PACIFIC INTERMEDIATE

PACIFIC INTERMEDIATE is a middle-of-the-pack junior high in PACIFIC, Missouri, part of MERAMEC VALLEY R-III. The school enrolls 399 students in grades 5 through 6.

MERAMEC VALLEY R-III comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 3,131 students; PACIFIC INTERMEDIATE is among them.

Looking at the student body, PACIFIC INTERMEDIATE reports that nearly all students (88%) are White. The remainder looks like 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Franklin County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, PACIFIC INTERMEDIATE has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. The state averages about 13.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 48% of students at PACIFIC INTERMEDIATE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PACIFIC 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 38.4%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Franklin County indicate the typical household earns roughly $73,165 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. PACIFIC INTERMEDIATE is one of 41 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 15,025 students).

The closest other public school is ZITZMAN ELEM., roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around PACIFIC INTERMEDIATE. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PACIFIC INTERMEDIATE ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 35.1%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PACIFIC INTERMEDIATE has decreased 20%, going from 500 students in 2018 to 399 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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