South Middle School

Size

South Middle School is the 2nd largest of Raytown C-2 School District's 3 middle schools; its 510 students are 6.6% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest middle schools are a median 4.6 miles away and have a median of 480 students, so South 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 6 with 174 students, and its smallest is grade 7 with 167, against an average of 170 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 174 in grade 6 and 169 in grade 8.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Black students are the largest group, at 55.5% of enrollment, a higher share than across Raytown C-2 (50%). Hispanic students are next, at 16.9%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

68.8% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 64.4% across Raytown C-2 and a median of 48.6% for Missouri middle schools. 27.8% 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

South Middle School has 32.29 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.8 students per teacher. At the median Missouri middle school ratio of 13, a school with 510 students would have about 39.2 teachers, so South Middle School has 6.9 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 Hickman Mills Middle School, 1.2 miles away in Hickman Mills C-1 School District. There are 6 middle schools within 5 miles and 24 within 10 miles.

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