OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE

OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE operates as an average-sized middle-grades school in CAMDENTON, Missouri, part of CAMDENTON R-III. Current enrollment sits at 569 students spanning grades 5 through 6. Compared to the state average of about 461 students per school, that is 23% above typical.

CAMDENTON R-III runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 3,835 students. OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE logs that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 9% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 50% of students at OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.4%; this one delivers 64.7%.

Around the school, Camden County reports that median household income runs about $66,387, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE is one of 16 public schools in Camden County (combined enrollment of about 4,831 students).

HAWTHORN ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 41.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 14%: 664 students in 2018 compared to 569 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 4% to 9% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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