Enrollment
96
Middle
DISTRICT 150 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBANY R-III·NCES 290297001478
ALBANY MIDDLE
101 W JEFFERSON ST, ALBANY, MO 64402 · (660) 726-3912 · Gentry County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL96 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
38 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 54%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
ALBANY MIDDLE→ALBANY HIGH
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ALBANY R-III. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
65.3%
MO avg 49.5% . +12.5pp since 2023
Math
35.0%
MO avg 48.7% . -41.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 41 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
56.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
96
-4 (-4%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 12.6:1
% White
91%
was 97%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ALBANY MIDDLE
Located at 101 W JEFFERSON ST, in ALBANY, Missouri, ALBANY MIDDLE is a micro-enrollment 6-8 campus that instructs 96 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by ALBANY R-III. Compared to the state average of about 461 students per school, that is 79% smaller than typical.
Within ALBANY R-III, which oversees 3 schools and 450 students, ALBANY MIDDLE is one campus in the system.
Demographically, ALBANY MIDDLE logs that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.
On the income-and-resources front, ALBANY MIDDLE records 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Roughly 40% of students at ALBANY MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ALBANY MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.5%; this one delivers 56.9%.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Gentry County indicate the typical household earns roughly $55,848 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Gentry County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,161 students), of which ALBANY MIDDLE is one.
ALBANY HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, ALBANY MIDDLE comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 49.0%.
The school occupies a rural site.
Looking at the recent track record. ALBANY MIDDLE's enrollment has decreased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 100 (now 96). White enrollment moved from 97% to 91% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.
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Gentry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
6,245
Census ACS
Median income
$55,848
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,161 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALBANY R-III
- VIRGINIA E. GEORGE ELEM.Elementary · 224 students
- ALBANY HIGHHigh · 130 students
Other schools in ALBANY
- VIRGINIA E. GEORGE ELEM.Elementary · 224 students
- ALBANY HIGHHigh · 130 students
Nearby schools
- ALBANY HIGH0.0 mi · 130
- VIRGINIA E. GEORGE ELEM.0.3 mi · 224
- STANBERRY HIGH11.2 mi · 153
- STANBERRY ELEM.11.2 mi · 222
- SOUTH HARRISON ELEM.16.0 mi · 269
- WORTH CO. HIGH16.5 mi · 125
Frequently asked questions
About ALBANY MIDDLEWhat is the total enrollment at ALBANY MIDDLE?
ALBANY MIDDLE enrolls approximately 96 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does ALBANY MIDDLE serve?
ALBANY MIDDLE serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at ALBANY MIDDLE?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at ALBANY MIDDLE.
What is the student diversity at ALBANY MIDDLE?
Student demographics at ALBANY MIDDLE are roughly 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 5% Two or more.
Is ALBANY MIDDLE public or private?
ALBANY MIDDLE is a public K-12 school, overseen by ALBANY R-III.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.