PIERCE CITY MIDDLE

PIERCE CITY MIDDLE, a minimally staffed middle-grades school in PIERCE CITY, Missouri, run under PIERCE CITY R-VI, works with 158 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 66% leaner than the state mean of about 461.

Across the 3 schools in PIERCE CITY R-VI (704 students total), PIERCE CITY MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, PIERCE CITY MIDDLE lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Beyond that, the school shows 8% Hispanic, 5% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, PIERCE CITY MIDDLE lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Roughly 39% of students at PIERCE CITY MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Lawrence County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Lawrence County) logs that median household earnings sit near $61,215, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Lawrence County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,271 students), PIERCE CITY MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PIERCE CITY HIGH, roughly 0.0 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. PIERCE CITY MIDDLE's enrollment has ticked down 26% since 2018, when it stood at 213 (now 158). White enrollment moved from 94% to 85% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

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