Enrollment
128
Middle
DISTRICT 143 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHEROKEE·NCES 200471000185
Southeast Middle School
206 W Magnolia, Cherokee, KS 66724 · (620) 457-8315 · Crawford County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL128 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of Kansas public middle schools
- CTest 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
9.6:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.2:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
90 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 | 38 | 30% |
| Grade 6 | 28 | 22% |
| Grade 7 | 32 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 30 | 23% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
Southeast Middle School→Southeast High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Cherokee. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
38.5%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
21.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 | 38.5% | 21.5% |
| 2023-24 | 25.5% | 8.0% |
% 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
24.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Southeast Middle School
Southeast Middle School's state test result (24.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southeast Middle School this school | 128 | 70.3% | 24.2% |
| Galesburg Middle School Galesburg | 112 | 66.1% | 27.8% |
| Osawatomie Middle School Osawatomie | 195 | 68.7% | 29.7% |
| Galena Middle School Galena | 174 | 66.1% | 37.1% |
| Herington Middle Sch Herington | 87 | 69.0% | 25.1% |
| Everest Middle Everest | 151 | 64.2% | 27.4% |
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 Southeast Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #143 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #157 of 192 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #107 of 192 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 128 | #189 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.3% | #43 of 195 |
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
128
-3 (-2%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 201
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 128 | 13.4 | 9.6:1 | 70% (90) |
| 2023-24 | 129 | 11.4 | 11.3:1 | 74% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 147 | 11.4 | 12.9:1 | 71% (105) |
| 2020-21 | 131 | 10 | 13.1:1 | 63% (83) |
| 2017-18 | 156 | 11.1 | 14.1:1 | 67% (105) |
| 2015-16 | 153 | 15 | 10.2:1 | 65% (99) |
| 2010-11 | 209 | 15 | 13.9:1 | 58% (122) |
| 2000-01 | 255 | 17 | 15.0:1 | 38% (98) |
| 1990-91 | 201 | 12 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southeast Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (156 to 128); teachers up 20% (11.1 to 13.4).
About Southeast Middle School
Southeast Middle School serves students in Cherokee, Kansas, as a small middle school. The school reports 128 students in grades 5 through 8. The school's enrollment is 68% smaller than the 402 average for middle schools in Kansas.
Cherokee has a total of 3 schools and 429 students, Southeast Middle School among them.
The large majority of students at Southeast Middle School, 88%, are White. The remaining shares are 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 3% Native American. County-wide, about 87% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Southeast Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 23%.
The count of teachers at Southeast Middle School is 13.4 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 9.6:1. Among middle schools in Kansas, the typical ratio is 12.7:1. The school counts 90 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 70%. Public schools in Crawford County average 62%.
allk12 grades Southeast Middle School a C. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 24.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 28.5%.
Crawford County has these Census figures: median household income is about $52,844, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. The public schools of Crawford County number 17 and enroll about 6,146.
The closest public school to Southeast Middle School is Southeast High, about 0.9 miles away. Within five miles of Southeast Middle School, there are 2 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Southeast Middle School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Southeast Middle School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 131 in 2020-21, 128 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 13.1:1 to 9.6:1.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Crawford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,008
Census ACS
Median income
$52,844
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
6,146 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cherokee
- Southeast HighHigh · 152 students
- Southeast Elementary SchoolElementary · 149 students
Other Southeast Middle schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Southeast Middle. Southeast Middle School is the 10th largest of the 10.
- Southeast Middle SchoolIowa City, IA · 1,269 students
- Southeast MiddleSouth Gate, CA · 1,215 students
- Southeast Middle SchoolBaton Rouge, LA · 826 students
- Southeast MiddleKernersville, NC · 733 students
- Southeast MiddleSalisbury, NC · 628 students
Nearby schools
- Southeast High0.9 mi · 152
- Southeast Elementary School3.4 mi · 149
- Lakeside Elem7.2 mi · 406
- Geo E Nettels Elem7.5 mi · 343
- Westside Elem7.6 mi · 498
- Pittsburg Middle School8.3 mi · 692
Frequently asked questions
About Southeast Middle SchoolHow many students attend Southeast Middle School?
Southeast Middle School enrolls approximately 128 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Southeast Middle School serve?
Southeast Middle School serves grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Southeast Middle School have?
Southeast Middle School employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Southeast Middle School?
Student demographics at Southeast Middle School are roughly 88% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Southeast Middle School?
Southeast Middle School is overseen by Cherokee in Crawford County.
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