Carl Junction Intermediate

Carl Junction Intermediate operates as a sprawling junior high in Carl Junction, Missouri, part of CARL JUNCTION R-I. Current enrollment sits at 769 students spanning grades 4 through 6. Compared to the state average of about 461 students per school, that is 67% bigger than typical.

Across the 6 schools in CARL JUNCTION R-I (3,331 students total), Carl Junction Intermediate accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Carl Junction Intermediate lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). Other groups include 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, Carl Junction Intermediate has 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Roughly 39% of students at Carl Junction Intermediate qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Jasper County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Carl Junction Intermediate performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.5%, the actual is 56.4%, a residual of +5.9 points.

Around the school, Jasper County reports that median household income runs about $60,694, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jasper County's 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,177 students), Carl Junction Intermediate is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Carl Junction Primary K-1, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Carl Junction Intermediate. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Carl Junction Intermediate ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 51.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Carl Junction Intermediate's enrollment has increased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 739 (now 769). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 87% to 83%.

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