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Enrollment
510
Middle
DISTRICT 555 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RAYTOWN C-2·NCES 292607001524
SOUTH MIDDLE
8401 E 83RD ST, RAYTOWN, MO 64138 · (816) 268-7380 · Jackson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL510 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of Missouri public middle schools
- DTest 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.
- CThree-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
15.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
351 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 | 174 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 167 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 169 | 33% |
Student demographics
63%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
22.3%
MO avg 44.9% . -0.3pp since 2021
Math
14.8%
MO avg 43.8% . +0.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.0% | 13.3% | 45.3% | 32.1% |
| Math | 4.7% | 10.1% | 25.7% | 59.3% |
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 | 22.3% | 14.8% |
| 2023-24 | 20.0% | 13.6% |
| 2022-23 | 21.9% | 10.6% |
| 2021-22 | 22.6% | 14.6% |
% 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
20.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.1%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 SOUTH MIDDLE
SOUTH MIDDLE's state test result (20.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH MIDDLE this school | 510 | 68.8% | 20.4% |
| CENTER MIDDLE KANSAS CITY | 493 | 69.8% | 18.7% |
| RAYTOWN MIDDLE KANSAS CITY | 667 | 66.0% | 25.9% |
| RAYTOWN CENTRAL MIDDLE RAYTOWN | 488 | 65.8% | 25.6% |
| JOHN B. LANGE MIDDLE COLUMBIA | 510 | 61.0% | 25.3% |
| HOLMAN MIDDLE ST ANN | 639 | 52.3% | 33.8% |
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 SOUTH MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #341 of 379 | #28 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.8% | #351 of 380 ▼ 2 | #31 of 36 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #337 of 380 ▲ 6 | #30 of 36 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.1pp | #124 of 364 | #14 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 510 | #163 of 397 | #22 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #294 of 321 | #29 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.1% | #38 of 321 | #10 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.8% | #82 of 379 | #17 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #96 of 224 | #10 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
510
-64 (-11%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 923
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 510 | 32.3 | 15.8:1 | 69% (351) |
| 2023-24 | 533 | 36.2 | 14.7:1 | 68% (364) |
| 2022-23 | 522 | 38.4 | 13.6:1 | 73% (380) |
| 2020-21 | 574 | 38 | 15.1:1 | 75% (429) |
| 2017-18 | 587 | 40.3 | 14.6:1 | 73% (431) |
| 2015-16 | 619 | 40 | 15.5:1 | 67% (416) |
| 2010-11 | 580 | 36 | 16.1:1 | 57% (333) |
| 2000-01 | 983 | 59 | 16.7:1 | 28% (275) |
| 1990-91 | 923 | 62 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTH MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (587 to 510); teachers down 20% (40.3 to 32.3).
About SOUTH MIDDLE
At 8401 E 83RD ST in RAYTOWN, Missouri, SOUTH MIDDLE operates as a mid-sized middle school. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 510 students.
RAYTOWN C-2 has 7,676 students spread across 17 schools.
Black students are 55% of those enrolled at SOUTH MIDDLE. The rest of enrollment is 17% Hispanic, 15% White, and 10% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Jackson County's population at about 22%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 63%.
SOUTH MIDDLE lists 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 15.8 students per teacher. Across middle schools in Missouri, the average ratio is 13.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 69% of the student body. That is 9 points above the 60% average for public schools in Jackson County.
On the allk12 Grade, SOUTH MIDDLE lands at D, ahead of 7% of Missouri public middle schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for SOUTH MIDDLE is 34.1%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 20.4%.
Jackson County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $68,577 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. SOUTH MIDDLE shares Jackson County with 243 other public schools.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, SPRING VALLEY ELEM., is the closest to SOUTH MIDDLE. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. SOUTH MIDDLE comes in 9th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal data place SOUTH MIDDLE in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 510, down from 574 in 2020-21.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at SOUTH MIDDLE. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- RAYTOWN MIDDLEMiddle · 667 students
- RAYTOWN CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 488 students
- LITTLE BLUE ELEMENTARYElementary · 379 students
- FLEETRIDGE ELEM.Elementary · 355 students
Other schools in RAYTOWN
- RAYTOWN SR. HIGHHigh · 1,280 students
- RAYTOWN SOUTH SR. HIGHHigh · 1,089 students
- RAYTOWN CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 488 students
- SPRING VALLEY ELEM.Elementary · 353 students
- SOUTHWOOD ELEM.Elementary · 346 students
- LAUREL HILLS ELEM.Elementary · 344 students
Other South Middle schools
17 other US public schools in 14 states are named South Middle. SOUTH MIDDLE is the 15th largest of the 18.
- SOUTH MIDDLEJOPLIN, MO · 596 students
- SOUTH MIDDLEMANCHESTER, MO · 542 students
- South Middle SchoolEDINBURG, TX · 1,246 students
- South Middle SchoolWaukee, IA · 1,092 students
- SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOLBRENTWOOD, NY · 975 students
Nearby schools
- SPRING VALLEY ELEM.0.5 mi · 353
- WESTRIDGE ELEM.0.8 mi · 319
- SANTA FE ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 356
- HICKMAN MILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 590
- HICKMAN MILLS 8TH GRADE CENTER1.2 mi · 361
- SOUTHWOOD ELEM.1.4 mi · 346
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH MIDDLEHow large is SOUTH MIDDLE?
SOUTH MIDDLE enrolls approximately 510 students in grades 06-08.
Is SOUTH MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
SOUTH MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does SOUTH MIDDLE have?
SOUTH MIDDLE employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SOUTH MIDDLE?
At SOUTH MIDDLE, the student body is approximately 15% White, 17% Hispanic, 55% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees SOUTH MIDDLE?
SOUTH 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.