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What's the most underrated thing about RAYTOWN MIDDLE that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
667
Middle
DISTRICT 555 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RAYTOWN C-2·NCES 292607001523
RAYTOWN MIDDLE
4900 PITTMAN RD, KANSAS CITY, MO 64133 · (816) 268-7360 · Jackson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL667 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Missouri public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
440 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 54%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 206 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 223 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 238 | 36% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 52% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
23.5%
MO avg 44.9% . -2.1pp since 2021
Math
19.6%
MO avg 43.8% . +7.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.5% | 16.0% | 44.4% | 31.9% |
| Math | 6.4% | 13.2% | 35.7% | 44.5% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.5% | 19.6% |
| 2023-24 | 25.1% | 15.8% |
| 2022-23 | 20.0% | 16.0% |
| 2021-22 | 25.6% | 12.5% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
25.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like RAYTOWN MIDDLE
RAYTOWN MIDDLE's state test result (25.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAYTOWN MIDDLE this school | 667 | 66.0% | 25.9% |
| SOUTH MIDDLE RAYTOWN | 510 | 68.8% | 20.4% |
| RAYTOWN CENTRAL MIDDLE RAYTOWN | 488 | 65.8% | 25.6% |
| CENTER MIDDLE KANSAS CITY | 493 | 69.8% | 18.7% |
| HOLMAN MIDDLE ST ANN | 639 | 52.3% | 33.8% |
| MAPLE PARK MIDDLE KANSAS CITY | 585 | 63.4% | 31.7% |
Matched among Missouri middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where RAYTOWN MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #316 of 379 | #23 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #337 of 380 ▲ 6 | #27 of 36 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #334 of 380 ▼ 8 | #29 of 36 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #180 of 364 | #13 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 667 | #93 of 397 | #15 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #245 of 321 | #23 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #14 of 321 | #3 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.0% | #89 of 379 | #18 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.3% | #32 of 224 | #4 of 22 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
667
-54 (-7%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 1,079
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 14.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 667 | 46 | 14.5:1 | 66% (440) |
| 2023-24 | 737 | 42.8 | 17.2:1 | 65% (479) |
| 2022-23 | 731 | 48.9 | 14.9:1 | 73% (532) |
| 2020-21 | 721 | 49 | 14.7:1 | 67% (480) |
| 2017-18 | 858 | 50.5 | 17.0:1 | 73% (624) |
| 2015-16 | 836 | 49 | 17.1:1 | 64% (535) |
| 2010-11 | 855 | 49 | 17.4:1 | 58% (495) |
| 2000-01 | 1,099 | 69 | 15.9:1 | 24% (266) |
| 1990-91 | 1,079 | 69 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RAYTOWN MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (858 to 667); teachers down 9% (50.5 to 46).
About RAYTOWN MIDDLE
A mid-sized middle school in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, RAYTOWN MIDDLE is part of RAYTOWN C-2. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 667 students. Middle schools in Missouri have about 461 students on average; enrollment here is 45% higher.
RAYTOWN MIDDLE is part of RAYTOWN C-2, where 17 schools serve 7,676 students.
The biggest share of students at RAYTOWN MIDDLE, 48%, is Black. Other reported shares: 20% Hispanic, 19% White, and 10% multiracial. That is higher than the 22% Black share among all Jackson County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 68%.
On staff are 46 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.5:1. The average for middle schools in Missouri is 13.0:1, so this school has more students per teacher. About 66% of students at RAYTOWN MIDDLE are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Missouri public middle schools, RAYTOWN MIDDLE outscored 14%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Missouri with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 35.2%. RAYTOWN MIDDLE scores 25.9%.
Looking at the county, Jackson County, the median household earns about $68,577 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Jackson County has 244 public schools with about 105,714 students, including RAYTOWN MIDDLE.
LAUREL HILLS ELEM. is about 0.9 miles from RAYTOWN MIDDLE, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. RAYTOWN MIDDLE places 8th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The federal government classifies RAYTOWN MIDDLE's location as City: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 54 students, from 721 to 667.
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Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
719,976
Census ACS
Median income
$68,577
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
244
105,714 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in RAYTOWN C-2
- RAYTOWN SR. HIGHHigh · 1,280 students
- RAYTOWN SOUTH SR. HIGHHigh · 1,089 students
- SOUTH MIDDLEMiddle · 510 students
- RAYTOWN CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 488 students
- LITTLE BLUE ELEMENTARYElementary · 379 students
- FLEETRIDGE ELEM.Elementary · 355 students
Other schools in KANSAS CITY
- STALEY HIGHHigh · 2,091 students
- PARK HILL HIGHHigh · 1,947 students
- OAK PARK HIGHHigh · 1,755 students
- NORTH KANSAS CITY HIGHHigh · 1,719 students
- RUSKIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,299 students
- WINNETONKA HIGHHigh · 1,238 students
Nearby schools
- LAUREL HILLS ELEM.0.9 mi · 344
- PITCHER ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 252
- RAYTOWN CENTRAL MIDDLE1.4 mi · 488
- RAYTOWN SR. HIGH1.5 mi · 1,280
- EASTWOOD HILLS ELEM.1.6 mi · 330
- BLUE RIDGE ELEM.1.9 mi · 299
Frequently asked questions
About RAYTOWN MIDDLEWhat is the total enrollment at RAYTOWN MIDDLE?
RAYTOWN MIDDLE enrolls approximately 667 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does RAYTOWN MIDDLE serve?
RAYTOWN MIDDLE serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at RAYTOWN MIDDLE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at RAYTOWN MIDDLE is approximately 14.5:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at RAYTOWN MIDDLE?
At RAYTOWN MIDDLE, the student body is approximately 19% White, 20% Hispanic, 48% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees RAYTOWN MIDDLE?
RAYTOWN MIDDLE is overseen by RAYTOWN C-2 in Jackson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.