WARRENSBURG MIDDLE

WARRENSBURG MIDDLE operates as a roomy junior high in WARRENSBURG, Missouri, run under WARRENSBURG R-VI. Current enrollment sits at 779 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 69% larger than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 461 students.

WARRENSBURG R-VI comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,558 students; WARRENSBURG MIDDLE is among them.

Demographically, WARRENSBURG MIDDLE reports that White students make up the majority at 74%. Other groups include 10% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Johnson County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 60 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. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WARRENSBURG 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 34.0%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Johnson County) logs that median household earnings sit near $67,272, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Johnson County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,058 students), of which WARRENSBURG MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: STERLING ELEM., around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WARRENSBURG MIDDLE comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.7%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Five-year trend. WARRENSBURG MIDDLE's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 764 (now 779). White enrollment moved from 81% to 74% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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