EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE is an average-sized 6-8 campus in EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Missouri, overseen by EXCELSIOR SPRINGS 40. The school hosts 540 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within EXCELSIOR SPRINGS 40, which oversees 7 schools and 2,661 students, EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE reports that nearly all students (86%) are White. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Clay County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.6%.

In the surrounding community, Clay County reports that median household earnings sit near $88,468, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE is one of 80 public schools in Clay County (combined enrollment of about 41,553 students).

Nearest neighbor: EXCELSIOR SPRINGS HIGH, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 46.0%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 15%: 637 students in 2018 compared to 540 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.