Enrollment
223
Middle
DISTRICT 258 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCOTT CITY R-I·NCES 291545002702
SCOTT CITY MIDDLE
3000 MAIN ST, SCOTT CITY, MO 63780 · (573) 264-2131 · Scott County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL223 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
133 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 54%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
SCOTT CITY MIDDLE→SCOTT CITY HIGH
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SCOTT CITY R-I. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
61.1%
MO avg 49.5% . +6.7pp since 2023
Math
86.1%
MO avg 48.7% . +27.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 27 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). 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
62.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.2%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
223
-49 (-18%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 13.9:1
% White
92%
was 94%
% Hispanic
2%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SCOTT CITY MIDDLE
Set in SCOTT CITY, Missouri, SCOTT CITY MIDDLE is a cozy intermediate school, one of the schools within SCOTT CITY R-I. It caters to 223 students across grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 52% smaller than the state mean of about 461.
SCOTT CITY MIDDLE is one of 3 schools operated by SCOTT CITY R-I, a district that enrolls 773 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, SCOTT CITY MIDDLE logs that nearly all students (92%) are White. Other groups include 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, SCOTT CITY MIDDLE has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Roughly 60% of students at SCOTT CITY MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Scott County's rate of about 78%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SCOTT CITY MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.2%; this one delivers 62.5%.
Across the wider county, census data for Scott County shows median household income runs about $62,782, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Scott County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,999 students), SCOTT CITY MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.
SCOTT CITY ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SCOTT CITY MIDDLE comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.2%.
The campus sits in a town-center setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. SCOTT CITY MIDDLE's enrollment has ticked down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 272 (now 223). Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.
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Scott County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,933
Census ACS
Median income
$62,782
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
5,999 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SCOTT CITY R-I
- SCOTT CITY ELEM.Elementary · 282 students
- SCOTT CITY HIGHHigh · 268 students
Other schools in SCOTT CITY
- SCOTT CITY ELEM.Elementary · 282 students
- SCOTT CITY HIGHHigh · 268 students
Nearby schools
- SCOTT CITY ELEM.0.0 mi · 282
- SCOTT CITY HIGH0.0 mi · 268
- CENTRAL HIGH4.4 mi · 1,278
- PARKVIEW SCHOOL5.4 mi · 25
- JEFFERSON ELEM.5.8 mi · 494
- KELSO ELEM.6.3 mi · 199
Frequently asked questions
About SCOTT CITY MIDDLEWhat is the total enrollment at SCOTT CITY MIDDLE?
SCOTT CITY MIDDLE enrolls approximately 223 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does SCOTT CITY MIDDLE serve?
SCOTT CITY MIDDLE serves grades 05-08.
How many teachers does SCOTT CITY MIDDLE have?
SCOTT CITY MIDDLE employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.8:1.
What is the student diversity at SCOTT CITY MIDDLE?
Student demographics at SCOTT CITY MIDDLE are roughly 92% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Two or more.
What district is SCOTT CITY MIDDLE in?
SCOTT CITY MIDDLE is part of SCOTT CITY R-I.
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