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Lawrence West Middle School

PublicMiddleGrades 6–8

2700 Harvard Road, Lawrence, KS 66049 · (785) 832-5500 · Part of Lawrence Unified School District 497

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

Directions
Students
648
Students per teacher
15:1
Free or reduced lunch
37%
Setting
City
Grades
6–8
The gist

What stands out about Lawrence West Middle School

  • Its own letter, B−: better results than 46% of Kansas’s public schools
  • 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
6–8Lawrence West Middle SchoolYou are here
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency24%
State average 27.9%
Reading / language arts35%
State average 35.5%

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

Location

Directions ↗

2700 Harvard Road, Lawrence

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 6208
Grade 7224
Grade 8216
Enrollment over time
624’20
610’21
609’22
686’23
648’24

Up 3.8% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 66%Two or more races 13%Hispanic 11%Black 6%Asian 2%American Indian/Alaska Native 1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

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

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Lawrence West 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.