BLAIR OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 6124 FALCON LN, in JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, BLAIR OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL is an intimate 6-8 campus that educates 290 students (grades 6 through 8), part of BLAIR OAKS R-II. Enrollment runs roughly 37% below the state mean of about 461.

Within BLAIR OAKS R-II, which oversees 4 schools and 1,163 students, BLAIR OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, BLAIR OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Other groups include 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, BLAIR OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL records 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 12% of students at BLAIR OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cole County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BLAIR OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.7%.

Around the school, census data for Cole County shows median household income runs about $74,876, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. BLAIR OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 28 public schools in Cole County (combined enrollment of about 10,312 students).

BLAIR OAKS HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BLAIR OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 54.6%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BLAIR OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL has fell 24%, going from 381 students in 2018 to 290 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

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