MONETT INTERMEDIATE

MONETT INTERMEDIATE operates as a reasonably sized elementary-level community in MONETT, Missouri, operated by MONETT R-I. Current enrollment sits at 313 students spanning grades 4 through 5.

Within MONETT R-I, which oversees 5 schools and 2,374 students, MONETT INTERMEDIATE is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, MONETT INTERMEDIATE shows that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 41% Hispanic, 4% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MONETT INTERMEDIATE sits in the top 10% of Missouri schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 50.1%; actual is 73.5%, +23.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Barry County shows the typical household earns roughly $58,346 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Barry County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,974 students), MONETT INTERMEDIATE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Monett Early Childhood Center, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

MONETT INTERMEDIATE operates from a town-based location.

Trend over the last 7 years. MONETT INTERMEDIATE's enrollment has decreased 14% since 2018, when it stood at 362 (now 313). Class-load math has tightened: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

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