📍 714 S Main, Carthage, Jasper County, 64836
Carthage 6th Grade Center is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Carthage, Jasper County. The school has 359 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Carthage R-Ix school district. It serves grades 6 in a small-town setting. The school employs 31.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1. 40% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Carthage 6th Grade Center enrolls 359 students across grades 6. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 31.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% White, 40% Hispanic or Latino and 1.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 204 | 57% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 143 | 40% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 1.4% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
241 of the school's 359 students (67%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 209 qualify for free lunch and 32 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Carthage 6th Grade Center is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MO-70, state senate district 32, state house district 163.
Carthage 6th Grade Center is one of 11 schools in CARTHAGE R-IX, based in CARTHAGE, Missouri. The district serves 5,070 students district-wide and employs 400 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 359 students, Carthage 6th Grade Center is smaller than the district average of about 461 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe
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