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Enrollment
802
Middle
DISTRICT 454 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VALLEY CENTER PUB SCH·NCES 201251000369
Valley Center Middle School
800 N. Meridian, Valley Center, KS 67147 · (316) 755-7060 · Sedgwick County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL802 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 48% of Kansas public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
15.1:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
355 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 | 261 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 266 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 275 | 34% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
Valley Center Middle School→Valley Center High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Valley Center Pub Sch. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
46.2%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
37.8%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 | 46.2% | 37.8% |
| 2023-24 | 30.9% | 26.6% |
% 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
33.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Valley Center Middle School
Valley Center Middle School's state test result (33.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Center Middle School this school | 802 | 44.3% | 33.7% |
| Trail Ridge Middle School Gardner | 679 | 44.0% | 34.2% |
| Hays Middle School Hays | 726 | 40.4% | 35.1% |
| Derby Middle Sch Derby | 923 | 49.7% | 29.3% |
| Seaman Middle School Topeka | 560 | 40.0% | 33.1% |
| Prairie Hills Middle Hutchinson | 532 | 43.2% | 34.9% |
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 Valley Center Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #89 of 192 | #14 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #92 of 192 | #14 of 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #65 of 192 | #9 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 802 | #13 of 225 | #6 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #140 of 161 | #24 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.6% | #98 of 161 | #24 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.3% | #122 of 195 | #20 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +79.8% | #1 of 54 | #1 of 17 |
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
802
+37 (+5%) vs 2020
+52% since 1990-91, when it was 528
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 802 | 53 | 15.1:1 | 44% (355) |
| 2023-24 | 761 | 50.6 | 15.1:1 | 45% (341) |
| 2022-23 | 761 | 48.5 | 15.7:1 | 42% (317) |
| 2020-21 | 765 | 41 | 18.7:1 | 39% (298) |
| 2017-18 | 446 | 24.7 | 18.1:1 | 45% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 458 | 32 | 14.3:1 | 44% (201) |
| 2010-11 | 643 | 38 | 16.9:1 | 36% (232) |
| 2000-01 | 537 | 40 | 13.4:1 | 18% (99) |
| 1990-91 | 528 | 29 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Valley Center Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 80% (446 to 802); teachers up 115% (24.7 to 53).
About Valley Center Middle School
Valley Center Middle School is a large middle-grades school with its address in Valley Center, Kansas. The school enrolls 802 students, from grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Kansas is about 402, so this school runs 100% larger than that.
A total of 7 schools make up Valley Center Pub Sch, with 3,177 students enrolled.
Roughly 74% of students at Valley Center Middle School are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 16% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Black. Valley Center Middle School's diversity index is 43%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teacher staffing is 53 full-time equivalents, or about 15.1 students per teacher. On average, middle schools in Kansas have 12.7:1, compared with 15.1:1 here. About 44% of students, or 355, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Sedgwick County average 63%.
The allk12 Grade for Valley Center Middle School is B-. Compared with Kansas public middle schools, the school scored higher than 48% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Valley Center Middle School is 7.3 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (33.7% versus 41.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Kansas.
County data help place the school in context: in Sedgwick County, the median household income is $69,365, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. In all, Sedgwick County has 160 public schools and roughly 84,569 students.
The closest other public school is Valley Center Intermediate School, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles are 7 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Valley Center Middle School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at Valley Center Middle School grew 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 765 to 802 students. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.1:1) than in 2020-21 (18.7:1).
Community posts for Valley Center Middle School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Sedgwick County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
528,226
Census ACS
Median income
$69,365
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
84,569 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Valley Center Pub Sch
- Valley Center HighHigh · 1,011 students
- Valley Center Intermediate SchoolElementary · 443 students
- Wheatland ElemElementary · 325 students
- West ElemElementary · 264 students
- Abilene ElemElementary · 254 students
- The Learning CenterHigh · 78 students
Other schools in Valley Center
- Valley Center HighHigh · 1,011 students
- Valley Center Intermediate SchoolElementary · 443 students
- Wheatland ElemElementary · 325 students
- West ElemElementary · 264 students
- Abilene ElemElementary · 254 students
- The Learning CenterHigh · 78 students
Other Valley Center Middle schools
One other US public school is named Valley Center Middle. Valley Center Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Valley Center MiddleValley Center, CA · 766 students
Nearby schools
- Valley Center Intermediate School0.2 mi · 443
- Abilene Elem0.4 mi · 254
- Wheatland Elem0.5 mi · 325
- West Elem0.7 mi · 264
- Valley Center High0.9 mi · 1,011
- The Learning Center1.1 mi · 78
Frequently asked questions
About Valley Center Middle SchoolHow large is Valley Center Middle School?
Valley Center Middle School enrolls approximately 802 students in grades 06-08.
Is Valley Center Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Valley Center Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Valley Center Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Valley Center Middle School is approximately 15.1:1 (53 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Valley Center Middle School?
Student demographics at Valley Center Middle School are roughly 74% White, 16% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Valley Center Middle School in?
Valley Center Middle School is part of Valley Center Pub Sch.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.