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Festus 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 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
1717 W Main
Festus, MO 63028
Phone
(636) 937-5417
District
FESTUS R-VI
County
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
552
Classroom Teachers
30

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Missouri

9

(10 is best)

Better than 84.3% of all MO schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

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

Grade 7

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
50%
38%
47%
38%
52%
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
60%
41%
62%
43%
57%
39%
60%
41%
62%
43%
57%
39%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 15 10 5 0
18
17
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 7 269 48.7%
Grade 8 283 51.3%
Total 552 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 93.1% 93.8% 72.4%
Black 3.7% 2.9% 16.0%
Hispanic 2.4% 2.2% 8.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.6% 0.8% 2.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.2% 0.8%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 40.9% 37.8% 47.6%
Free lunch eligible 34.4% 30.3% 40.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 6.5% 7.5% 6.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 19,283 6,177,957
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 639.9 89
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.2% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.9% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 32.0% 32.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.6% 25.2%
65 OR OLDER 17.3% 17.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,562 2,458,324
Single Parent Households With Children 11.0% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.3% 91.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 23.4% 31.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 14.1% 14.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.5% 16.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.0% 13.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.8% 17.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.6% 16.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.9% 12.3%
$15,000 or less 9.9% 9.3%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,602 $18,569,000 57.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $371 $1,230,000 3.8%
Staff $198 $657,000 2.0%
General Administration $420 $1,392,000 4.3%
School Administration $419 $1,388,000 4.3%
Operation $984 $3,261,000 10.0%
Transportation $403 $1,336,000 4.1%
Other $2 $5,000 0.0%
Total Support $2,796 $9,269,000 28.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,436 $4,759,000 14.6%
Total Expenditures $9,833 $32,597,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,684 $5,963,718,000 48.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $844 $752,668,000 6.1%
Staff $459 $409,290,000 3.3%
General Administration $708 $631,865,000 5.1%
School Administration $695 $620,447,000 5.0%
Operation $1,196 $1,066,703,000 8.6%
Transportation $529 $471,790,000 3.8%
Other $280 $249,480,000 2.0%
Total Support $4,710 $4,202,243,000 33.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,505 $2,235,181,000 18.0%
Total Expenditures $13,899 $12,401,142,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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