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Enrollment
560
Middle
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEAMAN·NCES 201149001921
Seaman Middle School
5530 NW Topeka, Topeka, KS 66617 · (785) 286-8400 · Shawnee County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL560 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% 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.
- C-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
12.7:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
224 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 7 | 306 | 55% |
| Grade 8 | 254 | 45% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
Seaman Middle School→Seaman High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Seaman. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
43.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
35.1%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 | 43.0% | 35.1% |
| 2023-24 | 28.9% | 22.7% |
% 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
33.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Seaman Middle School
Seaman Middle School's state test result (33.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seaman Middle School this school | 560 | 40.0% | 33.1% |
| Prairie Hills Middle Hutchinson | 532 | 43.2% | 34.9% |
| Hays Middle School Hays | 726 | 40.4% | 35.1% |
| McPherson Middle School McPherson | 474 | 40.1% | 29.7% |
| Wheatridge Middle School Gardner | 517 | 42.2% | 36.8% |
| Paola Middle Paola | 413 | 39.5% | 39.7% |
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 Seaman Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Shawnee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #91 of 192 | #3 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #103 of 192 | #3 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #85 of 192 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 560 | #67 of 225 | #2 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #62 of 161 | #7 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.3% | #120 of 161 | #10 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.0% | #133 of 195 | #9 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #59 of 98 | #5 of 10 |
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
560
-53 (-9%) vs 2020
-3% since 2010-11, when it was 578
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 560 | 44.2 | 12.7:1 | 40% (224) |
| 2023-24 | 558 | 41.7 | 13.4:1 | 38% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 585 | 45.9 | 12.8:1 | 37% (218) |
| 2020-21 | 613 | 48 | 12.8:1 | 35% (213) |
| 2017-18 | 614 | 50.1 | 12.3:1 | 39% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 579 | 49 | 11.8:1 | 36% (207) |
| 2010-11 | 578 | 44 | 13.1:1 | 33% (188) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Seaman Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (614 to 560); teachers down 12% (50.1 to 44.2).
About Seaman Middle School
Seaman Middle School is the name of a mid-sized middle school in Topeka, Kansas. Enrollment stands at 560 students, covering grades 7 through 8. That puts enrollment 39% larger than the 402-student average for middle schools in Kansas.
The Seaman system has 7 schools and 3,692 students.
At Seaman Middle School, 80% of students are White. The remaining students are 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 34%.
Classroom staffing at Seaman Middle School totals 44.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.7:1. The 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas is close to this figure. Federal data show 40% of students (224) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Shawnee County average 54%.
Among Kansas public middle schools, Seaman Middle School outscored 39%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Kansas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 43.0%. Seaman Middle School scores 33.1%.
American Community Survey estimates for Shawnee County show that median household income comes to about $67,104, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. The county's public schools total 54, with about 26,294 students.
Among nearby public schools, Northern Hills Elementary is closest at about 0.1 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 41.9% proficiency; Seaman Middle School posts 33.1%.
NCES describes the area around Seaman Middle School as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 613 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 560 by 2024-25.
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Shawnee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
178,025
Census ACS
Median income
$67,104
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
26,294 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Seaman
- Seaman HighHigh · 1,190 students
- Logan ElementaryElementary · 558 students
- Northern Hills ElementaryElementary · 408 students
- West Indianola ElemElementary · 395 students
- Elmont ElemElementary · 303 students
- North FairviewElementary · 278 students
Other schools in Topeka
- Washburn Rural HighHigh · 1,878 students
- Topeka HighHigh · 1,578 students
- Seaman HighHigh · 1,190 students
- Topeka West HighHigh · 971 students
- Washburn Rural Middle SchoolMiddle · 966 students
- Highland Park HighHigh · 835 students
Nearby schools
- Northern Hills Elementary0.1 mi · 408
- Seaman High0.9 mi · 1,190
- Elmont Elem2.5 mi · 303
- North Fairview3.3 mi · 278
- Lawrence Gardner High School3.5 mi · 111
- West Indianola Elem3.8 mi · 395
Frequently asked questions
About Seaman Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Seaman Middle School?
Seaman Middle School enrolls approximately 560 students in grades 07-08.
Is Seaman Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Seaman Middle School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Seaman Middle School?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Seaman Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Seaman Middle School?
At Seaman Middle School, the student body is approximately 80% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Seaman Middle School in?
Seaman Middle School is part of Seaman.
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