RAYTOWN MIDDLE

RAYTOWN MIDDLE is one of the middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campuss in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, operated by RAYTOWN C-2, with 667 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 45% bigger than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 461 students.

Within RAYTOWN C-2, which oversees 17 schools and 7,676 students, RAYTOWN MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, RAYTOWN MIDDLE reports that 48% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 20% Hispanic, 19% White, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 66% of students at RAYTOWN MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, RAYTOWN MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.0%, the actual is 38.0%, a residual of -12.0 points.

Across the wider county, Jackson County reports that median household income runs about $68,577, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jackson County runs 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), of which RAYTOWN MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: LAUREL HILLS ELEM., around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RAYTOWN MIDDLE at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 51.8%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. RAYTOWN MIDDLE's enrollment has fell 22% since 2018, when it stood at 858 (now 667). The White share of enrollment decreased from 24% to 19% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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