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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEBB CITY R-VII·NCES 293150002756

WEBB CITY JR. HIGH

807 W FIRST ST, WEBB CITY, MO 64870 · (417) 673-6030 · Jasper County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL709 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% of Missouri public middle schools
  • A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public middle schools

Enrollment
709
Middle
DISTRICT 695 · STATE 461
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
328 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 54%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 736952%
Grade 834048%
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 52% · US 70%
White
58282%
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 67% · US 43%
Hispanic
588%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 9% · US 30%
Black
122%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 15% · US 15%
Asian
30%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 2% · US 6%
Two+
507%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
20%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 0% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
20%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 0% · US 0%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
37553%
Female
33447%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
WEBB CITY JR. HIGH→WEBB CITY HIGH
Feeds from
WEBB CITY MIDDLE05–06
Based on grade levels within WEBB CITY R-VII. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + Advanced
English Language Arts
46.0%
MO avg 44.9% . -7.3pp since 2021
Math
53.3%
MO avg 43.8% . +1.6pp since 2021

What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.

Performance levels, 2024-25

SubjectAdvancedProficientBasicBelow Basic
English Language Arts19.3%26.7%42.3%11.5%
Math26.1%27.2%31.7%14.8%
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.

MAP results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2546.0%53.3%
2023-2450.9%49.9%
2022-2349.4%51.4%
2021-2253.3%51.7%
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
50.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.9pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like WEBB CITY JR. HIGH

WEBB CITY JR. HIGH's state test result (50.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
WEBB CITY JR. HIGH this school70946.3%50.5%
BLACK HAWK MIDDLE
WARRENTON
69644.4%39.4%
WEBB CITY MIDDLE
WEBB CITY
68149.8%50.3%
CAMDENTON MIDDLE
CAMDENTON
59943.7%51.1%
OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE
CAMDENTON
56949.6%48.7%
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MIDDLE
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS
54048.0%32.4%
Matched among Missouri middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where WEBB CITY JR. HIGH ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MissouriIn Jasper County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
50.5%#90 of 379#2 of 8
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
53.3%#106 of 380
▲ 12
#2 of 8
no change
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
46.0%#125 of 380
▼ 58
#4 of 8
▼ 1
3-year test score change
ranked biggest drop first
-2.9pp#68 of 364#2 of 8
Enrollment
ranked largest first
709#71 of 397#3 of 8
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
15.2:1#274 of 321#7 of 8
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
31.4%#175 of 321#6 of 8
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
46.3%#213 of 379#6 of 8
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+10.4%#35 of 91N/A
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
709
-18 (-2%) vs 2020
+28% since 2000-01, when it was 555
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 16.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2570946.615.2:146% (328)
2023-2468747.414.5:149% (335)
2022-2373249.914.7:146% (340)
2020-217274416.5:139% (283)
2017-1864241.915.3:144% (285)
2015-166813917.5:144% (302)
2010-116383717.2:149% (310)
2000-015553217.3:141% (227)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WEBB CITY JR. HIGH.

Since 2017-18: students up 10% (642 to 709); teachers up 11% (41.9 to 46.6).

About WEBB CITY JR. HIGH

WEBB CITY JR. HIGH is one of the public schools in WEBB CITY, Missouri. It is a large middle school. It enrolls 709 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 7 through 8. Middle schools in Missouri have about 461 students on average; enrollment here is 54% higher.

WEBB CITY JR. HIGH is one school in WEBB CITY R-VII, a system of 11 schools with 4,623 students.

The share of White students at WEBB CITY JR. HIGH is 82%. The remaining shares are 8% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. In Jasper County overall, the White share is about 83%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, WEBB CITY JR. HIGH scores 31%.

Classroom staffing at WEBB CITY JR. HIGH totals 46.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.2:1. Statewide, middle schools in Missouri average 13.0:1. Federal data show 46% of students (328) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Jasper County is 57%.

Among Missouri public middle schools, WEBB CITY JR. HIGH outscored 72%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.

On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, WEBB CITY JR. HIGH is 7.9 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 50.5% actual, 42.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Missouri.

Looking at the county, Jasper County, the median household earns about $60,694 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Jasper County has 49 public schools with about 21,177 students, including WEBB CITY JR. HIGH.

WEBB CITY JR. HIGH's closest public school neighbor is EUGENE FIELD ELEM., about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of WEBB CITY JR. HIGH, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 4 nearby schools with scores, WEBB CITY JR. HIGH ranks 1st on average proficiency.

The school's locale code, Suburb: Small, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.

Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 727 in 2020-21, 709 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.5:1 to 15.2:1.

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Jasper County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
124,357
Census ACS
Median income
$60,694
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
21,177 students

Quick facts

School name
WEBB CITY JR. HIGH
District
WEBB CITY R-VII
Address
807 W FIRST ST, WEBB CITY, MO 64870
Phone
(417) 673-6030
County
Jasper County
Level
Middle
Grade range
07–08
Total enrollment
709
Teachers (FTE)
47
Student–teacher ratio
15.2:1
Free and reduced lunch
328 (46%)
Locale
23-Suburb: Small
NCES ID
293150002756
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About WEBB CITY JR. HIGH
What is the total enrollment at WEBB CITY JR. HIGH?
WEBB CITY JR. HIGH enrolls approximately 709 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does WEBB CITY JR. HIGH serve?
WEBB CITY JR. HIGH serves grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at WEBB CITY JR. HIGH?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at WEBB CITY JR. HIGH.
What is the racial breakdown of students at WEBB CITY JR. HIGH?
At WEBB CITY JR. HIGH, the student body is approximately 82% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees WEBB CITY JR. HIGH?
WEBB CITY JR. HIGH is overseen by WEBB CITY R-VII in Jasper County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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