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Raytown Middle School

Public middle school in Kansas City, Missouri · Raytown C-2 School District · Grades 6–8

Raytown Middle School serves 667 students in grades 6–8 in Kansas City (Jackson County). It is one of 17 schools in Raytown C-2 School District. By enrollment it is the 93rd largest of 395 public middle schools in Missouri (median 426 students). With 14.5 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than the typical Missouri middle school (13).

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 395 Missouri middle schools with enrollment listed on this site.

667
students
14.5
students per teacher
66%
free/reduced lunch eligible
6–8
grades

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 45.98 full-time-equivalent teachers.

School facts

School typeRegular School
LevelMiddle
Grades6–8
DistrictRaytown C-2 School District
CountyJackson County
Area typeCity, large
School mealsNational School Lunch Program, free or reduced price for eligible students
NCES school ID292607001523

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.

Compared with the district and Missouri

This schoolRaytown C-2Missouri middle schools (median)
Students6677,676426
Students per teacher14.513.213
Free or reduced-price lunch eligible66%64.4%48.6%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 78% of Missouri middle schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.

Raytown Middle School in context

Size

Of the 3 middle schools in Raytown C-2 School District, Raytown Middle School is the largest, with 8.7% of the district's students. Its 8 closest middle schools sit a median 4.8 miles away with a median enrollment of 432; Raytown 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 8 with 238 students, and its smallest is grade 6 with 206, against an average of 222 per grade. This year grade 8 has 16% more students than grade 6 (238 against 206). 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

The largest group is Black students: 48% here and 50% across Raytown C-2. Hispanic students are next, at 20.4%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

66% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 64.4% across Raytown C-2 and a median of 48.6% for Missouri middle schools. 28.2% 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 45.98 full-time-equivalent teachers for 667 students, Raytown Middle School has 14.5 students per teacher. At the median Missouri middle school ratio of 13, a school with 667 students would have about 51.3 teachers, so Raytown Middle School has 5.3 fewer.

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

Location

Raytown Middle School is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other middle school is Raytown Central Middle School, 1.4 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 27 other middle schools, 5 of them within 5 miles.

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

Students by race and ethnicity

Students by race and ethnicity
Black
48%
Hispanic
20.4%
White
19.5%
Two or more races
10.5%
Asian
1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
0.4%
American Indian or Alaska Native
0.1%

47.4% of students are girls and 52.6% are boys.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Students by grade

Students by grade
Grade 6
206
Grade 7
223
Grade 8
238

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Location and contact

4900 Pittman Rd, Kansas City, MO 64133
Phone: (816)268-7360
Website: raytownschools.org

Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Red: Raytown Middle School. Blue: the nearest middle schools.

Nearby middle schools

SchoolDistrictDistanceStudentsPer teacherFree/reduced lunch
Raytown Central Middle SchoolRaytown C-21.4 mi48814.365.8%
Clifford H. Nowlin Middle SchoolIndependence 302.6 mi90216.879.8%
South Middle SchoolRaytown C-24.5 mi51015.868.8%
Central Middle SchoolKansas City 334.7 mi37512.8100%
Hogan Preparatory Academy Middle SchoolHogan Preparatory Academy5.0 mi1346.7100%
Kansas City Girls Prep Middle SchoolKansas City Girls Prep Academy5.1 mi1114.4100%
Hickman Mills Middle SchoolHickman Mills C-15.5 mi59010.2100%
Brookside Charter Middle SchoolBrookside Charter School5.6 mi2258.8100%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.

Other schools in Raytown C-2

SchoolLevelGradesStudents
Blue Ridge Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5299
Eastwood Hills Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5330
Fleetridge Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5355
Laurel Hills Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5344
Little Blue Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5379
New Trails Early Learning CenterPre-KPre-K101
Norfleet Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5329
Raytown Central Middle SchoolMiddle6–8488
Raytown Senior High SchoolHigh9–121,280
Raytown South Senior High SchoolHigh9–121,089
Robinson Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5315
South Middle SchoolMiddle6–8510
Southwood Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5346
Spring Valley Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5353
Three Trails PreschoolPre-KPre-K172
Westridge Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5319