TROY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL

TROY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL, a large middle-grades school in MOSCOW MILLS, Missouri, one of the schools within TROY R-III, hosts 760 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 461 students each, so TROY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 65% above that benchmark.

Across the 11 schools in TROY R-III (6,510 students total), TROY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, TROY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%); the rest consists of 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 24% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Lincoln County (around 33%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, TROY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.8%; this one delivers 43.9%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Lincoln County put median household income runs about $89,278, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. TROY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 22 public schools in Lincoln County (combined enrollment of about 9,367 students).

WM. R. CAPPEL ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TROY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 43.4%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. TROY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has climbed 9% since 2018, when it stood at 695 (now 760). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.