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
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
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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ARCADIA VALLEY R-II. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
30.0%
MO avg 49.5% . +1.9pp since 2023
Math
16.8%
MO avg 48.7% . -14.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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
281
-16 (-5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 15.0:1
% White
96%
was 96%
% Hispanic
1%
was 1%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE
ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE is one of the compact middle schools in IRONTON, Missouri, run under ARCADIA VALLEY R-II, with 281 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 39% smaller than the state mean of about 461.
ARCADIA VALLEY R-II comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 974 students; ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE is among them.
In terms of who attends, ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE logs that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Iron County's rate of about 75%.
With demographic context factored in, ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE is in the bottom 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 49.4%; ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE posts 27.3%, -22.1 points below that line.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Iron County indicate the typical household earns roughly $48,850 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Iron County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,669 students), ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.
ARCADIA VALLEY HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ARCADIA VALLEY MIDDLE at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 47.5%.
Geographically, the school is in a rural area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 5%: 297 students in 2018 compared to 281 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.
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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 HIGH12.3 mi · 239
- BISMARCK R-V ELEM.12.3 mi · 207
- CALEDONIA ELEM.15.0 mi · 198
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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