DONIPHAN MIDDLE

DONIPHAN MIDDLE operates as an intimate junior high in DONIPHAN, Missouri, one of the schools within DONIPHAN R-I. Current enrollment sits at 350 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 461 students each, so DONIPHAN MIDDLE sits 24% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in DONIPHAN R-I (1,499 students total), DONIPHAN MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, DONIPHAN MIDDLE records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). The remainder is composed of 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Ripley County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, DONIPHAN MIDDLE has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. The state averages about 13.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, DONIPHAN MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 35.6%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Ripley County) shows that median household income runs about $42,037, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. DONIPHAN MIDDLE is one of 10 public schools in Ripley County (combined enrollment of about 2,118 students).

DONIPHAN INTERMEDIATE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DONIPHAN MIDDLE ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 57.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DONIPHAN MIDDLE has decreased 3%, going from 362 students in 2018 to 350 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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