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What's the one class at EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE every student should take?
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Enrollment
540
Middle
DISTRICT 380 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EXCELSIOR SPRINGS 40·NCES 291165000418
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE
701 CROWN HILL RD, EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, MO 64024 · (816) 630-9230 · Clay County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL540 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of Missouri public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
259 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 54%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 162 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 195 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 183 | 34% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 52% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE→EXCELSIOR SPRINGS HIGH
Based on grade levels within EXCELSIOR SPRINGS 40. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
31.0%
MO avg 44.9% . +2.5pp since 2021
Math
30.0%
MO avg 43.8% . +4.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.3% | 18.7% | 48.0% | 20.8% |
| Math | 11.7% | 18.3% | 38.1% | 31.7% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.7% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.6% | 34.4% |
| 2021-22 | 28.5% | 25.9% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. 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
32.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.9%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 →
Schools most like EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE's state test result (32.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE this school | 540 | 48.0% | 32.4% |
| RIVERBEND SCH. PACIFIC | 442 | 45.9% | 39.6% |
| OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE CAMDENTON | 569 | 49.6% | 48.7% |
| CAMDENTON MIDDLE CAMDENTON | 599 | 43.7% | 51.1% |
| T. S. HILL MIDDLE DEXTER | 475 | 48.6% | 41.5% |
| WEBB CITY JR. HIGH WEBB CITY | 709 | 46.3% | 50.5% |
Matched among Missouri middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Clay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #279 of 379 | #12 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #304 of 380 ▲ 2 | #13 of 13 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #296 of 380 ▼ 60 | #13 of 13 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.3pp | #159 of 364 | #12 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 540 | #148 of 397 | #12 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #141 of 321 | #6 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.1% | #204 of 321 | #11 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.0% | #203 of 379 | #4 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.2% | #77 of 224 | #5 of 10 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
540
-72 (-12%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 805
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 15.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 540 | 41.5 | 13.0:1 | 48% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 596 | 42 | 14.2:1 | 53% (315) |
| 2022-23 | 576 | 41.8 | 13.8:1 | 51% (296) |
| 2020-21 | 612 | 40 | 15.3:1 | 49% (301) |
| 2017-18 | 637 | 40.8 | 15.6:1 | 47% (300) |
| 2015-16 | 598 | 38 | 15.7:1 | 45% (272) |
| 2010-11 | 634 | 37 | 17.1:1 | 41% (260) |
| 2000-01 | 730 | 46 | 15.9:1 | 27% (200) |
| 1990-91 | 805 | 46 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (637 to 540); teachers up 2% (40.8 to 41.5).
About EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE is a middle school in EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Missouri, reachable at (816) 630-9230. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 540 students enrolled.
Besides EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE, EXCELSIOR SPRINGS 40 runs 6 other schools. The district enrolls 2,661 students.
At EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE, 86% of students are White. After that, the student body is 7% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 25%.
With 41.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.0:1. It is about the same as the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Missouri. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE, 48% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Clay County average 35%.
On the allk12 Grade, EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE lands at C-, ahead of 21% of Missouri public middle schools.
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 32.4% is 9.5 points below the 41.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
American Community Survey estimates for Clay County show that the median household earns about $88,468 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Clay County has 80 public schools with about 41,553 students, including EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE.
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS HIGH is about 0.3 miles from EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE holds 6 other public schools. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE ranks 5th on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Fringe, meaning it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
From 612 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 540 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 13.0:1, from 15.3:1.
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Clay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
258,122
Census ACS
Median income
$88,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
80
41,553 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EXCELSIOR SPRINGS 40
- EXCELSIOR SPRINGS HIGHHigh · 764 students
- CORNERSTONE ELEMENTARYElementary · 466 students
- LEWIS ELEMENTARYElementary · 354 students
- ELKHORN ELEMENTARYElementary · 239 students
- EXCELSIOR SPRINGS EAR CHLD CTRElementary · 151 students
- EXCELSIOR SPRINGS TECH. HIGHHigh · 147 students
Other schools in EXCELSIOR SPRINGS
- EXCELSIOR SPRINGS HIGHHigh · 764 students
- CORNERSTONE ELEMENTARYElementary · 466 students
- LEWIS ELEMENTARYElementary · 354 students
- ELKHORN ELEMENTARYElementary · 239 students
- EXCELSIOR SPRINGS EAR CHLD CTRElementary · 151 students
- EXCELSIOR SPRINGS TECH. HIGHHigh · 147 students
Nearby schools
- EXCELSIOR SPRINGS HIGH0.3 mi · 764
- CORNERSTONE ELEMENTARY0.4 mi · 466
- EXCELSIOR SPRINGS EAR CHLD CTR0.5 mi · 151
- EXCELSIOR SPRINGS TECH. HIGH1.4 mi · 147
- LEWIS ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 354
- WATKINS MILL PARK CAMP4.3 mi · 46
Frequently asked questions
About EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLEHow many students attend EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE?
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE enrolls approximately 540 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE serve?
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE have?
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the student diversity at EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE?
Student demographics at EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE are roughly 86% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Two or more.
What district is EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE in?
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE is part of EXCELSIOR SPRINGS 40.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.