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Enrollment
472
Middle
DISTRICT 494 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIBERAL·NCES 200873002095
Seymour Rogers Middle School
721 Griffith, Liberal, KS 67901 · (620) 604-1300 · Seward County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL472 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% 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.
- 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
11.6:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
428 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 145 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 187 | 40% |
| Grade 8 | 140 | 30% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
Seymour Rogers Middle School→Liberal Sr High
Based on grade levels within Liberal. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
14.5%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
12.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 | 14.5% | 12.5% |
| 2023-24 | 6.3% | 7.1% |
% 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
9.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.8%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Seymour Rogers Middle School
Seymour Rogers Middle School's state test result (9.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seymour Rogers Middle School this school | 472 | 90.7% | 9.1% |
| Eisenhower Middle School Liberal | 516 | 81.6% | 15.1% |
| Dodge City Middle School Dodge City | 808 | 82.7% | 14.3% |
| Comanche Middle School Dodge City | 783 | 84.8% | 16.4% |
| Pleasant Valley Middle School Wichita | 760 | 92.4% | 17.4% |
| Horace J. Good Middle School Garden City | 583 | 83.4% | 18.7% |
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 Seymour Rogers Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.1% | #184 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.5% | #181 of 192 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.5% | #187 of 192 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 472 | #92 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #22 of 161 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.1% | #159 of 161 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.7% | #10 of 195 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.5% | #66 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
472
-58 (-11%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 472 | 40.8 | 11.6:1 | 91% (428) |
| 2023-24 | 504 | 40.3 | 12.5:1 | 91% (459) |
| 2022-23 | 496 | 39.3 | 12.6:1 | 89% (441) |
| 2020-21 | 530 | 39 | 13.6:1 | 90% (479) |
| 2017-18 | 510 | 41 | 12.4:1 | 92% (470) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Seymour Rogers Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (510 to 472); teachers down 1% (41 to 40.8).
About Seymour Rogers Middle School
Seymour Rogers Middle School is a public middle school run by Liberal in Liberal, Kansas. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 472 students.
Liberal is the district for Seymour Rogers Middle School. It has 8 schools and 4,653 students.
Of every 100 students at Seymour Rogers Middle School, about 91 are Hispanic. The school is also 7% White. That is higher than the 67% Hispanic share among all Seward County residents. A diversity index of 16% means there is a 16% chance two randomly chosen students at Seymour Rogers Middle School are from different groups.
Seymour Rogers Middle School reports a ratio of 11.6 students per teacher, from 40.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas is 1.1 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Seymour Rogers Middle School, 91% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Kansas public middle schools, Seymour Rogers Middle School outscored 6%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Seymour Rogers Middle School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 9.1%, compared with a predicted 18.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Kansas schools on BeatsExpectations.
For Seward County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $63,827 a year, roughly 11% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Seymour Rogers Middle School, Seward County has 10 public schools.
About 0.1 miles separate Seymour Rogers Middle School from the closest public school, Prairie View Elementary School. A five-mile radius around the school includes 7 other public schools. Seymour Rogers Middle School ranks 8th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 9.1% against a local average of 18.6%.
Its location is classified as Town: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 11% decline, from 530 to 472. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.6:1 in 2020-21, and 11.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Seward County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,486
Census ACS
Median income
$63,827
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
11%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
5,115 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Liberal
- Liberal Sr HighHigh · 1,421 students
- Sunflower Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 516 students
- Cottonwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
- Prairie View Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
- MacArthur Elementary SchoolElementary · 386 students
Other schools in Liberal
- Liberal Sr HighHigh · 1,421 students
- Sunflower Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 516 students
- Cottonwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
- Prairie View Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
- MacArthur Elementary SchoolElementary · 386 students
Nearby schools
- Prairie View Elementary School0.1 mi · 426
- Sunflower Elementary School1.2 mi · 570
- Meadowlark Elementary School1.5 mi · 362
- Liberal Sr High1.9 mi · 1,421
- Cottonwood Elementary School2.0 mi · 500
- MacArthur Elementary School2.6 mi · 386
Frequently asked questions
About Seymour Rogers Middle SchoolHow large is Seymour Rogers Middle School?
Seymour Rogers Middle School enrolls approximately 472 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Seymour Rogers Middle School serve?
Seymour Rogers Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Seymour Rogers Middle School?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at Seymour Rogers Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Seymour Rogers Middle School?
At Seymour Rogers Middle School, the student body is approximately 7% White, 91% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Seymour Rogers Middle School in?
Seymour Rogers Middle School is part of Liberal.
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