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How has CASSVILLE MIDDLE changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
395
Middle
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CASSVILLE R-IV·NCES 290817002425
CASSVILLE MIDDLE
1501 MAIN ST, CASSVILLE, MO 65625 · (417) 847-3136 · Barry County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL395 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
240 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 54%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
CASSVILLE MIDDLE→CASSVILLE HIGH
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within CASSVILLE R-IV. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
48.3%
MO avg 49.5% . -15.3pp since 2023
Math
30.0%
MO avg 48.7% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are down about 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
54.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.1%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
395
+5 (+1%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.6:1
% White
86%
was 87%
% Hispanic
6%
was 6%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About CASSVILLE MIDDLE
CASSVILLE MIDDLE, a reasonably sized intermediate school in CASSVILLE, Missouri, run under CASSVILLE R-IV, educates 395 students, covering grades 6 through 8.
CASSVILLE MIDDLE is one of 4 schools operated by CASSVILLE R-IV, a district that caters to 1,821 students overall.
Looking at the student body, CASSVILLE MIDDLE reports that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Barry County as a whole.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, CASSVILLE MIDDLE has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. The state averages about 13.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 61% of students at CASSVILLE MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CASSVILLE MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.1%; this one delivers 54.3%.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Barry County indicate median household income runs about $58,346, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. CASSVILLE MIDDLE is one of 18 public schools in Barry County (combined enrollment of about 4,974 students).
EUNICE THOMAS ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CASSVILLE MIDDLE comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 54.2%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 390 students in 2018 compared to 395 in 2025.
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Barry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
35,033
Census ACS
Median income
$58,346
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
4,974 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CASSVILLE R-IV
- CASSVILLE HIGHHigh · 586 students
- EUNICE THOMAS ELEM.Elementary · 457 students
- CASSVILLE INTERMEDIATEElementary · 383 students
Other schools in CASSVILLE
- CASSVILLE HIGHHigh · 586 students
- EUNICE THOMAS ELEM.Elementary · 457 students
- CASSVILLE INTERMEDIATEElementary · 383 students
Nearby schools
- EUNICE THOMAS ELEM.0.0 mi · 457
- CASSVILLE INTERMEDIATE0.1 mi · 383
- CASSVILLE HIGH0.4 mi · 586
- EXETER HIGH4.2 mi · 109
- EXETER ELEM.4.2 mi · 224
- SOUTHWEST ELEM.8.5 mi · 349
Frequently asked questions
About CASSVILLE MIDDLEHow large is CASSVILLE MIDDLE?
CASSVILLE MIDDLE enrolls approximately 395 students in grades 06-08.
Is CASSVILLE MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
CASSVILLE MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at CASSVILLE MIDDLE?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at CASSVILLE MIDDLE.
How diverse is CASSVILLE MIDDLE?
CASSVILLE MIDDLE reports a student body of 86% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees CASSVILLE MIDDLE?
CASSVILLE MIDDLE is overseen by CASSVILLE R-IV in Barry County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.