T. S. HILL MIDDLE

T. S. HILL MIDDLE, a mid-sized junior high in DEXTER, Missouri, part of DEXTER R-XI, educates 475 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

DEXTER R-XI comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,008 students; T. S. HILL MIDDLE is among them.

Demographically, T. S. HILL MIDDLE reports that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Stoddard County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, T. S. HILL MIDDLE has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, T. S. HILL MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.4%, the actual is 37.1%, a residual of -13.3 points.

In the surrounding community, Stoddard County reports that median household income runs about $57,957, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Stoddard County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,712 students), T. S. HILL MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

DEXTER HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around T. S. HILL MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts T. S. HILL MIDDLE at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 46.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 3%: 463 students in 2018 compared to 475 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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