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Enrollment
516
Middle
DISTRICT 522 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRAIN VALLEY R-V·NCES 291308002463
GRAIN VALLEY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHL
901 SE RYAN RD, GRAIN VALLEY, MO 64029 · (816) 229-3499 · Jackson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL516 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of Missouri public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
12.2:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
118 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 156 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 163 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 197 | 38% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
GRAIN VALLEY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHL→GRAIN VALLEY HIGH
Based on grade levels within GRAIN VALLEY R-V. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
51.8%
MO avg 44.9% . +7.8pp since 2021
Math
76.0%
MO avg 43.8% . +10.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 8 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 21.9% | 29.9% | 38.6% | 9.3% |
| Math | 45.6% | 30.4% | 17.8% | 6.0% |
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 | 51.8% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 71.1% |
| 2022-23 | 50.5% | 67.9% |
| 2021-22 | 44.0% | 65.3% |
% 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
57.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.3%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 GRAIN VALLEY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHL
GRAIN VALLEY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHL's state test result (57.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRAIN VALLEY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHL this school | 516 | 22.9% | 57.4% |
| GRAIN VALLEY NORTH MIDDLE SCHL GRAIN VALLEY | 527 | 21.4% | 52.7% |
| PLATTE CITY MIDDLE PLATTE CITY | 646 | 19.0% | 54.6% |
| LAKEVIEW MIDDLE KANSAS CITY | 653 | 20.4% | 55.6% |
| RAYMORE-PECULIAR SOUTH MIDDLE Peculiar | 636 | 23.9% | 43.5% |
| SECKMAN MIDDLE IMPERIAL | 687 | 23.1% | 50.7% |
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 GRAIN VALLEY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #47 of 379 | #5 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #6 of 380 ▲ 6 | #1 of 36 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #77 of 380 ▲ 21 | #7 of 36 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.3pp | #45 of 364 | #3 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 516 | #157 of 397 | #21 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #74 of 321 | #9 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.4% | #164 of 321 | #28 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.9% | #330 of 379 | #33 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.7% | #63 of 224 | #7 of 22 |
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
516
-69 (-12%) vs 2020
+197% since 1990-91, when it was 174
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 516 | 42.5 | 12.2:1 | 23% (118) |
| 2023-24 | 530 | 42.3 | 12.5:1 | 27% (143) |
| 2022-23 | 568 | 41.9 | 13.6:1 | 31% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 585 | 42 | 13.9:1 | 25% (148) |
| 2017-18 | 627 | 46 | 13.6:1 | 23% (145) |
| 2015-16 | 645 | 47 | 13.7:1 | 22% (141) |
| 2010-11 | 621 | 41 | 15.2:1 | 24% (146) |
| 2000-01 | 409 | 29 | 14.1:1 | 12% (51) |
| 1990-91 | 174 | 9 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GRAIN VALLEY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHL.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (627 to 516); teachers down 8% (46 to 42.5).
About GRAIN VALLEY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHL
GRAIN VALLEY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHL operates as a mid-sized middle school in GRAIN VALLEY, Missouri. It reported 516 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
GRAIN VALLEY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHL reports to GRAIN VALLEY R-V, which has 8 schools and 4,546 students.
A large majority of enrollment at GRAIN VALLEY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHL is White, at 81%. The school is also 8% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 62%. The diversity index for GRAIN VALLEY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHL is 33%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 12.2:1 is based on 42.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Missouri is 13.0:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 23% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Jackson County report 60%.
Among Missouri public middle schools, GRAIN VALLEY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHL outscored 89%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, GRAIN VALLEY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHL is 6.1 points above its prediction. Actual: 57.4%. Predicted: 51.3%.
In the surrounding county, Jackson County, the median household earns about $68,577 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Jackson County has 244 public schools with about 105,714 students, including GRAIN VALLEY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHL.
About 0.2 miles separate GRAIN VALLEY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHL from the closest public school, STONY POINT ELEM.. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. GRAIN VALLEY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHL ranks 3rd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 57.4% against a local average of 48.5%.
Federal data place GRAIN VALLEY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHL in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 585 students in 2020-21 to 516 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 13.9:1 to 12.2:1.
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Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
719,976
Census ACS
Median income
$68,577
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
244
105,714 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GRAIN VALLEY R-V
- GRAIN VALLEY HIGHHigh · 1,482 students
- PRAIRIE BRANCH ELEM.Elementary · 567 students
- GRAIN VALLEY NORTH MIDDLE SCHLMiddle · 527 students
- SNI-A-BAR ELEM.Elementary · 475 students
- STONY POINT ELEM.Elementary · 474 students
- MATTHEWS ELEM.Elementary · 422 students
Other schools in GRAIN VALLEY
- GRAIN VALLEY HIGHHigh · 1,482 students
- PRAIRIE BRANCH ELEM.Elementary · 567 students
- GRAIN VALLEY NORTH MIDDLE SCHLMiddle · 527 students
- SNI-A-BAR ELEM.Elementary · 475 students
- STONY POINT ELEM.Elementary · 474 students
- MATTHEWS ELEM.Elementary · 422 students
Nearby schools
- STONY POINT ELEM.0.2 mi · 474
- GRAIN VALLEY HIGH1.3 mi · 1,482
- SNI-A-BAR ELEM.1.4 mi · 475
- BLUE SPRINGS SOUTH HIGH2.4 mi · 2,299
- MATTHEWS ELEM.2.4 mi · 422
- WILLIAM BRYANT ELEM.2.6 mi · 529
Frequently asked questions
About GRAIN VALLEY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHLHow many students attend GRAIN VALLEY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHL?
GRAIN VALLEY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHL enrolls approximately 516 students in grades 06-08.
Is GRAIN VALLEY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHL an elementary, middle, or high school?
GRAIN VALLEY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at GRAIN VALLEY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at GRAIN VALLEY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHL is approximately 12.2:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at GRAIN VALLEY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHL?
At GRAIN VALLEY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHL, the student body is approximately 81% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees GRAIN VALLEY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHL?
GRAIN VALLEY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHL is overseen by GRAIN VALLEY R-V in Jackson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.