Enrollment
227
Elementary
DISTRICT 214 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDWAY R-I·NCES 293180002223
MIDWAY ELEM.
5801 E STATE RTE 2, CLEVELAND, MO 64734 · (816) 250-2994 · Cass County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL227 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
84 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 54%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary 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
MIDWAY ELEM.→MIDWAY HIGH
Based on grade levels within MIDWAY R-I. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
27.9%
MO avg 49.5% . -36.7pp since 2023
Math
33.3%
MO avg 48.7% . -23.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 37 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 24 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
41.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.6%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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
227
+5 (+2%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 11.4:1
% White
85%
was 97%
% Hispanic
4%
was 1%
% Black
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About MIDWAY ELEM.
Located at 5801 E STATE RTE 2, in CLEVELAND, Missouri, MIDWAY ELEM. is a close-knit elementary campus that hosts 227 students (grades K through 6), overseen by MIDWAY R-I. Enrollment runs roughly 28% smaller than the state mean of about 315.
MIDWAY R-I runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 428 students. MIDWAY ELEM. is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, MIDWAY ELEM. lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%); the rest looks like 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 2% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, MIDWAY ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.6%, the actual is 41.1%, a residual of -9.4 points.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Cass County put median household income runs about $87,535, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. MIDWAY ELEM. is one of 44 public schools in Cass County (combined enrollment of about 17,093 students).
The closest other public school is MIDWAY HIGH, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, MIDWAY ELEM. comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 55.7%.
Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MIDWAY ELEM. has held roughly steady, going from 222 students in 2018 to 227 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 97% to 85%.
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Cass County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
110,773
Census ACS
Median income
$87,535
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
17,093 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- MIDWAY HIGH0.0 mi · 201
- Louisburg Virtual Program6.0 mi · 31
- Rockville Elementary School6.3 mi · 419
- Louisburg High7.0 mi · 529
- Louisburg Middle7.1 mi · 378
- PECULIAR ELEM.7.3 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About MIDWAY ELEM.How large is MIDWAY ELEM.?
MIDWAY ELEM. enrolls approximately 227 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does MIDWAY ELEM. serve?
MIDWAY ELEM. serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at MIDWAY ELEM.?
Approximately 10.6:1 students per teacher at MIDWAY ELEM..
How diverse is MIDWAY ELEM.?
MIDWAY ELEM. reports a student body of 85% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees MIDWAY ELEM.?
MIDWAY ELEM. is overseen by MIDWAY R-I in Cass County.
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