OAKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL

OAKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is an average-sized middle-grades school in COLUMBIA, Missouri, overseen by COLUMBIA 93. The school caters to 589 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 28% larger than the state mean of about 461.

COLUMBIA 93 runs 34 schools in total, collectively educating 18,640 students. OAKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, OAKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White at 33%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 27% Black, 20% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Boone County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting OAKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 62% of students at OAKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Boone County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, OAKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.4%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Boone County indicate median household income runs about $72,758, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. OAKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 58 public schools in Boone County (combined enrollment of about 24,547 students).

BLUE RIDGE ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around OAKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, OAKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 65.4%.

OAKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. OAKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has edged up 4% since 2018, when it stood at 568 (now 589). White enrollment moved from 49% to 33% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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