Plaza Middle School

Size

Plaza Middle School is the 2nd largest of Park Hill School District's 4 middle schools; its 673 students are 5.6% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest middle schools are a median 4.6 miles away and have a median of 710 students, so Plaza 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 244 students, and its smallest is grade 8 with 211, against an average of 224 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 218 in grade 6 and 211 in grade 8.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

White students are the largest group, at 55.6% of enrollment, a lower share than across Park Hill (61.5%). Black students are next, at 17.5%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

34.6% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 29% across Park Hill and a median of 48.6% for Missouri middle schools. 11.1% 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

Plaza Middle School has 54.45 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.4 students per teacher. At the median Missouri middle school ratio of 13, a school with 673 students would have about 51.8 teachers, so Plaza Middle School has 2.7 more.

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 city, large, which means it is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more. The nearest other middle school is Lakeview Middle School, 0.9 miles away in the same district. There are 4 middle schools within 5 miles and 10 within 10 miles.

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