MOBERLY MIDDLE

As a middle-of-the-pack middle-grades school in MOBERLY, Missouri, MOBERLY MIDDLE teaches 440 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by MOBERLY.

Across the 6 schools in MOBERLY (2,102 students total), MOBERLY MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MOBERLY MIDDLE logs that 77% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 14% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 89% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MOBERLY MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.3%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Randolph County put the typical household earns roughly $53,033 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. MOBERLY MIDDLE is one of 17 public schools in Randolph County (combined enrollment of about 3,375 students).

EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING CNTR is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around MOBERLY MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MOBERLY MIDDLE at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 48.6%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MOBERLY MIDDLE has decreased 16%, going from 522 students in 2018 to 440 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 84% to 77% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the MOBERLY MIDDLE community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.