Paul Kinder Middle School

Size

Paul Kinder Middle School is the largest of Blue Springs R-IV School District's 4 middle schools; its 919 students are 6.3% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest middle schools are a median 4.2 miles away and have a median of 738 students, so Paul Kinder 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 7 with 324 students, and its smallest is grade 8 with 294, against an average of 306 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 301 in grade 6 and 294 in grade 8.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

White students are the largest group, at 62.1% of enrollment, about the same share as across Blue Springs R-IV (64.6%). Black students are next, at 13.9%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

38.8% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 30.6% across Blue Springs R-IV and a median of 48.6% for Missouri middle schools. 14.4% 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

Paul Kinder Middle School has 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.1 students per teacher. At the median Missouri middle school ratio of 13, a school with 919 students would have about 70.7 teachers, so Paul Kinder Middle School has 13.7 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 Brittany Hill Middle School, 2.7 miles away in the same district. There are 6 middle schools within 5 miles and 14 within 10 miles.

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