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Diamond Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
401 S Main
Diamond, MO 64840
Phone
(417) 325-5336
District
DIAMOND R-IV
County
NEWTON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
166
Classroom Teachers
13

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Missouri

2

(10 is best)

Better than 10.9% of all MO schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

2

(10 is best)

Diamond Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 8

50 40 30 20 10 0
21%
40%
26%
40%
16%
39%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
12
13
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 42 25.3%
Grade 7 65 39.2%
Grade 8 59 35.5%
Total 166 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 88.0% 90.5% 72.9%
Black 1.3% 1.0% 16.0%
Hispanic 6.3% 4.1% 8.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.6% 0.9% 2.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 3.8% 3.6% 0.8%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 49.4% 38.3% 43.7%
Free lunch eligible 40.4% 32.0% 39.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 9.0% 6.3% 4.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 6,163 6,177,957
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 75.5 89
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.4% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.5% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 30.8% 32.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.6% 25.2%
65 OR OLDER 19.7% 17.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 2,142 2,458,324
Single Parent Households With Children 4.5% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.9% 91.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 21.7% 31.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 9.7% 14.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.6% 16.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.2% 13.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.2% 17.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 25.5% 16.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.1% 12.3%
$15,000 or less 5.7% 9.3%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,548 $3,911,340 43.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $394 $277,770 3.1%
Staff $532 $375,060 4.1%
General Administration $647 $456,135 5.0%
School Administration $789 $556,245 6.1%
Operation $1,430 $1,008,150 11.1%
Transportation $462 $325,710 3.6%
Other $0 $0 0.0%
Total Support $4,254 $2,999,070 33.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,070 $2,164,350 23.8%
Total Expenditures $12,871 $9,074,055 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,511 $5,795,155,054 47.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $803 $714,661,677 5.9%
Staff $451 $401,478,432 3.3%
General Administration $659 $586,244,964 4.8%
School Administration $683 $607,519,509 5.0%
Operation $1,159 $1,031,529,375 8.4%
Transportation $563 $501,220,569 4.1%
Other $256 $227,837,374 1.9%
Total Support $4,573 $4,070,502,909 33.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,631 $2,341,852,253 19.2%
Total Expenditures $13,715 $12,207,556,350 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%