NORTH MIDDLE

NORTH MIDDLE is a middle-grades school of medium-sized scale in JOPLIN, Missouri, operated by JOPLIN SCHOOLS, educateing 549 students in grades 6 through 8.

JOPLIN SCHOOLS runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 7,873 students. NORTH MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, NORTH MIDDLE records that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 5% Black, 3% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 73% of students at NORTH MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Jasper County's rate of about 57%.

With demographic context factored in, NORTH MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.9%; this one delivers 41.5%.

Around the school, census data for Jasper County shows the typical household earns roughly $60,694 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jasper County's 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,177 students), NORTH MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

JEFFERSON ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, NORTH MIDDLE comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 52.8%.

NORTH MIDDLE operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 7%: 589 students in 2018 compared to 549 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 83% to 67% across the same window.

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