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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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% . +9.1pp since 2023
Math
47.4%
KS avg 38.8% . -1.6pp since 2023
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. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
58
+5 (+9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 15.1:1
% White
78%
was 94%
% Hispanic
12%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About St. Paul Middle School
Located at 118 First Street, in St. Paul, Kansas, St. Paul Middle School is a rural-scale intermediate school that instructs 58 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Chetopa-St. Paul. Enrollment runs roughly 86% leaner than the state mean of about 402.
St. Paul Middle School is one of 5 schools operated by Chetopa-St. Paul, a district that serves 396 students overall.
On the student-mix side, St. Paul Middle School logs that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Neosho County as a whole is about 92% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, St. Paul Middle School logs 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. Roughly 52% of students at St. Paul Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), St. Paul Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.4%, the actual is 48.9%, a residual of +11.4 points.
In the surrounding community, census data for Neosho County shows the typical household earns roughly $56,618 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. St. Paul Middle School is one of 10 public schools in Neosho County (combined enrollment of about 2,406 students).
St. Paul High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, St. Paul Middle School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 35.6%.
St. Paul Middle School operates from a low-density location.
Trend over the last 7 years. St. Paul Middle School's enrollment has ticked up 9% since 2018, when it stood at 53 (now 58). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 94% to 78%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.
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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.
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