Enrollment
129
Middle
DISTRICT 202 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISBURG R-VIII·NCES 291371003100
HARRISBURG MIDDLE
233 S HARRIS, HARRISBURG, MO 65256 · (573) 817-5857 · Boone County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL129 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
35 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 54%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
HARRISBURG MIDDLE→HARRISBURG HIGH
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within HARRISBURG R-VIII. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
23.3%
MO avg 49.5% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
23.0%
MO avg 48.7% . -21.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 21 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
21.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.8%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-29.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 51% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
129
-4 (-3%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 14.0:1
% White
89%
was 93%
% Hispanic
5%
was 2%
% Black
1%
was 5%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About HARRISBURG MIDDLE
Located at 233 S HARRIS, in HARRISBURG, Missouri, HARRISBURG MIDDLE is an one-room-style 6-8 campus that instructs 129 students (grades 6 through 8), part of HARRISBURG R-VIII. That puts it 72% smaller than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 461 students.
Within HARRISBURG R-VIII, which oversees 3 schools and 605 students, HARRISBURG MIDDLE is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, HARRISBURG MIDDLE records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Beyond that, the school logs 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Boone County (around 38%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HARRISBURG MIDDLE is in the bottom 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 50.8%; HARRISBURG MIDDLE posts 21.3%, -29.5 points below that line.
Zooming out to the county, Boone County reports that median household income runs about $72,758, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. HARRISBURG MIDDLE is one of 58 public schools in Boone County (combined enrollment of about 24,547 students).
HARRISBURG ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around HARRISBURG MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HARRISBURG MIDDLE at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 47.6%.
Geographically, the school is in a rural area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HARRISBURG MIDDLE has declined 3%, going from 133 students in 2018 to 129 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 5% to 1% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.
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Boone County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
188,043
Census ACS
Median income
$72,758
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
58
24,547 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HARRISBURG R-VIII
- HARRISBURG ELEMENTARYElementary · 291 students
- HARRISBURG HIGHHigh · 185 students
Other schools in HARRISBURG
- HARRISBURG ELEMENTARYElementary · 291 students
- HARRISBURG HIGHHigh · 185 students
Nearby schools
- HARRISBURG ELEMENTARY0.0 mi · 291
- HARRISBURG HIGH0.4 mi · 185
- MIDWAY HEIGHTS ELEM.10.6 mi · 251
- STURGEON ELEMENTARY11.6 mi · 221
- STURGEON MIDDLE11.6 mi · 79
- HIGBEE MIDDLE SCHOOL11.8 mi · 50
Frequently asked questions
About HARRISBURG MIDDLEHow large is HARRISBURG MIDDLE?
HARRISBURG MIDDLE enrolls approximately 129 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does HARRISBURG MIDDLE serve?
HARRISBURG MIDDLE serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at HARRISBURG MIDDLE?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at HARRISBURG MIDDLE.
How diverse is HARRISBURG MIDDLE?
HARRISBURG MIDDLE reports a student body of 89% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is HARRISBURG MIDDLE public or private?
HARRISBURG MIDDLE is a public K-12 school, overseen by HARRISBURG R-VIII.
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