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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