📍 2101 N Twyman Rd, Independence, Jackson County, 64058
Fire Prairie Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Independence, Jackson County. The school has 691 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Fort Osage R-I school district. It serves grades 5–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1. 33% of students are proficient in reading. 26% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Fire Prairie Middle enrolls 691 students across grades 5–6. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 69% White, 12% Hispanic or Latino and 10% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 480 | 69% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 85 | 12% |
| Black or African American | 69 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 33 | 4.8% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 15 | 2.2% |
| Asian | 7 | 1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
316 of the school's 691 students (46%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 263 qualify for free lunch and 53 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.
Fire Prairie Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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-60, state senate district 11, state house district 20.
Fire Prairie Middle is one of 11 schools in FORT OSAGE R-I, based in INDEPENDENCE, Missouri. The district serves 4,718 students district-wide and employs 350 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 691 students, Fire Prairie Middle is larger than the district average of about 429 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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