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Lafayette Co. 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
807 B W 31 St
Higginsville, MO 64037
Phone
(660) 584-7161
District
LAFAYETTE CO. C-1
County
LAFAYETTE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
205
Classroom Teachers
17

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Missouri

3

(10 is best)

Better than 28.4% of all MO schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Lafayette Co. Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 8

50 40 30 20 10 0
32%
40%
36%
40%
28%
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
12
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 73 35.6%
Grade 7 61 29.8%
Grade 8 71 34.6%
Total 205 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 89.9% 90.6% 72.9%
Black 5.5% 4.4% 16.0%
Hispanic 3.5% 4.2% 8.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.5% 0.6% 2.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.5% 0.2% 0.8%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 46.8% 44.8% 43.7%
Free lunch eligible 38.0% 35.6% 39.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 8.8% 9.1% 4.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 6,382 6,177,957
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 52.5 89
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.6% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.6% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 30.4% 32.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.7% 25.2%
65 OR OLDER 23.7% 17.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 2,539 2,458,324
Single Parent Households With Children 8.3% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.5% 91.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 22.6% 31.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 5.2% 14.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.0% 16.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 24.9% 13.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.3% 17.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.6% 16.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.9% 12.3%
$15,000 or less 8.1% 9.3%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,177 $6,238,770 54.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $623 $629,230 5.4%
Staff $149 $150,490 1.3%
General Administration $681 $687,810 6.0%
School Administration $634 $640,340 5.5%
Operation $1,007 $1,017,070 8.8%
Transportation $528 $533,280 4.6%
Other $147 $148,470 1.3%
Total Support $3,767 $3,804,670 33.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,487 $1,501,870 13.0%
Total Expenditures $11,432 $11,546,320 100.0%
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%