Enrollment
58
Middle
DISTRICT 79 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHETOPA-ST. PAUL·NCES 200477001907
St. Paul Middle School
118 First Street, St. Paul, KS 66771 · (620) 449-2245 · Neosho County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL58 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% of Kansas public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
16.6:1
3 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
30 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 6 | 16 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 21 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 21 | 36% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
St. Paul Middle School→St. Paul High School
Based on grade levels within Chetopa-St. Paul. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
54.2%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
47.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 | 54.2% | 47.4% |
| 2023-24 | 45.1% | 49.0% |
% 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
48.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.4%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 St. Paul Middle School
St. Paul Middle School's state test result (48.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Paul Middle School this school | 58 | 51.7% | 48.9% |
| Flinthills Middle School Rosalia | 66 | 54.5% | 39.4% |
| Udall Middle School Udall | 66 | 48.5% | 35.8% |
| THUNDER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL AGRA | 72 | 55.6% | 34.6% |
| Kingman Middle School Kingman | 89 | 57.3% | 28.5% |
| Ellinwood Middle School Ellinwood | 72 | 44.4% | 25.8% |
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 St. Paul Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 58 | #209 of 225 |
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
58
+8 (+16%) vs 2020
-13% since 2010-11, when it was 67
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 58 | 3.5 | 16.6:1 | 52% (30) |
| 2023-24 | 51 | 2.9 | 17.6:1 | 49% (25) |
| 2022-23 | 46 | 3.4 | 13.5:1 | 52% (24) |
| 2020-21 | 50 | 3 | 16.7:1 | 62% (31) |
| 2017-18 | 53 | 3.5 | 15.1:1 | 57% (30) |
| 2015-16 | 50 | 4 | 12.5:1 | 48% (24) |
| 2010-11 | 67 | 6 | 11.2:1 | 58% (39) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for St. Paul Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (53 to 58); teachers unchanged (3.5 to 3.5).
About St. Paul Middle School
St. Paul Middle School is a small middle school in Chetopa-St. Paul, located in St. Paul, Kansas. Its 58 students are spread across grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Kansas is about 402 students.
St. Paul Middle School is in Chetopa-St. Paul, a district with 396 students across 5 schools.
White students make up a majority at St. Paul Middle School, at 78%. Other students are 12% Hispanic and 9% multiracial. That is lower than the 92% White share among all Neosho County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 38% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 3.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.6:1. On average, middle schools in Kansas have 12.7:1, compared with 16.6:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at St. Paul Middle School is 52%.
St. Paul Middle School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 90% of Kansas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 37.4% for a school in Kansas with St. Paul Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. St. Paul Middle School posts 48.9%.
Neosho County has these Census figures: the median household income is $56,618, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. In all, Neosho County has 10 public schools and roughly 2,406 students.
Nearby, St. Paul High School is less than a tenth of a mile away. There are 2 more public schools inside five miles. St. Paul Middle School ranks 2nd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 48.9% against a local average of 35.6%.
The NCES locale for St. Paul Middle School is Rural: Remote, which covers schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
St. Paul Middle School's enrollment climbed from 50 in 2020-21 to 58 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Neosho County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,656
Census ACS
Median income
$56,618
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
2,406 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chetopa-St. Paul
- St. Paul Elementary SchoolElementary · 148 students
- Chetopa HighHigh · 73 students
- Chetopa ElemElementary · 61 students
- St. Paul High SchoolHigh · 56 students
Other schools in St. Paul
- St. Paul Elementary SchoolElementary · 148 students
- St. Paul High SchoolHigh · 56 students
Nearby schools
- St. Paul High School0.0 mi · 56
- St. Paul Elementary School0.0 mi · 148
- Erie Elementary5.7 mi · 182
- Erie High School6.3 mi · 144
- Galesburg Middle School10.7 mi · 112
- Lincoln School12.9 mi · 262
Frequently asked questions
About St. Paul Middle SchoolHow many students attend St. Paul Middle School?
St. Paul Middle School enrolls approximately 58 students in grades 06-08.
Is St. Paul Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
St. Paul Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at St. Paul Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at St. Paul Middle School is approximately 16.6:1 (3 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at St. Paul Middle School?
At St. Paul Middle School, the student body is approximately 78% White, 12% Hispanic, 9% Two or more.
Is St. Paul Middle School public or private?
St. Paul Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chetopa-St. Paul.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.