CHEROKEE MIDDLE

CHEROKEE MIDDLE, a roomy 6-8 campus in SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, part of SPRINGFIELD R-XII, instructs 765 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 461 students each, so CHEROKEE MIDDLE sits 66% larger than that benchmark.

Within SPRINGFIELD R-XII, which oversees 54 schools and 24,450 students, CHEROKEE MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

Demographically, CHEROKEE MIDDLE lists that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Asian, 4% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, CHEROKEE MIDDLE has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Greene County's rate of about 47%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CHEROKEE MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.6%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Greene County indicate median household earnings sit near $61,479, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Greene County's 97 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,423 students), CHEROKEE MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: GRAY ELEM., around 1.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CHEROKEE MIDDLE at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 59.2%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CHEROKEE MIDDLE has edged down 17%, going from 924 students in 2018 to 765 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 87% to 78% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

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