Tonganoxie Middle School

As a mid-sized middle school in Tonganoxie, Kansas, Tonganoxie Middle School hosts 433 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by Tonganoxie.

Within Tonganoxie, which oversees 3 schools and 1,972 students, Tonganoxie Middle School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Tonganoxie Middle School shows that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 12% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Tonganoxie Middle School reports 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Tonganoxie Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 46.3%; this one comes in at 30.5%, -15.8 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Leavenworth County indicate median household earnings sit near $89,218, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Leavenworth County's 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,185 students), Tonganoxie Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Tonganoxie Elem, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Tonganoxie Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 46.5%.

Tonganoxie Middle School operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Tonganoxie Middle School's enrollment has shrank 8% since 2018, when it stood at 472 (now 433). White enrollment moved from 88% to 81% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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