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Enrollment
569
Middle
DISTRICT 584 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAMDENTON R-III·NCES 290699002580
OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE
119 SERVICE RD, CAMDENTON, MO 65020 · (573) 346-9280 · Camden County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL569 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Missouri public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
282 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 54%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 291 | 51% |
| Grade 6 | 278 | 49% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 52% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE→CAMDENTON MIDDLE
Based on grade levels within CAMDENTON R-III. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
47.4%
MO avg 44.9% . -1.4pp since 2021
Math
54.8%
MO avg 43.8% . +4.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.7% | 26.7% | 36.7% | 15.7% |
| Math | 27.2% | 27.6% | 26.5% | 18.5% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.4% | 54.8% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 54.8% |
| 2022-23 | 43.9% | 55.8% |
| 2021-22 | 48.8% | 50.5% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.3%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE
OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE's state test result (48.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE this school | 569 | 49.6% | 48.7% |
| WEBB CITY MIDDLE WEBB CITY | 681 | 49.8% | 50.3% |
| EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE EXCELSIOR SPRINGS | 540 | 48.0% | 32.4% |
| WEBB CITY JR. HIGH WEBB CITY | 709 | 46.3% | 50.5% |
| CAMDENTON MIDDLE CAMDENTON | 599 | 43.7% | 51.1% |
| T. S. HILL MIDDLE DEXTER | 475 | 48.6% | 41.5% |
Matched among Missouri middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #111 of 379 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #88 of 380 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #115 of 380 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #208 of 364 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 569 | #134 of 397 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #151 of 321 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.0% | #193 of 321 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.6% | #185 of 379 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #86 of 224 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
569
-13 (-2%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 617
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 13.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 569 | 43.4 | 13.1:1 | 50% (282) |
| 2023-24 | 560 | 44.5 | 12.6:1 | 51% (286) |
| 2022-23 | 553 | 43.8 | 12.6:1 | 41% (225) |
| 2020-21 | 582 | 43 | 13.5:1 | 53% (306) |
| 2017-18 | 664 | 44.9 | 14.8:1 | 61% (408) |
| 2015-16 | 629 | 39 | 16.1:1 | 62% (393) |
| 2010-11 | 633 | 37 | 17.1:1 | 51% (324) |
| 2000-01 | 802 | 47 | 17.1:1 | 46% (365) |
| 1990-91 | 617 | 32 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (664 to 569); teachers down 3% (44.9 to 43.4).
About OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE
OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE is a mid-sized middle-grades school that serves part of CAMDENTON, Missouri. It enrolls 569 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 5 through 6. The school is 23% larger than the average for middle schools in Missouri.
Across its 8 schools, CAMDENTON R-III enrolls 3,835 students. OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE is one of those schools.
White students account for 85% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 9% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 27, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE totals 43.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.1:1. The average for middle schools in Missouri is about 13.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE is about 50%. That is in line with the 50% average for public schools in Camden County.
OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 74% of Missouri public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE falls in the middle 80% of Missouri schools: 48.7% actual against 41.3% predicted.
Looking at the county, Camden County, the median household earns about $66,387 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE, Camden County has 16 public schools.
HAWTHORN ELEMENTARY, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 5 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Remote.
OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE had 582 students in 2020-21 and 569 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
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Camden County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,667
Census ACS
Median income
$66,387
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
4,831 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CAMDENTON R-III
- CAMDENTON HIGHHigh · 1,285 students
- CAMDENTON MIDDLEMiddle · 599 students
- DOGWOOD ELEMENTARYElementary · 592 students
- HAWTHORN ELEMENTARYElementary · 405 students
- OSAGE BEACH ELEMENTARYElementary · 219 students
- HURRICANE DECK ELEMENTARYElementary · 157 students
Other schools in CAMDENTON
- CAMDENTON HIGHHigh · 1,285 students
- CAMDENTON MIDDLEMiddle · 599 students
- DOGWOOD ELEMENTARYElementary · 592 students
- HAWTHORN ELEMENTARYElementary · 405 students
- JUVENILE JUSTICE CENTERHigh · 9 students
- LAKE CAREER TECHNICAL CENTERHigh
Nearby schools
- HAWTHORN ELEMENTARY0.3 mi · 405
- CAMDENTON HIGH0.4 mi · 1,285
- DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY0.4 mi · 592
- CAMDENTON MIDDLE0.4 mi · 599
- JUVENILE JUSTICE CENTER1.8 mi · 9
- OSAGE BEACH ELEMENTARY9.0 mi · 219
Frequently asked questions
About OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATEHow many students attend OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE?
OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE enrolls approximately 569 students in grades 05-06.
Is OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE an elementary, middle, or high school?
OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
How many teachers does OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE have?
OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
What is the student diversity at OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE?
Student demographics at OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE are roughly 85% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE?
OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE is overseen by CAMDENTON R-III in Camden County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.