NEW HAVEN MIDDLE

Located at 100 PARK DR, in NEW HAVEN, Missouri, NEW HAVEN MIDDLE is a rural-scale 6-8 campus that instructs 65 students (grades 7 through 8), part of NEW HAVEN. That puts it 86% below the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 461 students.

NEW HAVEN MIDDLE is one of 3 schools operated by NEW HAVEN, a district that hosts 447 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, NEW HAVEN MIDDLE records that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, NEW HAVEN MIDDLE has 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.2:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Franklin County's rate of about 43%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NEW HAVEN MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.8%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Franklin County put median household earnings sit near $73,165, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Franklin County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,025 students), NEW HAVEN MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: NEW HAVEN HIGH, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around NEW HAVEN MIDDLE. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NEW HAVEN MIDDLE ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 43.9%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. NEW HAVEN MIDDLE's enrollment has fell 16% since 2018, when it stood at 77 (now 65). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

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