EAST BUCHANAN MIDDLE

As a tiny 6-8 campus in EASTON, Missouri, EAST BUCHANAN MIDDLE enrolls 167 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within EAST BUCHANAN CO. C-1 (025076). That puts it 64% below the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 461 students.

Within EAST BUCHANAN CO. C-1 (025076), which oversees 3 schools and 689 students, EAST BUCHANAN MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, EAST BUCHANAN MIDDLE logs that nearly all students (96%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, EAST BUCHANAN MIDDLE has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. The state averages about 13.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 22% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Buchanan County runs at roughly 69%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, EAST BUCHANAN MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.9%; this one delivers 42.9%.

Around the school, census data for Buchanan County shows median household earnings sit near $62,158, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Buchanan County's 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,825 students), EAST BUCHANAN MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ELLISON ELEM., roughly 5.4 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EAST BUCHANAN MIDDLE ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.0%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 4%: 161 students in 2018 compared to 167 in 2025.

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