WM. N. CLARK MIDDLE

Set in FAYETTE, Missouri, WM. N. CLARK MIDDLE is an one-room-style middle-grades school, part of FAYETTE R-III. It enrolls 155 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 66% smaller than the state mean of about 461.

FAYETTE R-III runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 667 students. WM. N. CLARK MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, WM. N. CLARK MIDDLE lists that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 9% multiracial, 6% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school lists 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. The state averages about 13.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Howard County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, WM. N. CLARK MIDDLE falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 50.3%; this one comes in at 30.3%, -20.0 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Howard County indicate the typical household earns roughly $65,938 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WM. N. CLARK MIDDLE is one of 7 public schools in Howard County (combined enrollment of about 1,373 students).

LAURENCE J. DALY ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around WM. N. CLARK MIDDLE. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WM. N. CLARK MIDDLE ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 52.1%.

WM. N. CLARK MIDDLE operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 14%: 136 students in 2018 compared to 155 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.