📍 1 Tiger Dr, St James, Phelps County, 65559
St. James Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in St James, Phelps County. The school has 370 pupils enrolled. It is part of the St. James R-I school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1. 45% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
St. James Middle enrolls 370 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 26 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 93% White, 2.7% Black or African American and 1.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 344 | 93% |
| Black or African American | 10 | 2.7% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 1.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | 1.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
195 of the school's 370 students (53%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 154 qualify for free lunch and 41 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.
St. James Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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-80, state senate district 16, state house district 120.
St. James Middle is one of 3 schools in ST. JAMES R-I, based in ST JAMES, Missouri. The district serves 1,559 students district-wide and employs 127 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 370 students, St. James Middle is smaller than the district average of about 520 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant