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Prairie Hills Middle

PublicMiddleGrades 6–8

3200 Lucille Drive, Hutchinson, KS 67502 · (620) 662-6027 · Part of Buhler Unified School District 313

Hutchinson’s School Grade C better than 29% of Kansas school districts

Directions
Students
532
Students per teacher
13:1
Free or reduced lunch
43%
Setting
Town
Grades
6–8
The gist

What stands out about Prairie Hills Middle

  • Its own letter, C+: better results than 44% of Kansas’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 7 pts below the state
  • Next stop for Hutchinson kids: 2 high schools

On the path

Where Hutchinson kids come from and go next. The whole path →

PK–68 schoolsDepends on your address
6–8Prairie Hills MiddleYou are here
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency21%
State average 27.9%
Reading / language arts34%
State average 35.5%

Its own letter, C+, places these results among Kansas’s 1,221 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

3200 Lucille Drive, Hutchinson

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 6185
Grade 7186
Grade 8161
Enrollment over time
550’20
536’21
550’22
519’23
532’24

Down 3.3% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 85%Hispanic 10%Black 2%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Two or more races <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%Asian <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Prairie Hills Middle from Hutchinson families.

Other schools in Buhler Unified School District 313

The district →
Plum Creek Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Hutchinson
A−
448 students16:1
Union Valley Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Hutchinson
A−
435 students15:1
Buhler Grade School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Buhler
A
241 students15:1
Ad Astra Virtual Academy
Other · Grades K–12 · Hutchinson
171 students
Ad Astra Alternative Academy
High · Grades 7–12 · Hutchinson
11 students16:1
Buhler High
High · Grades 9–12 · Buhler
C
674 students14:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Kansas’s other public schools; Hutchinson’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.