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Pioneer Ridge Middle School

Serves grades 7 - 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
1656 S Speck Rd
Independence, MO 64057
Phone
(816) 521-5385
District
INDEPENDENCE 30
County
JACKSON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
769
Classroom Teachers
46

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Missouri

3

(10 is best)

Better than 22.7% of all MO schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

Pioneer Ridge Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 8

50 40 30 20 10 0
29%
40%
33%
40%
25%
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
17
15
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 7 366 47.6%
Grade 8 403 52.4%
Total 769 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 60.7% 56.2% 72.9%
Black 17.0% 15.9% 16.0%
Hispanic 21.1% 25.4% 8.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.6% 0.9% 2.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.6% 1.6% 0.8%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 55.7% 65.7% 43.7%
Free lunch eligible 44.0% 55.6% 39.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 11.7% 10.1% 4.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 98,800 6,177,957
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,356.8 89
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.2% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.6% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.4% 32.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.8% 25.2%
65 OR OLDER 18.0% 17.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 40,927 2,458,324
Single Parent Households With Children 10.8% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 89.0% 91.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 18.2% 31.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 5.8% 14.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 12.8% 16.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.4% 13.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.4% 17.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 21.6% 16.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 17.2% 12.3%
$15,000 or less 9.8% 9.3%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,494 $78,943,286 42.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $897 $12,888,993 6.9%
Staff $522 $7,500,618 4.0%
General Administration $506 $7,270,714 3.9%
School Administration $727 $10,446,263 5.6%
Operation $1,310 $18,823,390 10.1%
Transportation $532 $7,644,308 4.1%
Other $337 $4,842,353 2.6%
Total Support $4,831 $69,416,639 37.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,636 $37,876,684 20.3%
Total Expenditures $12,961 $186,236,609 100.0%
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%