Enrollment
281
Middle
DISTRICT 325 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARCADIA VALLEY R-II·NCES 290315000023
ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE
550 PARK DR, IRONTON, MO 63650 · (573) 546-9700 · Iron County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL281 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Missouri public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
281 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 63 | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 73 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 69 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 76 | 27% |
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 52% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ARCADIA VALLEY R-II. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
39.2%
MO avg 44.9% . -7.1pp since 2021
Math
34.1%
MO avg 43.8% . -11.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.2% | 24.0% | 43.2% | 17.4% |
| Math | 13.4% | 20.7% | 39.6% | 26.1% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.2% | 34.1% |
| 2023-24 | 44.9% | 41.7% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 45.0% |
| 2021-22 | 46.3% | 45.9% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
39.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 22% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Missouri's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE
ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE's state test result (39.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE this school | 281 | 100.0% | 39.6% |
| EAST PRAIRIE MIDDLE EAST PRAIRIE | 290 | 100.0% | 24.8% |
| JOHN BOISE MIDDLE SCHOOL WARSAW | 272 | 100.0% | 22.9% |
| JOHN A. EVANS MIDDLE POTOSI | 316 | 100.0% | 47.2% |
| DONIPHAN MIDDLE DONIPHAN | 350 | 100.0% | 37.4% |
| SALEM MIDDLE SCHOOL SALEM | 254 | 100.0% | 39.4% |
Matched among Missouri middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #207 of 379 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #277 of 380 ▼ 70 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #200 of 380 ▼ 79 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.5pp | #12 of 364 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 281 | #279 of 397 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #305 of 321 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.0% | #314 of 321 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #11 of 379 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.4% | #169 of 224 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
281
+14 (+5%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 307
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 14.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 281 | 17.3 | 16.2:1 | 100% (281) |
| 2023-24 | 261 | 16.2 | 16.1:1 | 100% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 266 | 18.8 | 14.2:1 | 99% (263) |
| 2020-21 | 267 | 18 | 14.8:1 | 64% (171) |
| 2017-18 | 297 | 19.8 | 15.0:1 | 64% (190) |
| 2015-16 | 295 | 21 | 14.1:1 | 59% (174) |
| 2010-11 | 323 | 22 | 14.7:1 | 62% (200) |
| 2000-01 | 359 | 25 | 14.4:1 | 55% (196) |
| 1990-91 | 307 | 13 | 23.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (297 to 281); teachers down 13% (19.8 to 17.3).
About ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE
ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE is a public small middle school in IRONTON, Missouri. Students in grades 5 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 281 students. The typical figure for middle schools in Missouri is about 461 students.
ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE is one of the 3 schools that make up ARCADIA VALLEY R-II (974 students in total).
White students make up 96% of enrollment at ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE. The school's diversity index is 7%, meaning two students picked at random have a 7% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE's 17.3 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 16.2:1. On average, middle schools in Missouri have 13.0:1, compared with 16.2:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 100%. That is 25 points above the 75% average for public schools in Iron County.
Measured against Missouri public middle schools, ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with Missouri schools that have similar shares of low-income students, ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE does better than predicted by 17.2 points. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 39.6%; the prediction is 22.4%.
County data help place the school in context: in Iron County, the median household income is $48,850, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Iron County is home to 9 public schools and about 1,669 public school students.
Nearest public school: ARCADIA VALLEY HIGH, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. On average proficiency, ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE is 8th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
NCES assigns ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE the locale Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE's enrollment climbed from 267 in 2020-21 to 281 in 2024-25. Students per teacher rose from 14.8 in 2020-21 to 16.2 in 2024-25.
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Iron County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,446
Census ACS
Median income
$48,850
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
1,669 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ARCADIA VALLEY R-II
- ARCADIA VALLEY ELEM.Elementary · 387 students
- ARCADIA VALLEY HIGHHigh · 306 students
- ARCADIA VALLEY CAREER TECH CTRHigh
Other schools in IRONTON
- ARCADIA VALLEY ELEM.Elementary · 387 students
- ARCADIA VALLEY HIGHHigh · 306 students
- ARCADIA VALLEY CAREER TECH CTRHigh
Nearby schools
- ARCADIA VALLEY HIGH0.1 mi · 306
- ARCADIA VALLEY ELEM.0.1 mi · 387
- BELLEVIEW ELEM.10.2 mi · 81
- BISMARCK R-V ELEM.12.3 mi · 207
- BISMARCK R-V HIGH12.3 mi · 239
- VALLEY HIGH15.0 mi · 170
Frequently asked questions
About ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLEWhat is the total enrollment at ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE?
ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE enrolls approximately 281 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE serve?
ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE serves grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE.
How diverse is ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE?
ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE reports a student body of 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE in?
ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE is part of ARCADIA VALLEY R-II.
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