REPUBLIC MIDDLE

REPUBLIC MIDDLE is a middle-grades school of sizable scale in REPUBLIC, Missouri, operated by REPUBLIC R-III, caters to 1,211 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 163% bigger than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 461 students.

REPUBLIC R-III runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 5,318 students. REPUBLIC MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, REPUBLIC MIDDLE shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%); the rest comes out to 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. Compared to Greene County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting REPUBLIC MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, REPUBLIC MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.4%.

In the surrounding community, Greene County reports that median household earnings sit near $61,479, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Greene County's 97 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,423 students), REPUBLIC MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. On composite proficiency, REPUBLIC MIDDLE comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 56.5%.

REPUBLIC MIDDLE operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. REPUBLIC MIDDLE's enrollment has expanded 4% since 2018, when it stood at 1,170 (now 1,211). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 89% to 84%.

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