Wellington Middle School

Wellington Middle School is an intermediate school of reasonably sized scale in Wellington, Kansas, operated by Wellington, serveing 349 students in grades 6 through 8.

Wellington runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 1,439 students. Wellington Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Wellington Middle School records that 77% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Sumner County as a whole is about 90% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Wellington Middle School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 61% of students at Wellington Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Wellington Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.8%; this one delivers 20.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Sumner County indicate the typical household earns roughly $63,951 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Sumner County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,436 students), of which Wellington Middle School is one.

Washington Elem is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Wellington Middle School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 33.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wellington Middle School has expanded 3%, going from 340 students in 2018 to 349 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 9.7:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Wellington Middle School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.