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Enrollment
641
Middle
DISTRICT 538 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELTON 124·NCES 290462003025
BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
107 W. PIRATE PARKWAY, BELTON, MO 64012 · (816) 489-7060 · Cass County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL641 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of Missouri public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
13.3:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
343 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 54%
Community
1
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 7 | 340 | 53% |
| Grade 8 | 301 | 47% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Students here typically continue to
BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL→BELTON HIGH
Based on grade levels within BELTON 124. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
33.3%
MO avg 44.9% . -5.5pp since 2021
Math
36.0%
MO avg 43.8% . +6.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.4% | 19.9% | 42.2% | 24.3% |
| Math | 13.6% | 22.4% | 34.4% | 29.3% |
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 | 33.3% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.6% | 31.3% |
| 2022-23 | 39.1% | 38.3% |
| 2021-22 | 38.8% | 29.1% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. 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
31.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.8%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 →
Schools most like BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (31.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 641 | 53.5% | 31.8% |
| FIRE PRAIRIE MIDDLE INDEPENDENCE | 713 | 57.6% | 31.5% |
| 6TH GRADE CENTER Waynesville | 451 | 50.6% | 42.4% |
| MILL CREEK UPPER ELEM. BELTON | 435 | 61.8% | 36.1% |
| PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLE INDEPENDENCE | 731 | 64.4% | 37.8% |
| OSAGE TRAIL MIDDLE INDEPENDENCE | 675 | 48.4% | 35.7% |
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 BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Cass County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #283 of 379 | #7 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #263 of 380 ▲ 17 | #7 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #274 of 380 ▼ 15 | #6 of 8 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.7pp | #227 of 364 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 641 | #101 of 397 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #165 of 321 | #4 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.1% | #41 of 321 | #2 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.5% | #158 of 379 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.6% | #79 of 224 | N/A |
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
641
-75 (-10%) vs 2020
+72% since 2010-11, when it was 373
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 641 | 48.3 | 13.3:1 | 54% (343) |
| 2023-24 | 620 | 47.9 | 12.9:1 | 62% (382) |
| 2022-23 | 639 | 47.8 | 13.4:1 | 46% (297) |
| 2020-21 | 716 | 46 | 15.6:1 | 36% (255) |
| 2017-18 | 751 | 65.9 | 11.4:1 | 57% (427) |
| 2015-16 | 756 | 42 | 18.0:1 | 53% (400) |
| 2010-11 | 373 | 22 | 16.9:1 | 45% (169) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (751 to 641); teachers down 27% (65.9 to 48.3).
About BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school with a street address in BELTON, Missouri. The school enrolls 641 students, from grades 7 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Missouri) has about 461 students.
The 8 schools of BELTON 124, including BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, enroll 4,230 students.
By race and ethnicity, BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is 56% White. The rest of enrollment is 20% Hispanic, 14% Black, and 10% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Cass County's population at about 85%. The chance that two students picked at random at BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 62%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1 at BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, with 48.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in Missouri have a similar average ratio of 13.0:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 54%. On average, public schools in Cass County report 35%.
BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 18% of Missouri public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 31.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 39.8%.
Federal survey data for Cass County show that median household income is about $87,535, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. A total of 44 public schools operate in Cass County, serving about 17,093 students.
The next-closest public school is CAMBRIDGE ELEM., about 0.5 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL. Its average proficiency rate of 31.8% is below the 57.6% average for nearby schools.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 716 to 641. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.3:1) than in 2020-21 (15.6:1).
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Cass County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
110,773
Census ACS
Median income
$87,535
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
17,093 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BELTON 124
- BELTON HIGHHigh · 1,258 students
- CAMBRIDGE ELEM.Elementary · 501 students
- Wilckens STEAM Acad @HillcrestElementary · 486 students
- MILL CREEK UPPER ELEM.Middle · 435 students
- KENTUCKY TRAIL ELEM.Elementary · 355 students
- GLADDEN ELEM.Elementary · 326 students
Other schools in BELTON
- BELTON HIGHHigh · 1,258 students
- CAMBRIDGE ELEM.Elementary · 501 students
- Wilckens STEAM Acad @HillcrestElementary · 486 students
- MILL CREEK UPPER ELEM.Middle · 435 students
- KENTUCKY TRAIL ELEM.Elementary · 355 students
- GLADDEN ELEM.Elementary · 326 students
Other Belton Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Belton Middle. BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Belton Middle SchoolBELTON, TX · 661 students
- Belton MiddleBelton, SC · 455 students
Nearby schools
- CAMBRIDGE ELEM.0.5 mi · 501
- Wilckens STEAM Acad @Hillcrest0.6 mi · 486
- GRACE EARLY CHILD. ED. CTR.0.7 mi · 228
- MILL CREEK UPPER ELEM.0.8 mi · 435
- BELTON HIGH1.0 mi · 1,258
- GLADDEN ELEM.1.1 mi · 326
Frequently asked questions
About BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 641 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 56% White, 20% Hispanic, 14% Black, 0% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BELTON 124.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.