HARRISONVILLE MIDDLE

Located at 601 S HIGHLAND, in HARRISONVILLE, Missouri, HARRISONVILLE MIDDLE is a medium-sized middle school that teaches 502 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by HARRISONVILLE R-IX.

HARRISONVILLE R-IX comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,187 students; HARRISONVILLE MIDDLE is among them.

Demographically, HARRISONVILLE MIDDLE lists that nearly all students (87%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Cass County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 38% of students at HARRISONVILLE MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HARRISONVILLE MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.1%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Cass County put median household earnings sit near $87,535, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cass County runs 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,093 students), of which HARRISONVILLE MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR., around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around HARRISONVILLE MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, HARRISONVILLE MIDDLE comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.5%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 9%: 551 students in 2018 compared to 502 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 91% to 87% across the same window.

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