90 of 192 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 782 | #16 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #92 of 161 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.0% | #44 of 161 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.4% | #67 of 195 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.7% | #81 of 98 |
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
782
-64 (-8%) vs 2020
+43% since 1990-91, when it was 548
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 782 | 58.2 | 13.4:1 | 61% (480) |
| 2023-24 | 782 | 58.7 | 13.3:1 | 62% (484) |
| 2022-23 | 811 | 58.5 | 13.9:1 | 62% (505) |
| 2020-21 | 846 | 62 | 13.7:1 | 59% (502) |
| 2017-18 | 812 | 56.3 | 14.4:1 | 60% (488) |
| 2015-16 | 779 | 61 | 12.8:1 | 60% (466) |
| 2010-11 | 816 | 59 | 13.8:1 | 50% (411) |
| 2000-01 | 590 | 46 | 12.8:1 | 34% (202) |
| 1990-91 | 548 | 37 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Salina South Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (812 to 782); teachers up 3% (56.3 to 58.2).
About Salina South Middle
Salina South Middle is a large middle school in Salina, located in Salina, Kansas. It serves 782 students in grades 6 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in Kansas average about 402 students.
The district, Salina, operates 13 schools serving 6,441 students.
Salina South Middle's enrollment is 52% White. The next largest groups are 33% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 2% Black. In Saline County overall, about 82% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Salina South Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 61%.
A ratio of 13.4:1 comes from the school's 58.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas is lower than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 61% of students at Salina South Middle as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for Salina South Middle is B. Compared with Kansas public middle schools, the school scored higher than 63% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Salina South Middle is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (32.1% versus 32.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Kansas.
In Saline County (population about 53,668), median household income is about $65,422, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 17 public schools operate in Saline County, serving about 7,580 students.
Nearby, Stewart Elem is about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Salina South Middle places 5th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Salina South Middle is coded as Town: Remote in federal locale data.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Salina South Middle went from 846 students to 782.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Salina South Middle. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Saline County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
53,668
Census ACS
Median income
$65,422
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
7,580 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Salina
- Salina High SouthHigh · 1,046 students
- Salina High CentralHigh · 934 students
- Lakewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 647 students
- Meadowlark Ridge ElemElementary · 431 students
- Stewart ElemElementary · 406 students
- Heusner ElemElementary · 392 students
Other schools in Salina
- Salina High SouthHigh · 1,046 students
- Salina High CentralHigh · 934 students
- Lakewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 647 students
- Meadowlark Ridge ElemElementary · 431 students
- Stewart ElemElementary · 406 students
- Heusner ElemElementary · 392 students
Nearby schools
- Stewart Elem0.6 mi · 406
- Heusner Elem0.8 mi · 392
- Salina High South0.9 mi · 1,046
- Coronado Elem1.2 mi · 389
- Salina High Central1.3 mi · 934
- Sunset Elem1.4 mi · 380
Frequently asked questions
About Salina South MiddleHow many students attend Salina South Middle?
Salina South Middle enrolls approximately 782 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Salina South Middle serve?
Salina South Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Salina South Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Salina South Middle is approximately 13.4:1 (58 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Salina South Middle?
At Salina South Middle, the student body is approximately 52% White, 33% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Salina South Middle public or private?
Salina South Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Salina.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.