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What's something Washburn Rural Middle School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
966
Middle
DISTRICT 622 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUBURN-WASHBURN·NCES 200320001710
Washburn Rural Middle School
5620 SW 61st, Topeka, KS 66619 · (785) 339-4300 · Shawnee County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL966 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% 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.
- 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
12.0:1
81 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
355 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 7 | 449 | 46% |
| Grade 8 | 517 | 54% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
Washburn Rural Middle School→Washburn Rural High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Auburn-Washburn. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
44.6%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
43.0%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 | 44.6% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.5% | 30.1% |
% 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
35.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Washburn Rural Middle School
Washburn Rural Middle School's state test result (35.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washburn Rural Middle School this school | 966 | 36.7% | 35.1% |
| Susan B Anthony Middle School Manhattan | 775 | 33.7% | 45.6% |
| Indian Woods Middle Overland Park | 809 | 35.0% | 49.0% |
| Lawrence West Middle School Lawrence | 648 | 36.7% | 37.9% |
| Maize Intermediate School Maize | 651 | 34.9% | 42.7% |
| Lansing Middle 6-8 Lansing | 580 | 35.9% | 39.6% |
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 Washburn Rural Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Shawnee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #76 of 192 | #1 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #58 of 192 | #1 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #74 of 192 | #2 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 966 | #1 of 225 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #36 of 161 | #5 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.9% | #92 of 161 | #9 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.7% | #139 of 195 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.1% | #98 of 98 | #10 of 10 |
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
966
-13 (-1%) vs 2020
+17% since 2000-01, when it was 827
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 966 | 80.8 | 12.0:1 | 37% (355) |
| 2023-24 | 1,008 | 80.6 | 12.5:1 | 36% (366) |
| 2022-23 | 943 | 80.1 | 11.8:1 | 36% (336) |
| 2020-21 | 979 | 78 | 12.6:1 | 29% (287) |
| 2017-18 | 967 | 72.4 | 13.4:1 | 32% (312) |
| 2015-16 | 1,008 | 71 | 14.2:1 | 35% (351) |
| 2010-11 | 894 | 65 | 13.8:1 | 28% (249) |
| 2000-01 | 827 | 66 | 12.5:1 | 17% (138) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Washburn Rural Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (967 to 966); teachers up 12% (72.4 to 80.8).
About Washburn Rural Middle School
Washburn Rural Middle School, a large middle school, is located in Topeka, Kansas. The school has 966 students in 2024-25 across grades 7 through 8. That compares with an average of about 402 students for middle schools in Kansas.
The district, Auburn-Washburn, has 5,866 students enrolled across 9 schools.
Of every 100 students at Washburn Rural Middle School, about 73 are White. After that, the student body is 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Black, and 4% Asian. Among Shawnee County residents, the White share is about 75%. The diversity index for Washburn Rural Middle School is 45%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Washburn Rural Middle School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1, with 80.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas is close to this figure. The school has 37% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Shawnee County average 54%.
Among Kansas public middle schools, Washburn Rural Middle School outscored 47%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Washburn Rural Middle School is 9.5 points below its prediction. Actual: 35.1%. Predicted: 44.6%.
For the population of Shawnee County, the median household earns about $67,104 a year, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Washburn Rural Middle School shares Shawnee County with 53 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Washburn Rural High, is about 0.4 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Washburn Rural Middle School ranks 3rd in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal data show 979 students in 2020-21 and 966 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
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Shawnee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
178,025
Census ACS
Median income
$67,104
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
26,294 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Auburn-Washburn
- Washburn Rural HighHigh · 1,878 students
- Farley ElementaryElementary · 596 students
- Jay Shideler ElementaryElementary · 492 students
- Wanamaker ElemElementary · 475 students
- Indian Hills ElementaryElementary · 440 students
- Pauline Central PrimaryElementary · 406 students
Other schools in Topeka
- Washburn Rural HighHigh · 1,878 students
- Topeka HighHigh · 1,578 students
- Seaman HighHigh · 1,190 students
- Topeka West HighHigh · 971 students
- Highland Park HighHigh · 835 students
- Jardine ElementaryElementary · 729 students
Nearby schools
- Washburn Rural High0.4 mi · 1,878
- Jay Shideler Elementary1.4 mi · 492
- Pauline South Intermediate2.8 mi · 277
- Pauline Central Primary3.1 mi · 406
- Marjorie French Middle School3.4 mi · 480
- Farley Elementary3.6 mi · 596
Frequently asked questions
About Washburn Rural Middle SchoolHow many students attend Washburn Rural Middle School?
Washburn Rural Middle School enrolls approximately 966 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Washburn Rural Middle School serve?
Washburn Rural Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Washburn Rural Middle School?
Approximately 12.0:1 students per teacher at Washburn Rural Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Washburn Rural Middle School?
At Washburn Rural Middle School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 11% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Washburn Rural Middle School in?
Washburn Rural Middle School is part of Auburn-Washburn.
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