EL DORADO SPRINGS MIDDLE

EL DORADO SPRINGS MIDDLE, an intimate junior high in EL DORADO SPRINGS, Missouri, operated by EL DORADO SPRINGS R-II, works with 266 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 461 students each, so EL DORADO SPRINGS MIDDLE sits 42% smaller than that benchmark.

EL DORADO SPRINGS R-II comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,151 students; EL DORADO SPRINGS MIDDLE is among them.

Demographically, EL DORADO SPRINGS MIDDLE reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Other groups include 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Cedar County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, EL DORADO SPRINGS MIDDLE reports 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 48% of students at EL DORADO SPRINGS MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Cedar County (around 58%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, EL DORADO SPRINGS MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.4%; this one delivers 67.3%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Cedar County put median household income runs about $48,181, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. EL DORADO SPRINGS MIDDLE is one of 7 public schools in Cedar County (combined enrollment of about 2,080 students).

EL DORADO SPRINGS 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, EL DORADO SPRINGS MIDDLE comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 43.7%.

EL DORADO SPRINGS MIDDLE operates from a countryside location.

Looking at the recent track record. EL DORADO SPRINGS MIDDLE's enrollment has shrank 8% since 2018, when it stood at 289 (now 266).

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.