📍 720 N Noyes Blvd, St Joseph, Buchanan County, 64506
Bode Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in St Joseph, Buchanan County. The school has 486 pupils enrolled. It is part of the St. Joseph school district. It serves grades 7–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 30.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1. 44% of students are proficient in reading. 29% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Bode Middle enrolls 486 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 30.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% White, 14% Hispanic or Latino and 13% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 279 | 57% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 69 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 61 | 13% |
| Black or African American | 34 | 7% |
| Asian | 24 | 4.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 19 | 3.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
217 of the school's 486 students (45%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 181 qualify for free lunch and 36 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.
Bode Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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 34, state house district 10.
Bode Middle is one of 25 schools in ST. JOSEPH, based in ST JOSEPH, Missouri. The district serves 10,430 students district-wide and employs 722 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 486 students, Bode Middle is larger than the district average of about 417 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small