Lewis and Clark Middle School

Size

Of the 2 middle schools in Jefferson City School District, Lewis and Clark Middle School is the largest, with 11.4% of the district's students. Its 8 closest middle schools sit a median 19.8 miles away with a median enrollment of 454; Lewis and Clark 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 6 with 330 students, and its smallest is grade 7 with 307, against an average of 322 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 330 in grade 6 and 329 in grade 8.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is White students: 61.4% here and 60% across Jefferson City. Black students are next, at 19.3%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

54.2% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 55.7% across Jefferson City and a median of 48.6% for Missouri middle schools. 23.4% 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 83.11 full-time-equivalent teachers for 966 students, Lewis and Clark Middle School has 11.6 students per teacher. At the median Missouri middle school ratio of 13, a school with 966 students would have about 74.3 teachers, so Lewis and Clark Middle School has 8.8 more.

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

Location

Lewis and Clark Middle School is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people, which NCES calls city, small. The nearest other middle school is Blair Oaks Middle School, 4.8 miles away in Blair Oaks R-II School District. Within 10 miles there are 2 other middle schools, 1 of them within 5 miles.

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