OWENSVILLE MIDDLE

Set in OWENSVILLE, Missouri, OWENSVILLE MIDDLE is a moderately sized middle school, run under GASCONADE CO. R-II. It serves 408 students across grades 6 through 8.

Within GASCONADE CO. R-II, which oversees 4 schools and 1,771 students, OWENSVILLE MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

Demographically, OWENSVILLE MIDDLE logs that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Gasconade County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, OWENSVILLE MIDDLE has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 52% of students at OWENSVILLE MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, OWENSVILLE MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.3%, the actual is 33.2%, a residual of -17.1 points.

In the broader community, Gasconade County reports that the typical household earns roughly $64,232 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Gasconade County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,494 students), OWENSVILLE MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: OWENSVILLE HIGH, around 0.2 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), OWENSVILLE MIDDLE ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 37.2%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. OWENSVILLE MIDDLE's enrollment has edged down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 451 (now 408).

In the discussion threads here, members of the OWENSVILLE MIDDLE community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.