Enrollment
95
Middle
DISTRICT 136 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WABAUNSEE·NCES 200324000622
Wabaunsee Junior High
112 Elm, Paxico, KS 66526 · (785) 636-5353 · Wabaunsee County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL95 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of Kansas public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.0:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
38 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 32 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 36 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 27 | 28% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
Wabaunsee Junior High→Wabaunsee Sr High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Wabaunsee. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
56.2%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
59.1%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 | 56.2% | 59.1% |
| 2023-24 | 38.1% | 45.2% |
% 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
47.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Wabaunsee Junior High
Wabaunsee Junior High's state test result (47.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wabaunsee Junior High this school | 95 | 40.0% | 47.2% |
| McLouth Middle McLouth | 91 | 46.2% | 24.6% |
| Kanopolis Middle Kanopolis | 141 | 43.3% | 49.5% |
| Ellinwood Middle School Ellinwood | 72 | 44.4% | 25.8% |
| Conway Springs Middle School Conway Springs | 89 | 39.3% | 40.0% |
| Haven Middle School Haven | 118 | 45.8% | 27.5% |
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 Wabaunsee Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 95 | #197 of 225 |
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
95
+25 (+36%) vs 2020
+76% since 1990-91, when it was 54
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 95 | 7.9 | 12.0:1 | 40% (38) |
| 2023-24 | 85 | 6.8 | 12.5:1 | 29% (25) |
| 2022-23 | 69 | 6.8 | 10.2:1 | 23% (16) |
| 2020-21 | 70 | 5 | 14.0:1 | 27% (19) |
| 2017-18 | 61 | 5 | 12.2:1 | 28% (17) |
| 2015-16 | 75 | 5 | 15.0:1 | 41% (31) |
| 2010-11 | 66 | 6 | 11.0:1 | 44% (29) |
| 2000-01 | 85 | 8 | 10.6:1 | 19% (16) |
| 1990-91 | 54 | 3 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wabaunsee Junior High.
Since 2017-18: students up 56% (61 to 95); teachers up 59% (5 to 7.9).
About Wabaunsee Junior High
Wabaunsee Junior High is a middle school in Paxico, Kansas, according to federal school records. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 95 students. It has 76% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Kansas (about 402).
The Wabaunsee system has 3 schools and 409 students.
The share of White students at Wabaunsee Junior High is 79%, a majority. Other students are 17% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. That is lower than the 91% White share among all Wabaunsee County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 35%.
Wabaunsee Junior High has 7.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1. The average for middle schools in Kansas is about 12.7:1. The school has 40% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Wabaunsee Junior High earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 85% of Kansas public middle schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 47.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 43.0%.
Wabaunsee County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $76,908 a year, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Wabaunsee Junior High shares Wabaunsee County with 6 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Wabaunsee Junior High is closest to Wabaunsee Elementary School, about 7.4 miles away. Wabaunsee Junior High has 4 other public schools within ten miles. Nearby schools average 43.7% on proficiency, and Wabaunsee Junior High is above that at 47.2%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 36%. The ratio was 14.0:1 in 2020-21 and 12.0:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Wabaunsee Junior High lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Wabaunsee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,009
Census ACS
Median income
$76,908
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
937 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wabaunsee
- Wabaunsee Elementary SchoolElementary · 199 students
- Wabaunsee Sr HighHigh · 115 students
- Maple Hill ElemCombined
Nearby schools
- Wabaunsee Elementary School7.4 mi · 199
- Wabaunsee Sr High7.5 mi · 115
- St Marys Elem9.8 mi · 280
- St. Marys Junior Senior High9.9 mi · 246
- Central Elem11.8 mi · 357
- Wamego High11.9 mi · 504
Frequently asked questions
About Wabaunsee Junior HighWhat is the total enrollment at Wabaunsee Junior High?
Wabaunsee Junior High enrolls approximately 95 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Wabaunsee Junior High serve?
Wabaunsee Junior High serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wabaunsee Junior High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wabaunsee Junior High is approximately 12.0:1 (8 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wabaunsee Junior High?
At Wabaunsee Junior High, the student body is approximately 79% White, 17% Hispanic, 4% Two or more.
Is Wabaunsee Junior High public or private?
Wabaunsee Junior High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wabaunsee.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.