Southern Coffey County Middle School

As a rural-scale intermediate school in leroy, Kansas, Southern Coffey County Middle School caters to 50 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by LeRoy-Gridley. Compared to the state average of about 402 students per school, that is 88% smaller than typical.

Southern Coffey County Middle School is one of 3 schools operated by LeRoy-Gridley, a district that educates 171 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Southern Coffey County Middle School shows that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Coffey County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Southern Coffey County Middle School has 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. The state averages about 12.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Coffey County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Southern Coffey County Middle School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 31.6%; actual is 15.9%, a gap of -15.7 points.

In the area at large, census data for Coffey County shows the typical household earns roughly $70,346 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Southern Coffey County Middle School is one of 10 public schools in Coffey County (combined enrollment of about 1,498 students).

Southern Coffey County High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Southern Coffey County Middle School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 34.6%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Southern Coffey County Middle School's enrollment has climbed 25% since 2018, when it stood at 40 (now 50). The Hispanic share of enrollment decreased from 8% to 2% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 9.8:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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