CABOOL MIDDLE

Set in CABOOL, Missouri, CABOOL MIDDLE is a cozy middle-grades school, overseen by CABOOL R-IV. It hosts 206 students across grades 5 through 8. That puts it 55% smaller than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 461 students.

CABOOL R-IV runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 725 students. CABOOL MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, CABOOL MIDDLE records that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, CABOOL MIDDLE shows 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting CABOOL MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Texas County (around 89%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, CABOOL MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 44.5%, a residual of -4.9 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Texas County put the typical household earns roughly $50,036 per year, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. CABOOL MIDDLE is one of 16 public schools in Texas County (combined enrollment of about 3,571 students).

The closest other public school is CABOOL ELEM., roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around CABOOL MIDDLE. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CABOOL MIDDLE ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 46.3%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 4%: 198 students in 2018 compared to 206 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 96% to 90% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the CABOOL MIDDLE community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.