BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL

BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a 6-8 campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in BELTON, Missouri, run under BELTON 124, teacheing 641 students in grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 461 students per school, that is 39% bigger than typical.

Within BELTON 124, which oversees 8 schools and 4,230 students, BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL records that White students make up the majority at 56%; the rest reads as 20% Hispanic, 14% Black, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 85% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Cass County's rate of about 35%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.1%.

In the area at large, Cass County reports that the typical household earns roughly $87,535 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Cass County's 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,093 students), BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

CAMBRIDGE ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 57.6%.

BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. BELTON MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 15% since 2018, when it stood at 751 (now 641). The White share of enrollment shrank from 67% to 56% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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