Enrollment
364
Middle
DISTRICT 393 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CRAWFORD CO. R-II·NCES 291041000018
CUBA MIDDLE
1 WILDCAT PRIDE DR, CUBA, MO 65453 · (573) 885-2534 · Crawford County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL364 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
191 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 54%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
CUBA MIDDLE→CUBA HIGH
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within CRAWFORD CO. R-II. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
38.1%
MO avg 49.5% . -10.7pp since 2023
Math
31.7%
MO avg 48.7% . -2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
364
-100 (-22%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 13.4:1
% White
92%
was 94%
% Hispanic
4%
was 5%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About CUBA MIDDLE
Set in CUBA, Missouri, CUBA MIDDLE is a low-enrollment middle-grades school, run under CRAWFORD CO. R-II. It enrolls 364 students across grades 5 through 8. That puts it 21% leaner than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 461 students.
CRAWFORD CO. R-II runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,180 students. CUBA MIDDLE is one of those campuses.
Demographically, CUBA MIDDLE reports that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Crawford County as a whole.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 52% of students at CUBA MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, CUBA MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.3%; this one delivers 38.2%.
Across the wider county, Crawford County reports that median household income runs about $57,629, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Crawford County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,915 students), CUBA MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.
CUBA HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CUBA MIDDLE comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 33.0%.
CUBA MIDDLE operates from a countryside location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 22%: 464 students in 2018 compared to 364 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.
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Crawford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
22,797
Census ACS
Median income
$57,629
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
2,915 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CRAWFORD CO. R-II
- CUBA ELEM.Elementary · 424 students
- CUBA HIGHHigh · 392 students
Nearby schools
- CUBA HIGH0.1 mi · 392
- CUBA ELEM.0.1 mi · 424
- STEELVILLE ELEM.6.3 mi · 346
- STEELVILLE MIDDLE6.3 mi · 284
- STEELVILLE HIGH9.1 mi · 278
- BOURBON HIGH SCHOOL9.4 mi · 273
Frequently asked questions
About CUBA MIDDLEHow large is CUBA MIDDLE?
CUBA MIDDLE enrolls approximately 364 students in grades 05-08.
Is CUBA MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
CUBA MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many teachers does CUBA MIDDLE have?
CUBA MIDDLE employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
How diverse is CUBA MIDDLE?
CUBA MIDDLE reports a student body of 92% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is CUBA MIDDLE in?
CUBA MIDDLE is part of CRAWFORD CO. R-II.
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