NEW MARK MIDDLE

Set in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, NEW MARK MIDDLE is a heavily attended middle-grades school, overseen by NORTH KANSAS CITY 74. It teaches 965 students across grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 109% larger than the state mean of about 461.

Across the 33 schools in NORTH KANSAS CITY 74 (21,252 students total), NEW MARK MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, NEW MARK MIDDLE reports that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 14% Black, 12% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Clay County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Roughly 23% of students at NEW MARK MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Clay County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NEW MARK MIDDLE falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 50.8%; this one comes in at 30.6%, -20.2 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, Clay County reports that median household earnings sit near $88,468, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Clay County's 80 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,553 students), NEW MARK MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: FOX HILL ELEMENTARY, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NEW MARK MIDDLE. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NEW MARK MIDDLE ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 60.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. NEW MARK MIDDLE's enrollment has declined 22% since 2018, when it stood at 1,235 (now 965). The White share of enrollment fell from 72% to 59% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.