CLARK CO. MIDDLE

CLARK CO. MIDDLE is one of the modestly sized middle schools in KAHOKA, Missouri, part of CLARK CO. R-I, with 234 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 49% smaller than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 461 students.

Within CLARK CO. R-I, which oversees 5 schools and 1,074 students, CLARK CO. MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CLARK CO. MIDDLE lists that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 2% multiracial. Compared to Clark County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting CLARK CO. MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, CLARK CO. MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.2%; this one delivers 39.7%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Clark County indicate the typical household earns roughly $51,781 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Clark County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,074 students), CLARK CO. MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BLACK HAWK ELEM., around 0.2 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CLARK CO. MIDDLE at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 63.1%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. CLARK CO. MIDDLE's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 235 (now 234). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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