Middle · Missouri
Danby-Rush Tower Middle
Danby-Rush Tower Middle, a public middle school in Festus, Missouri: grades 6–8, 246 students, 13.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Jefferson Co. R-VII.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 246
- Teachers (FTE)
- 18.8
- Students per teacher
- 13.1
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 51% of middle schools in Missouri
Median 13.0 · 395 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 65% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 76% of middle schools in Missouri
Median 426 · 395 schools compared
Smaller than 82% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Missouri's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Missouri: 42%49%proficient
−2.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 75% of middle schools in Missouri
Median 40% · 386 middle schools compared
163 students tested, grades 6, 7 · MAP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Math
Missouri: 41%44%proficient
+2.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 60% of middle schools in Missouri
Median 41% · 389 middle schools compared
136 students tested, grades 6, 8 · MAP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 6–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Rural area near a city
- Run by
- Jefferson Co. R-VII
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Jefferson Co. R-VII.
Location
- Address
- 1250 Dooling Hollow Rd, Festus, MO 63028
- Phone
- (636)937-9188
- County
- Jefferson County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7–8 | 486 | 15.3 | |
| 4–6 | 804 | 19.0 | |
| 6–8 | 347 | 16.1 | |
| 6–8 | 77 | 10.2 | |
| 7–8 | 338 | 11.8 | |
| 7–8 | 492 | 15.7 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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