LEWIS AND CLARK MIDDLE

Set in JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, LEWIS AND CLARK MIDDLE is an expansive intermediate school, operated by JEFFERSON CITY. It teaches 966 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 110% bigger than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 461 students.

JEFFERSON CITY runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 8,491 students. LEWIS AND CLARK MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

On demographics, LEWIS AND CLARK MIDDLE records that White students make up the majority at 61%. The remainder breaks down as 19% Black, 12% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, LEWIS AND CLARK MIDDLE has 83 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting LEWIS AND CLARK MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, LEWIS AND CLARK MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.3%, the actual is 50.3%, a residual of -0.0 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Cole County put the typical household earns roughly $74,876 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Cole County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,312 students), of which LEWIS AND CLARK MIDDLE is one.

EAST ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LEWIS AND CLARK MIDDLE at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 61.1%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LEWIS AND CLARK MIDDLE has stayed largely flat, going from 946 students in 2018 to 966 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 67% to 61%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

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