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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the BOLIVAR MIDDLE administration to hear?
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Enrollment
587
Middle
DISTRICT 545 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOLIVAR R-I·NCES 290537002423
BOLIVAR MIDDLE
604 W JACKSON, BOLIVAR, MO 65613 · (417) 326-3811 · Polk County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL587 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Missouri public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
12.5:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
268 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 6 | 180 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 216 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 191 | 33% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
BOLIVAR MIDDLE→BOLIVAR HIGH
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within BOLIVAR R-I. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
43.4%
MO avg 44.9% . +2.8pp since 2021
Math
50.9%
MO avg 43.8% . +5.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.9% | 22.5% | 40.1% | 16.3% |
| Math | 21.4% | 29.5% | 27.7% | 21.2% |
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 | 43.4% | 50.9% |
| 2023-24 | 36.2% | 47.4% |
| 2022-23 | 40.9% | 52.4% |
| 2021-22 | 40.6% | 45.3% |
% 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
42.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.8%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 BOLIVAR MIDDLE
BOLIVAR MIDDLE's state test result (42.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOLIVAR MIDDLE this school | 587 | 45.7% | 42.9% |
| FARMINGTON MIDDLE FARMINGTON | 557 | 48.3% | 47.8% |
| NORTHWEST VALLEY SCH. HOUSE SPRINGS | 686 | 45.6% | 36.7% |
| UNION MIDDLE UNION | 704 | 48.0% | 49.0% |
| ST. CLAIR JR. HIGH ST CLAIR | 451 | 49.9% | 30.4% |
| SULLIVAN MIDDLE SULLIVAN | 434 | 48.2% | 43.8% |
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 BOLIVAR MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #164 of 379 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #127 of 380 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #152 of 380 ▲ 77 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.2pp | #139 of 364 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 587 | #124 of 397 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #105 of 321 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.4% | #281 of 321 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.7% | #218 of 379 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.3% | #172 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
587
-57 (-9%) vs 2020
+51% since 1990-91, when it was 389
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 587 | 47 | 12.5:1 | 46% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 595 | 46.3 | 12.8:1 | 50% (295) |
| 2022-23 | 601 | 47.5 | 12.7:1 | 48% (288) |
| 2020-21 | 644 | 45 | 14.3:1 | 52% (338) |
| 2017-18 | 620 | 43.5 | 14.3:1 | 56% (345) |
| 2015-16 | 622 | 41 | 15.2:1 | 55% (340) |
| 2010-11 | 607 | 39 | 15.6:1 | 49% (300) |
| 2000-01 | 568 | 34 | 16.7:1 | 39% (220) |
| 1990-91 | 389 | 20 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BOLIVAR MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (620 to 587); teachers up 8% (43.5 to 47).
About BOLIVAR MIDDLE
BOLIVAR MIDDLE is a middle school in BOLIVAR, Missouri, according to federal school records. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 587 students. By comparison, middle schools in Missouri enroll about 461 students on average.
Enrollment across the 5 schools in BOLIVAR R-I totals 2,725 students.
BOLIVAR MIDDLE is 94% White by enrollment. The next largest groups are 3% multiracial. That is in line with Polk County, where about 92% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, BOLIVAR MIDDLE scores 12%.
The school's 47 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1. The average for middle schools in Missouri is about 13.0:1. At BOLIVAR MIDDLE, 46% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is below the 55% average among public schools in Polk County.
BOLIVAR MIDDLE earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 56% of Missouri public middle schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, BOLIVAR MIDDLE lands between the top and bottom 10% of Missouri schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 42.9%; the prediction is 42.8%.
The county, Polk County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $59,647 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting BOLIVAR MIDDLE, Polk County has 21 public schools.
A public school about 1.2 miles away, Exceptional Pupil Coop.-ECSE, is the closest to BOLIVAR MIDDLE. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools. BOLIVAR MIDDLE comes in 5th of 5 nearby schools on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Distant, or in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The school shrank from 644 students in 2020-21 to 587 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.3:1 to 12.5:1.
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Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
32,444
Census ACS
Median income
$59,647
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
4,965 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BOLIVAR R-I
- BOLIVAR HIGHHigh · 831 students
- BOLIVAR PRIMARYElementary · 578 students
- BOLIVAR INTERMEDIATE SCH.Elementary · 572 students
- EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING CNTRElementary · 157 students
Other schools in BOLIVAR
- BOLIVAR HIGHHigh · 831 students
- BOLIVAR PRIMARYElementary · 578 students
- BOLIVAR INTERMEDIATE SCH.Elementary · 572 students
- EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING CNTRElementary · 157 students
- Exceptional Pupil Coop.-ECSEElementary · 72 students
Other Bolivar Middle schools
One other US public school is named Bolivar Middle. BOLIVAR MIDDLE is the largest of the 2.
- Bolivar Middle SchoolBolivar, TN · 290 students
Nearby schools
- Exceptional Pupil Coop.-ECSE1.2 mi · 72
- BOLIVAR PRIMARY1.3 mi · 578
- EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING CNTR1.4 mi · 157
- BOLIVAR INTERMEDIATE SCH.1.5 mi · 572
- BOLIVAR HIGH1.6 mi · 831
- LITTLE STINGERS PRESCHOOL8.9 mi · 19
Frequently asked questions
About BOLIVAR MIDDLEWhat is the total enrollment at BOLIVAR MIDDLE?
BOLIVAR MIDDLE enrolls approximately 587 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does BOLIVAR MIDDLE serve?
BOLIVAR MIDDLE serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BOLIVAR MIDDLE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BOLIVAR MIDDLE is approximately 12.5:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BOLIVAR MIDDLE?
At BOLIVAR MIDDLE, the student body is approximately 94% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is BOLIVAR MIDDLE public or private?
BOLIVAR MIDDLE is a public K-12 school, overseen by BOLIVAR R-I.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.