HERMANN MIDDLE

Set in HERMANN, Missouri, HERMANN MIDDLE is a small junior high, operated by GASCONADE CO. R-I. It enrolls 284 students across grades 4 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 461 students per school, that is 38% below typical.

GASCONADE CO. R-I comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 813 students; HERMANN MIDDLE is among them.

On demographics, HERMANN MIDDLE lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). The remainder consists of 5% multiracial, 2% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Roughly 51% of students at HERMANN MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HERMANN 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 38.0%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Gasconade County indicate median household earnings sit near $64,232, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Gasconade County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,494 students), of which HERMANN MIDDLE is one.

HERMANN HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around HERMANN MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HERMANN MIDDLE at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 45.5%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. HERMANN MIDDLE's enrollment has contracted 3% since 2018, when it stood at 294 (now 284). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 96% to 91%. Class-load math has fell: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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