Trail Ridge Middle School

Trail Ridge Middle School is a middle-grades school of roomy scale in Gardner, Kansas, run under Gardner Edgerton, teacheing 679 students in grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 402 students each, so Trail Ridge Middle School sits 69% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 11 schools in Gardner Edgerton (5,854 students total), Trail Ridge Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Trail Ridge Middle School reports that 69% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 19% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Trail Ridge Middle School lists 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Johnson County runs at roughly 27%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Trail Ridge Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.1%, the actual is 34.2%, a residual of -6.9 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Johnson County put the typical household earns roughly $109,208 per year, about 58% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Johnson County's 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students), Trail Ridge Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Grand Star Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Trail Ridge Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 43.3%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Trail Ridge Middle School has ticked down 9%, going from 745 students in 2018 to 679 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.