Carl B. Bruce Middle School

Carl B. Bruce Middle School is a public middle school in Kansas City, KS, part of Kansas City, Kansas (USD 500), serving grades 6–8 with 821 students.

• Metro grade F: 12th percentile among rated KC-metro middle schools on Kansas assessment proficiency (our A–F, metro-relative, not a state rating).
• Ranked #196 of 206 Kansas middle schools by 2024-25 state-test proficiency.
• ELA proficiency 19.3% (district 21.6%, state 44.5%).
• Math proficiency 10.6% (district 14.6%, state 38.7%).
• Science proficiency 7.3% (district 14.7%, state 41.4%).
• Student–teacher ratio about ~15.5:1.
• Open-enrollment seats posted for 2026-27: 20.
• Building opened 2020.
• Title I school.

Feeder pattern

K–5 Banneker Elementary → K–5 Bertram Caruthers Elementary → K–5 Douglass Elementary → K–5 New Chelsea → K–5 Quindaro Elementary → 6–8 Carl B. Bruce Middle School → 9–12 Wyandotte High

Contact

2100 N 18th St, Kansas City, KS 66104 · (913) 627-4000

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