Lansing Intermediate School, Lansing KS

Original Research by School Decision on Lansing Intermediate School

Lansing Intermediate School serves fourth and fifth graders in the Lansing public school district, a suburban community in Leavenworth County within the Kansas City metropolitan area. Because the school covers only two grades, it has no graduation rate, chronic absenteeism data, or high school program offerings; those metrics simply do not apply. The school is a mid-sized intermediate building, and like all schools in the district it is not a charter or magnet.

On the Kansas Assessment Program (KAP) for the 2024-25 school year, results are available for math, English language arts, and science. In fourth-grade math, roughly two in five students scored at the proficient level or above. Fifth-grade math was stronger, with just over half of students reaching proficiency. In English language arts, the share of proficient students was about half in both fourth and fifth grades. Fifth-grade science stood at roughly two in five proficient. Kansas changed the cut scores for this year’s assessments, so direct comparisons with prior years are not possible; a parent looking for year-over-year trends will need to wait for future results to establish a new baseline. Overall, the school’s proficiency index across tested subjects and grades sits above the midpoint among the Leavenworth County districts, placing it in the upper half of the county’s seven districts for which data is available.

The student body is predominantly white, with a notable share of Hispanic students and students identifying as two or more races. A substantial portion of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting a moderate level of economic diversity. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not reported.

Lansing itself is a low-density suburb with a largely residential character, shaped in part by the presence of the state’s largest correctional facility, which anchors local employment. Population growth has been very slow over the past several years. Home values in the area are above the Kansas median but below the national median, and monthly mortgage costs are comparable to what renters pay in the region. Most residents commute by car, and the town’s commercial activity is modest.

The district has not reported any recent significant changes in programming, facilities, or boundaries that would be relevant to a family choosing this school. Lansing Intermediate is a straightforward, two-grade building that feeds into Lansing Middle School and then Lansing High School. A parent considering this school will want to look into the elementary and middle school pathways that bookend it to understand the full arc of a child’s experience in the district. The assessment results, particularly the variability between fourth- and fifth-grade math, may be worth discussing with the school to understand how instruction and support are structured across those two years.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 437%

School 37% · District 37%

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 553%

School 53% · District 52% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 451%

School 51% · District 50%

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 551%

School 51% · District 50% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Science

Grade 540%

School 40% · District 40%

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

This schoolLansing, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 4Lower-income43%Higher-income55%12 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income30%Higher-income61%31 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income30%Higher-income41%11 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income34%Higher-income62%28 pp gap