STURGEON MIDDLE

STURGEON MIDDLE is a tiny middle school in STURGEON, Missouri, operated by STURGEON R-V. The school works with 79 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 83% below the state mean of about 461.

STURGEON R-V comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,773 students; STURGEON MIDDLE is among them.

In terms of who attends, STURGEON MIDDLE records that nearly all students (97%) are White. The remainder is composed of 3% multiracial. By comparison, Boone County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, STURGEON MIDDLE has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting STURGEON MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, STURGEON MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.6%; this one delivers 70.5%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Boone County indicate median household earnings sit near $72,758, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Boone County runs 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,547 students), of which STURGEON MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: STURGEON ELEMENTARY, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), STURGEON MIDDLE ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 49.5%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 44%: 141 students in 2018 compared to 79 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 in 2025.

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