CAMDENTON MIDDLE

CAMDENTON MIDDLE operates as a mid-sized middle school in CAMDENTON, Missouri, run under CAMDENTON R-III. Current enrollment sits at 599 students spanning grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 461 students each, so CAMDENTON MIDDLE sits 30% above that benchmark.

Within CAMDENTON R-III, which oversees 8 schools and 3,835 students, CAMDENTON MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, CAMDENTON MIDDLE logs that nearly all students (86%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. The state averages about 13.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CAMDENTON MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.3%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Camden County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,387 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Camden County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,831 students), CAMDENTON MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around CAMDENTON MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CAMDENTON MIDDLE at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 48.1%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. CAMDENTON MIDDLE's enrollment has shrank 6% since 2018, when it stood at 636 (now 599). Hispanic enrollment moved from 5% to 9% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.