CLINTON CO. R-III MIDDLE

CLINTON CO. R-III MIDDLE is one of the intimate middle schools in PLATTSBURG, Missouri, overseen by CLINTON CO. R-III, with 197 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 461 students per school, that is 57% smaller than typical.

CLINTON CO. R-III comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 698 students; CLINTON CO. R-III MIDDLE is among them.

In terms of who attends, CLINTON CO. R-III MIDDLE shows that nearly all students (83%) are White; the rest comes out to 10% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Clinton County as a whole is about 93% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, CLINTON CO. R-III MIDDLE lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting CLINTON CO. R-III MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 39% of students at CLINTON CO. R-III MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, CLINTON CO. R-III MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.5%, the actual is 52.1%, a residual of +1.6 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Clinton County) logs that median household earnings sit near $70,627, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CLINTON CO. R-III MIDDLE is one of 12 public schools in Clinton County (combined enrollment of about 3,692 students).

The closest other public school is PLATTSBURG HIGH, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CLINTON CO. R-III MIDDLE ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 51.4%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 31%: 150 students in 2018 compared to 197 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 7% to 2% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

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