MACON MIDDLE SCHOOL

MACON MIDDLE SCHOOL is an intimate junior high in MACON, Missouri, part of MACON CO. R-I. The school educates 275 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 461 students each, so MACON MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 40% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in MACON CO. R-I (1,174 students total), MACON MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, MACON MIDDLE SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Other groups include 7% multiracial, 5% Black.

On the resource side, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting MACON MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 49% of students at MACON MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, MACON MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.3%.

Across the wider county, census data for Macon County shows median household income runs about $62,357, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Macon County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,015 students), MACON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

MACON SENIOR HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MACON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 38.7%.

MACON MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a town-based location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MACON MIDDLE SCHOOL has contracted 13%, going from 317 students in 2018 to 275 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

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