Enrollment
276
Middle
DISTRICT 232 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STOCKTON R-I·NCES 292952000089
STOCKTON MIDDLE
906 SOUTH ST, STOCKTON, MO 65785 · (417) 276-5141 · Cedar County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL276 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Missouri public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-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
11.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
145 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 5 | 82 | 30% |
| Grade 6 | 77 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 60 | 22% |
| Grade 8 | 57 | 21% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
STOCKTON MIDDLE→STOCKTON HIGH
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within STOCKTON R-I. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
37.1%
MO avg 44.9% . -8.5pp since 2021
Math
42.0%
MO avg 43.8% . +4.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.0% | 22.1% | 45.1% | 17.6% |
| Math | 15.0% | 27.0% | 33.0% | 24.8% |
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 | 37.1% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.2% | 42.6% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 46.5% |
| 2021-22 | 45.6% | 38.0% |
% 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
38.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.2%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 STOCKTON MIDDLE
STOCKTON MIDDLE's state test result (38.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| STOCKTON MIDDLE this school | 276 | 52.5% | 38.9% |
| HERMANN MIDDLE HERMANN | 284 | 51.4% | 31.1% |
| MORGAN CO. MIDDLE VERSAILLES | 298 | 54.0% | 33.1% |
| Trenton Middle School Trenton | 299 | 55.2% | 44.3% |
| EL DORADO SPRINGS MIDDLE EL DORADO SPRINGS | 266 | 48.1% | 35.7% |
| CUBA MIDDLE CUBA | 364 | 52.5% | 43.3% |
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 STOCKTON MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #217 of 379 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #209 of 380 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #233 of 380 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.3pp | #77 of 364 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 276 | #283 of 397 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #27 of 321 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.1% | #305 of 321 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.5% | #165 of 379 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #145 of 224 |
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
276
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-17% since 2000-01, when it was 334
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 276 | 24.9 | 11.1:1 | 53% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 291 | 24.1 | 12.1:1 | 45% (130) |
| 2022-23 | 277 | 24.3 | 11.4:1 | 42% (116) |
| 2020-21 | 279 | 23 | 12.1:1 | 54% (151) |
| 2017-18 | 299 | 24.2 | 12.3:1 | 61% (181) |
| 2015-16 | 320 | 24 | 13.3:1 | 62% (197) |
| 2010-11 | 351 | 23 | 15.3:1 | 55% (194) |
| 2000-01 | 334 | 20 | 16.7:1 | 34% (114) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for STOCKTON MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (299 to 276); teachers up 3% (24.2 to 24.9).
About STOCKTON MIDDLE
STOCKTON MIDDLE is a small middle school for students in STOCKTON, Missouri. It had 276 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 5 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Missouri enroll about 461 students on average.
STOCKTON R-I is responsible for 4 schools, STOCKTON MIDDLE included, with 929 students in all.
White students are 95% of those enrolled at STOCKTON MIDDLE. Other reported shares: 3% Hispanic. That is in line with Cedar County, where about 93% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 9%.
There are 24.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 11.1:1. The average for middle schools in Missouri, 13.0:1, is higher. Of all students at STOCKTON MIDDLE, 53% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
STOCKTON MIDDLE earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 37% of Missouri public middle schools.
STOCKTON MIDDLE's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 38.9% is 1.3 points below the 40.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Cedar County show that median household income comes to about $48,181, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Cedar County counts 7 public schools with about 2,080 students.
STOCKTON MIDDLE's nearest public school is LITTLE TIGER PRESCHOOL (less than a tenth of a mile). In all, 3 other public schools sit within five miles of STOCKTON MIDDLE. STOCKTON MIDDLE places 7th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its location is classified as Rural: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 279 in 2020-21, 276 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.1:1.
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Cedar County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
14,615
Census ACS
Median income
$48,181
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
2,080 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in STOCKTON R-I
- STOCKTON ELEM.Elementary · 327 students
- STOCKTON HIGHHigh · 289 students
- LITTLE TIGER PRESCHOOLElementary · 37 students
Other schools in STOCKTON
- STOCKTON ELEM.Elementary · 327 students
- STOCKTON HIGHHigh · 289 students
- LITTLE TIGER PRESCHOOLElementary · 37 students
Other Stockton Middle schools
One other US public school is named Stockton Middle. STOCKTON MIDDLE is the largest of the 2.
- Stockton Middle SchoolStockton, IL · 100 students
Nearby schools
- LITTLE TIGER PRESCHOOL0.0 mi · 37
- STOCKTON ELEM.0.0 mi · 327
- STOCKTON HIGH0.8 mi · 289
- LITTLE STINGERS PRESCHOOL12.5 mi · 19
- FAIR PLAY ELEM.12.5 mi · 212
- FAIR PLAY HIGH12.5 mi · 119
Frequently asked questions
About STOCKTON MIDDLEHow many students attend STOCKTON MIDDLE?
STOCKTON MIDDLE enrolls approximately 276 students in grades 05-08.
Is STOCKTON MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
STOCKTON MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many teachers does STOCKTON MIDDLE have?
STOCKTON MIDDLE employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at STOCKTON MIDDLE?
At STOCKTON MIDDLE, the student body is approximately 95% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees STOCKTON MIDDLE?
STOCKTON MIDDLE is overseen by STOCKTON R-I in Cedar County.
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