CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL

CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is a junior high of low-enrollment scale in NEW MADRID, Missouri, part of NEW MADRID CO. R-I, hosting 276 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 40% smaller than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 461 students.

Across the 5 schools in NEW MADRID CO. R-I (1,259 students total), CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that 64% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 28% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, New Madrid County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.1:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 48.1%, a residual of -1.3 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for New Madrid County put the typical household earns roughly $51,881 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, New Madrid County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,664 students), of which CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 49.5%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL has ticked down 11%, going from 310 students in 2018 to 276 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 today.

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