CEDAR RIDGE INTERMEDIATE

Set in BRANSON, Missouri, CEDAR RIDGE INTERMEDIATE is a moderately sized 6-8 campus, overseen by BRANSON R-IV. It works with 515 students across grades 4 through 6.

CEDAR RIDGE INTERMEDIATE is one of 7 schools operated by BRANSON R-IV, a district that enrolls 4,653 students overall.

Looking at the student body, CEDAR RIDGE INTERMEDIATE records that White students make up the majority at 62%. The remainder is composed of 24% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black, 4% Asian. By comparison, Taney County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting CEDAR RIDGE INTERMEDIATE higher than the state norm the norm. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Taney County's rate of about 63%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CEDAR RIDGE INTERMEDIATE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.7%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Taney County put the typical household earns roughly $56,497 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Taney County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,946 students), of which CEDAR RIDGE INTERMEDIATE is one.

CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CEDAR RIDGE INTERMEDIATE. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CEDAR RIDGE INTERMEDIATE ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 37.8%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CEDAR RIDGE INTERMEDIATE has contracted 16%, going from 614 students in 2018 to 515 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 73% to 62%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.