Enrollment
160
Middle
DISTRICT 232 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEYMOUR R-II·NCES 292793001580
SEYMOUR MIDDLE
501 E CLINTON AVE, SEYMOUR, MO 65746 · (417) 935-4626 · Webster County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL160 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of Missouri public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
12.6:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
104 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 62 | 39% |
| Grade 7 | 54 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 44 | 28% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
SEYMOUR MIDDLE→SEYMOUR HIGH
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SEYMOUR R-II. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
50.2%
MO avg 44.9% . +9.1pp since 2021
Math
37.3%
MO avg 43.8% . +24.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 24 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.1% | 34.1% | 43.2% | 6.4% |
| Math | 9.6% | 27.7% | 41.9% | 20.6% |
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 | 50.2% | 37.3% |
| 2023-24 | 44.3% | 38.4% |
| 2022-23 | 40.3% | 30.8% |
| 2021-22 | 41.1% | 13.3% |
% 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
41.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 SEYMOUR MIDDLE
SEYMOUR MIDDLE's state test result (41.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEYMOUR MIDDLE this school | 160 | 65.0% | 41.1% |
| EAST CARTER CO. R-II MIDDLE ELLSINORE | 154 | 63.0% | 39.8% |
| PLEASANT HOPE MIDDLE PLEASANT HOPE | 168 | 60.1% | 34.0% |
| Hartville Middle HARTVILLE | 139 | 59.7% | 47.7% |
| BLOOMFIELD MIDDLE BLOOMFIELD | 186 | 59.1% | 37.9% |
| SCOTT CITY MIDDLE SCOTT CITY | 223 | 59.6% | 42.6% |
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 SEYMOUR MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #192 of 379 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #255 of 380 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #96 of 380 ▲ 29 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.6pp | #3 of 364 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 160 | #348 of 397 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.0% | #97 of 379 |
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
160
-5 (-3%) vs 2020
-25% since 2000-01, when it was 214
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 160 | 12.7 | 12.6:1 | 65% (104) |
| 2023-24 | 150 | 13.3 | 11.3:1 | 57% (85) |
| 2022-23 | 166 | 13.4 | 12.4:1 | 35% (58) |
| 2020-21 | 165 | 12 | 13.8:1 | 2% (4) |
| 2017-18 | 157 | 12.2 | 12.8:1 | 56% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 147 | 13 | 11.3:1 | 70% (103) |
| 2010-11 | 181 | 14 | 12.9:1 | 66% (120) |
| 2000-01 | 214 | 15 | 14.3:1 | 46% (99) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SEYMOUR MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (157 to 160); teachers up 4% (12.2 to 12.7).
About SEYMOUR MIDDLE
SEYMOUR MIDDLE is a middle school in SEYMOUR, Missouri, according to federal school records. Total enrollment is 160 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8. Middle schools in Missouri have about 461 students on average; enrollment here is 65% lower.
The 3 schools in SEYMOUR R-II enroll 696 students altogether, SEYMOUR MIDDLE among them.
A large majority of enrollment at SEYMOUR MIDDLE is White, at 94%. The school is also 3% Hispanic and 3% Black. Among Webster County residents, the White share is about 92%. The diversity index for SEYMOUR MIDDLE is 12%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
SEYMOUR MIDDLE has 12.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1. The 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Missouri is close to this figure. At SEYMOUR MIDDLE, 65% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The 45% average for public schools in Webster County is 20 points lower.
Among Missouri public middle schools, SEYMOUR MIDDLE outscored 69%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
SEYMOUR MIDDLE's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (41.1%) and its predicted rate (35.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Missouri schools.
The school's county is Webster County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $71,155 a year, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Webster County number 17, with about 5,210 students.
SEYMOUR HIGH is the nearest public school to SEYMOUR MIDDLE, less than a tenth of a mile away. SEYMOUR MIDDLE is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, SEYMOUR MIDDLE ranks 6th on proficiency.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 160, from 165 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.8:1 in 2020-21, and 12.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Webster County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
40,500
Census ACS
Median income
$71,155
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
5,210 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SEYMOUR R-II
- SEYMOUR ELEM.Elementary · 310 students
- SEYMOUR HIGHHigh · 226 students
Other schools in SEYMOUR
- SEYMOUR ELEM.Elementary · 310 students
- SEYMOUR HIGHHigh · 226 students
Other Seymour Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Seymour Middle. SEYMOUR MIDDLE is the 5th largest of the 5.
- Seymour Middle SchoolSeymour, IN · 778 students
- Seymour Middle SchoolSeymour, CT · 494 students
- Seymour MiddleSeymour, WI · 284 students
- Seymour Middle SchoolSEYMOUR, TX · 188 students
Nearby schools
- SEYMOUR HIGH0.1 mi · 226
- SEYMOUR ELEM.0.1 mi · 310
- FORDLAND ELEM.9.8 mi · 300
- WILDER ELEM.10.0 mi · 312
- MANSFIELD HIGH10.1 mi · 174
- MANSFIELD JR. HIGH10.1 mi · 135
Frequently asked questions
About SEYMOUR MIDDLEHow many students attend SEYMOUR MIDDLE?
SEYMOUR MIDDLE enrolls approximately 160 students in grades 06-08.
Is SEYMOUR MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
SEYMOUR MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SEYMOUR MIDDLE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SEYMOUR MIDDLE is approximately 12.6:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SEYMOUR MIDDLE?
At SEYMOUR MIDDLE, the student body is approximately 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees SEYMOUR MIDDLE?
SEYMOUR MIDDLE is overseen by SEYMOUR R-II in Webster County.
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