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Robidoux Middle School

Public middle school in St Joseph, Missouri · St. Joseph School District · Grades 6–8

Robidoux Middle School serves 405 students in grades 6–8 in St Joseph (Buchanan County). It is one of 22 schools in St. Joseph School District. By enrollment it is the 207th largest of 395 public middle schools in Missouri (median 426 students). With 13.5 students per full-time teacher, it has about the same as 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.

405
students
13.5
students per teacher
100%
free/reduced lunch eligible
6–8
grades

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 30.07 full-time-equivalent teachers.

School facts

School typeRegular School
LevelMiddle
Grades6–8
DistrictSt. Joseph School District
CountyBuchanan County
Area typeCity, small
School mealsFree meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision)
NCES school ID292706001670

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

Compared with the district and Missouri

This schoolSt. JosephMissouri middle schools (median)
Students40510,430426
Students per teacher13.51313
Free or reduced-price lunch eligible100%74.4%48.6%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 59% 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.

Robidoux Middle School in context

Size

Of the 4 middle schools in St. Joseph School District, Robidoux Middle School is the 3rd largest, with 3.9% of the district's students. The 8 nearest middle schools are a median 10.6 miles away and have a median of 301 students, so Robidoux 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 7 with 160 students, and its smallest is grade 6 with 88, against an average of 135 per grade. This year grade 8 has 78% more students than grade 6 (157 against 88). 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

White students are the largest group, at 63.2% of enrollment, about the same share as across St. Joseph (62%). Two or more races students are next, at 16%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 74.4% across St. Joseph and a median of 48.6% for Missouri middle schools. 40.2% are directly certified for free meals, meaning their families take part in programs such as SNAP or TANF, so no application was needed. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Robidoux Middle School has 30.07 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.5 students per teacher. At the median Missouri middle school ratio of 13, a school with 405 students would have about 31.2 teachers, so Robidoux Middle School has 1.1 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 city, small, which means it is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people. The nearest other middle school is Bode Middle School, 2.3 miles away in the same district. There are 2 middle schools within 5 miles and 4 within 10 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
White
63.2%
Two or more races
16%
Hispanic
11.6%
Black
6.9%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
2%
Asian
0.2%

45.9% of students are girls and 54.1% are boys.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Students by grade

Students by grade
Grade 6
88
Grade 7
160
Grade 8
157

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Location and contact

4212 St Joseph Ave, St Joseph, MO 64505
Phone: (816)671-4350

Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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

Nearby middle schools

SchoolDistrictDistanceStudentsPer teacherFree/reduced lunch
Bode Middle SchoolSt. Joseph2.3 mi48811.840.6%
Truman Middle SchoolSt. Joseph3.5 mi48613.1100%
Spring Garden Middle SchoolSt. Joseph6.2 mi40414.1100%
Savannah Middle SchoolSavannah R-III8.8 mi48813.736.3%
East Buchanan Middle SchoolEast Buchanan County C-1 (025076)12.3 mi16712.421.6%
North Andrew Middle SchoolNorth Andrew County R-VI16.3 mi629.522.6%
North Platte Junior High SchoolNorth Platte County R-I19.6 mi12312.124.4%
Clinton County R-III Middle SchoolClinton County R-III26.6 mi19711.739.1%

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

Other schools in St. Joseph

SchoolLevelGradesStudents
Benton High SchoolHigh9–12682
Bode Middle SchoolMiddle7–8488
Carden Park Elementary SchoolElementaryK–6638
Central High SchoolHigh9–121,733
Coleman Elementary SchoolElementaryK–6388
Edison Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–6362
Ellison Elementary SchoolElementaryK–6343
Field Elementary SchoolElementaryK–6336
Hosea Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5422
Hyde Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5352
Lafayette High SchoolHigh9–12644
Lake Early Learning CenterPre-KPre-K211
Lindbergh Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5431
Mark Twain Early Learning CntrPre-KPre-K232
Oak Grove Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–6502
Parkway Elementary SchoolElementaryK–6438
Pershing Elementary SchoolElementaryK–6285
Pickett Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–6250
Skaith Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–6398
Spring Garden Middle SchoolMiddle6–8404
Truman Middle SchoolMiddle7–8486