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What's one thing Turner Middle School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
585
Middle
DISTRICT 442 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TURNER-KANSAS CITY·NCES 201236001520
Turner Middle School
1312 South 55th, Kansas City, KS 66106 · (913) 288-4000 · Wyandotte County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL585 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of Kansas public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
14.2:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
484 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 51%
Community
5
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 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 7 | 283 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 301 | 51% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Turner Middle School→Turner High
Based on grade levels within Turner-Kansas City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
27.5%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
22.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 | 27.5% | 22.4% |
| 2023-24 | 15.3% | 11.1% |
% 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
17.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Turner Middle School
Turner Middle School's state test result (17.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turner Middle School this school | 585 | 82.7% | 17.1% |
| Turner Sixth Grade Academy Kansas City | 299 | 78.9% | 21.1% |
| Mayberry Cultural and Fine Arts Magnet Middle Wichita | 623 | 79.0% | 18.3% |
| Argentine Middle Kansas City | 519 | 80.0% | 7.5% |
| Jardine Middle School Topeka | 508 | 75.8% | 20.8% |
| Rosedale Middle Kansas City | 501 | 86.4% | 8.6% |
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 Turner Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Wyandotte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.1% | #171 of 192 | #4 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #154 of 192 | #4 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #161 of 192 | #4 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 585 | #58 of 225 | #7 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #120 of 161 | #6 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.2% | #34 of 161 | #6 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.7% | #20 of 195 | #5 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.7% | #55 of 98 | #3 of 7 |
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
585
-28 (-5%) vs 2020
+4% since 2010-11, when it was 564
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 585 | 41.3 | 14.2:1 | 83% (484) |
| 2023-24 | 571 | 41.4 | 13.8:1 | 79% (452) |
| 2022-23 | 571 | 41 | 13.9:1 | 73% (416) |
| 2020-21 | 613 | 41 | 14.9:1 | 78% (477) |
| 2017-18 | 648 | 39.3 | 16.5:1 | 79% (513) |
| 2015-16 | 625 | 41 | 15.2:1 | 80% (499) |
| 2010-11 | 564 | 40 | 14.1:1 | 70% (394) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Turner Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (648 to 585); teachers up 5% (39.3 to 41.3).
About Turner Middle School
This page covers Turner Middle School, a medium-sized middle school in Kansas City, Kansas. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 585 students in grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Kansas is about 402 students, so this school is 46% above average.
Turner-Kansas City operates 8 schools. Combined enrollment is 3,865 students.
At Turner Middle School, Hispanic students make up 51% of the student body. The remaining shares are 26% White, 15% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Wyandotte County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Turner Middle School's diversity index is 64%, against a US figure of 70%.
Turner Middle School counts 41.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.2 students for each one. This ratio sits 1.5 above the 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas. About 83% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
Turner Middle School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 21% of Kansas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Turner Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Kansas is predicted to score 22.6%. Turner Middle School scores 17.1%, 5.4 points below that line.
Wyandotte County census figures show that the median household income is $63,631, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Wyandotte County is home to 62 public schools and about 30,713 public school students.
The nearest public school is Turner Elem, at about 0.5 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Turner Middle School ranks 7th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Turner Middle School is City: Mid-size.
Enrollment declined 5% from its 2020-21 level of 613.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Turner Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Wyandotte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
167,654
Census ACS
Median income
$63,631
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
62
30,713 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Turner-Kansas City
- Turner HighHigh · 1,147 students
- Turner ElemElementary · 560 students
- Oak Grove ElemElementary · 532 students
- Midland TrailElementary · 495 students
- Turner Sixth Grade AcademyMiddle · 299 students
- Junction ElementaryElementary · 234 students
Other schools in Kansas City
- Wyandotte HighHigh · 1,903 students
- Silver City ElemElementary · 1,495 students
- J C Harmon HighHigh · 1,285 students
- Washington HighHigh · 1,180 students
- Turner HighHigh · 1,147 students
- Sumner Academy of Arts & ScienceHigh · 1,045 students
Other Turner Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Turner Middle. Turner Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Turner Middle SchoolLithia Springs, GA · 742 students
- Turner Middle SchoolBERTHOUD, CO · 448 students
- Turner MiddleBeloit, WI · 381 students
Nearby schools
- Turner Elem0.5 mi · 560
- Turner High1.1 mi · 1,147
- Oak Grove Elem1.4 mi · 532
- New Stanley Elem1.9 mi · 251
- Junction Elementary2.1 mi · 234
- Midland Trail2.1 mi · 495
Frequently asked questions
About Turner Middle SchoolHow large is Turner Middle School?
Turner Middle School enrolls approximately 585 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Turner Middle School serve?
Turner Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Turner Middle School?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Turner Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Turner Middle School?
At Turner Middle School, the student body is approximately 26% White, 51% Hispanic, 15% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Turner Middle School in?
Turner Middle School is part of Turner-Kansas City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.