LIBERTY MIDDLE

As a small middle school in MOUNTAIN VIEW, Missouri, LIBERTY MIDDLE works with 264 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within MOUNTAIN VIEW-BIRCH TREE R-III. Compared to the state average of about 461 students per school, that is 43% below typical.

Within MOUNTAIN VIEW-BIRCH TREE R-III, which oversees 4 schools and 1,184 students, LIBERTY MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, LIBERTY MIDDLE records that nearly all students (94%) are White. Other groups include 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Shannon County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, LIBERTY MIDDLE reports 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting LIBERTY MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 69% of students at LIBERTY MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LIBERTY MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.0%; this one delivers 34.4%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Shannon County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $55,222 per year, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Shannon County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,687 students), of which LIBERTY MIDDLE is one.

LIBERTY SR. 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 LIBERTY MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, LIBERTY MIDDLE comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 48.7%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LIBERTY MIDDLE has ticked down 9%, going from 291 students in 2018 to 264 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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