BROOKFIELD MIDDLE

BROOKFIELD MIDDLE is one of the small intermediate schools in BROOKFIELD, Missouri, one of the schools within BROOKFIELD R-III, with 237 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 461 students per school, that is 49% below typical.

BROOKFIELD R-III runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 923 students. BROOKFIELD MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

On demographics, BROOKFIELD MIDDLE reports that nearly all students (91%) are White. The remainder reads as 7% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Linn County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 45% of students at BROOKFIELD MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, BROOKFIELD MIDDLE sits in the top 10% of Missouri schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 50.4%; actual is 70.6%, +20.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Linn County put the typical household earns roughly $61,635 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. BROOKFIELD MIDDLE is one of 13 public schools in Linn County (combined enrollment of about 2,070 students).

BROOKFIELD HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around BROOKFIELD MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, BROOKFIELD MIDDLE comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 51.2%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BROOKFIELD MIDDLE has declined 28%, going from 327 students in 2018 to 237 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

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