GRANDVIEW MIDDLE

As an average-sized junior high in GRANDVIEW, Missouri, GRANDVIEW MIDDLE teaches 471 students from grades 6 through 8, run under GRANDVIEW C-4.

GRANDVIEW C-4 comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,665 students; GRANDVIEW MIDDLE is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GRANDVIEW MIDDLE records that 48% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 30% Hispanic, 14% White, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GRANDVIEW MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.3%; this one delivers 65.0%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Jackson County) records that median household income runs about $68,577, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jackson County's 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), GRANDVIEW MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: HIGH GROVE Early Childhood, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GRANDVIEW MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GRANDVIEW MIDDLE at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 45.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 20%: 589 students in 2018 compared to 471 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 20% to 30% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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