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Billy Mills Middle School

PublicMiddleGrades 6–8

2734 Louisiana St, Lawrence, KS 66046 · (785) 832-5450 · Part of Lawrence Unified School District 497

Lawrence’s School Grade B better than 63% of Kansas school districts

Directions
Students
494
Students per teacher
15:1
Free or reduced lunch
58%
Setting
City
Grades
6–8
The gist

What stands out about Billy Mills Middle School

  • Its own letter, C+: better results than 40% of Kansas’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 10 pts below the state
  • Next stop for Lawrence kids: 2 high schools

On the path

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

K–511 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–8Billy Mills Middle SchoolYou are here
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency18%
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 ↗

2734 Louisiana St, Lawrence

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 6175
Grade 7162
Grade 8157
Enrollment over time
514’20
546’21
516’22
484’23
494’24

Down 3.9% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 55%Hispanic 17%Two or more races 15%Black 6%American Indian/Alaska Native 4%Asian 2%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

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

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Billy Mills Middle School from Lawrence families.

Other schools in Lawrence Unified School District 497

The district →
New York Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lawrence
B−
415 students20:1
Langston Hughes Elem
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lawrence
A+
560 students19:1
Lawrence Virtual School
Other · Grades K–12 · Lawrence
A
543 students22:1
Sunflower Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lawrence
A−
444 students13:1
Schwegler Elem
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lawrence
B−
434 students14:1
Deerfield Elem
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lawrence
A−
433 students15:1

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; Lawrence’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.