Bode Middle School

Size

Bode Middle School is the largest of St. Joseph School District's 4 middle schools; its 488 students are 4.7% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest middle schools sit a median 10.8 miles away with a median enrollment of 301; Bode Middle School is larger than most of them.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 8 with 246 students, and its smallest is grade 7 with 242, against an average of 244 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 242 in grade 7 and 246 in grade 8.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is White students: 58.2% here and 62% across St. Joseph. Hispanic students are next, at 13.5%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

40.6% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 74.4% across St. Joseph and a median of 48.6% for Missouri middle schools. 17.8% are directly certified for free meals, meaning their families take part in programs such as SNAP or TANF, so no application was needed. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

With 41.29 full-time-equivalent teachers for 488 students, Bode Middle School has 11.8 students per teacher. At the median Missouri middle school ratio of 13, a school with 488 students would have about 37.5 teachers, so Bode Middle School has 3.8 more.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri middle schools (13).

Location

Bode Middle School is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people, which NCES calls city, small. The nearest other middle school is Truman Middle School, 1.2 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 3 other middle schools, 3 of them within 5 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.