Congress Middle School

Size

Of the 4 middle schools in Park Hill School District, Congress Middle School is the smallest, with 5% of the district's students. Its 8 closest middle schools sit a median 5 miles away with a median enrollment of 710; Congress Middle School is close to their typical size.

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 204 students, and its smallest is grade 7 with 198, against an average of 200 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 199 in grade 6 and 204 in grade 8.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is White students: 61.7% here and 61.5% across Park Hill. Black students are next, at 14.5%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

30.9% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 29% across Park Hill and a median of 48.6% for Missouri middle schools. 8.7% 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 51.75 full-time-equivalent teachers for 601 students, Congress Middle School has 11.6 students per teacher. At the median Missouri middle school ratio of 13, a school with 601 students would have about 46.2 teachers, so Congress Middle School has 5.5 more.

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

Location

Congress Middle School is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other middle school is Plaza Middle School, 1.6 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 11 other middle schools, 4 of them within 5 miles.

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