Clifford H. Nowlin Middle School

Size

Of the 4 middle schools in Independence 30 School District, Clifford H. Nowlin Middle School is the largest, with 6.3% of the district's students. The 8 nearest middle schools are a median 4.4 miles away and have a median of 637 students, so Clifford H. Nowlin 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 7 with 322 students, and its smallest is grade 8 with 271, against an average of 301 per grade. This year grade 8 has 12% fewer students than grade 6 (271 against 309). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 36.4% of enrollment, a higher share than across Independence 30 (26.6%). White students are next, at 35%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

79.8% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 73.2% across Independence 30 and a median of 48.6% for Missouri middle schools. 28.9% 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

Clifford H. Nowlin Middle School has 53.85 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.8 students per teacher. At the median Missouri middle school ratio of 13, a school with 902 students would have about 69.4 teachers, so Clifford H. Nowlin Middle School has 15.6 fewer.

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

Location

NCES classifies its location as suburb, large, which means it is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city. The nearest other middle school is Raytown Middle School, 2.6 miles away in Raytown C-2 School District. There are 6 middle schools within 5 miles and 26 within 10 miles.

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