CLEARWATER MIDDLE

Located at 204 HENRY WHITE BLVD, in PIEDMONT, Missouri, CLEARWATER MIDDLE is a small 6-8 campus that educates 265 students (grades 5 through 8), one of the schools within CLEARWATER R-I. That puts it 43% leaner than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 461 students.

CLEARWATER MIDDLE is one of 3 schools operated by CLEARWATER R-I, a district that works with 858 students overall.

On demographics, CLEARWATER MIDDLE logs that nearly all students (91%) are White. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, CLEARWATER MIDDLE has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.5:1. The state averages about 13.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, CLEARWATER MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.1%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Wayne County put the typical household earns roughly $47,226 per year, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 19%. Across Wayne County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,496 students), CLEARWATER MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CLEARWATER HIGH, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CLEARWATER MIDDLE ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 37.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CLEARWATER MIDDLE has ticked down 8%, going from 287 students in 2018 to 265 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 96% to 91% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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