BUEKER MIDDLE

Located at 565 S ODELL, in MARSHALL, Missouri, BUEKER MIDDLE is a medium-sized intermediate school that enrolls 550 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by MARSHALL.

BUEKER MIDDLE is one of 7 schools operated by MARSHALL, a district that educates 2,498 students overall.

In terms of who attends, BUEKER MIDDLE lists that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 27% Hispanic, 11% Pacific Islander, 11% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, BUEKER MIDDLE shows 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BUEKER MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.8%.

Around the school, Saline County reports that median household earnings sit near $57,931, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Saline County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,543 students), of which BUEKER MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: BENTON ELEM., around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around BUEKER MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, BUEKER MIDDLE comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 49.8%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. BUEKER MIDDLE's enrollment has edged down 21% since 2018, when it stood at 695 (now 550). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 58% to 49%.

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