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Enrollment
433
Middle
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREDERICKTOWN R-I·NCES 291254002523
KELLY A BURLISON MIDDLE SCHOOL
825 Highway 72 East, FREDERICKTOWN, MO 63645 · (573) 783-6555 · Madison County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
261 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 54%
Community
1
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
KELLY A BURLISON MIDDLE SCHOOL→FREDERICKTOWN HIGH
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within FREDERICKTOWN R-I. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
27.1%
MO avg 49.5% . -27.6pp since 2023
Math
21.0%
MO avg 48.7% . -32.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are down about 28 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 32 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.1%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.
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
433
-11 (-2%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 16.8:1
% White
94%
was 94%
% Hispanic
2%
was 2%
% Black
2%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About KELLY A BURLISON MIDDLE SCHOOL
KELLY A BURLISON MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school in FREDERICKTOWN, Missouri, overseen by FREDERICKTOWN R-I. Current enrollment sits at 433 students spanning grades 6 through 8.
KELLY A BURLISON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 4 schools operated by FREDERICKTOWN R-I, a district that enrolls 1,883 students overall.
On the student-mix side, KELLY A BURLISON MIDDLE SCHOOL records that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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, KELLY A BURLISON MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.8%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Madison County) shows that median household earnings sit near $54,434, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. KELLY A BURLISON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 6 public schools in Madison County (combined enrollment of about 2,011 students).
FREDERICKTOWN HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, KELLY A BURLISON MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 46.0%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KELLY A BURLISON MIDDLE SCHOOL has showed little movement, going from 444 students in 2018 to 433 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.
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Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
12,729
Census ACS
Median income
$54,434
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
2,011 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FREDERICKTOWN R-I
- FREDERICKTOWN HIGHHigh · 611 students
- FREDERICKTOWN ELEM.Elementary · 446 students
- FREDERICKTOWN INTERMEDIATEElementary · 393 students
Other schools in FREDERICKTOWN
- FREDERICKTOWN HIGHHigh · 611 students
- FREDERICKTOWN ELEM.Elementary · 446 students
- FREDERICKTOWN INTERMEDIATEElementary · 393 students
Nearby schools
- FREDERICKTOWN HIGH0.1 mi · 611
- FREDERICKTOWN INTERMEDIATE0.3 mi · 393
- FREDERICKTOWN ELEM.1.0 mi · 446
- MARQUAND ELEM.11.1 mi · 72
- MARQUAND-ZION HIGH11.1 mi · 56
- JUVENILE DETENTION CTR.16.0 mi · 9
Frequently asked questions
About KELLY A BURLISON MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at KELLY A BURLISON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
KELLY A BURLISON MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 433 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does KELLY A BURLISON MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
KELLY A BURLISON MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at KELLY A BURLISON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at KELLY A BURLISON MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 15.0:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at KELLY A BURLISON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At KELLY A BURLISON MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is KELLY A BURLISON MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
KELLY A BURLISON MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of FREDERICKTOWN R-I.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.