TRUMAN MIDDLE

TRUMAN MIDDLE is a medium-sized intermediate school in ST JOSEPH, Missouri, overseen by ST. JOSEPH. The school instructs 486 students in grades 7 through 8.

ST. JOSEPH runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 10,430 students. TRUMAN MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, TRUMAN MIDDLE records that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 13% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 7% Black, 2% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Buchanan County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Buchanan County (around 69%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, TRUMAN MIDDLE sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 49.4%; actual is 27.1%, a gap of -22.3 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Buchanan County indicate median household income runs about $62,158, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. TRUMAN MIDDLE is one of 36 public schools in Buchanan County (combined enrollment of about 11,825 students).

Mark Twain Early Learning Cntr is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TRUMAN MIDDLE at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 43.5%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 494 students in 2018 compared to 486 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 73% to 66% across the same window.

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