WELLSVILLE-MIDDLETOWN HS

As a minimally staffed secondary school in WELLSVILLE, Missouri, WELLSVILLE-MIDDLETOWN HS enrolls 145 students from grades 6 through 12, overseen by WELLSVILLE MIDDLETOWN R-I. Compared to the state average of about 501 students per school, that is 71% leaner than typical.

WELLSVILLE MIDDLETOWN R-I comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 261 students; WELLSVILLE-MIDDLETOWN HS is among them.

Demographically, WELLSVILLE-MIDDLETOWN HS records that nearly all students (93%) are White; the rest comes out to 5% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Montgomery County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, WELLSVILLE-MIDDLETOWN HS has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WELLSVILLE-MIDDLETOWN HS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.7%.

Around the school, Montgomery County reports that median household earnings sit near $65,500, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Montgomery County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,336 students), WELLSVILLE-MIDDLETOWN HS is one campus in the mix.

WELLSVILLE-MIDDLETOWN ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WELLSVILLE-MIDDLETOWN HS at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.7%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 10%: 162 students in 2018 compared to 145 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 10.3:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 in 2025.

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