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Enrollment
411
Middle
DISTRICT 352 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STRAFFORD R-VI·NCES 292964001479
STRAFFORD MIDDLE
213 W MCCABE, STRAFFORD, MO 65757 · (417) 736-7000 · Greene County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL411 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
161 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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
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
STRAFFORD MIDDLE→STRAFFORD HIGH
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within STRAFFORD R-VI. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
54.0%
MO avg 49.5% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
51.6%
MO avg 48.7% . +11.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 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
56.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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
411
+148 (+56%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 14.7:1
% White
92%
was 95%
% Hispanic
1%
was 0%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About STRAFFORD MIDDLE
STRAFFORD MIDDLE operates as a mid-sized junior high in STRAFFORD, Missouri, overseen by STRAFFORD R-VI. Current enrollment sits at 411 students spanning grades 5 through 8.
Across the 4 schools in STRAFFORD R-VI (1,408 students total), STRAFFORD MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, STRAFFORD MIDDLE logs that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 5% multiracial.
Looking at school resources, STRAFFORD MIDDLE lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting STRAFFORD MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Greene County (around 47%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
After controlling for student poverty, STRAFFORD MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.5%; this one delivers 56.4%.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Greene County indicate median household income runs about $61,479, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. STRAFFORD MIDDLE is one of 97 public schools in Greene County (combined enrollment of about 42,423 students).
Nearest neighbor: STRAFFORD HIGH, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around STRAFFORD MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, STRAFFORD MIDDLE comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 54.5%.
The school occupies a countryside site.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 56%: 263 students in 2018 compared to 411 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.
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Greene County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
303,375
Census ACS
Median income
$61,479
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
97
42,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in STRAFFORD R-VI
- STRAFFORD HIGHHigh · 437 students
- STRAFFORD ELEM.Elementary · 380 students
- COGDILL EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERElementary · 180 students
Other schools in STRAFFORD
- STRAFFORD HIGHHigh · 437 students
- STRAFFORD ELEM.Elementary · 380 students
- COGDILL EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERElementary · 180 students
Nearby schools
- STRAFFORD HIGH0.1 mi · 437
- COGDILL EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER0.1 mi · 180
- STRAFFORD ELEM.0.2 mi · 380
- HICKORY HILLS ELEM.5.4 mi · 340
- HICKORY HILLS MIDDLE5.4 mi · 456
- SHADY DELL EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR7.3 mi · 155
Frequently asked questions
About STRAFFORD MIDDLEWhat is the total enrollment at STRAFFORD MIDDLE?
STRAFFORD MIDDLE enrolls approximately 411 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does STRAFFORD MIDDLE serve?
STRAFFORD MIDDLE serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at STRAFFORD MIDDLE?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at STRAFFORD MIDDLE.
What is the student diversity at STRAFFORD MIDDLE?
Student demographics at STRAFFORD MIDDLE are roughly 92% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is STRAFFORD MIDDLE public or private?
STRAFFORD MIDDLE is a public K-12 school, overseen by STRAFFORD R-VI.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.