The top reported proficiency rate is 48% in Math. The lowest is 43% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Savannah Middle
Savannah Middle School serves roughly sixth through eighth graders from the Savannah R-III School District, a small rural county seat in northwest Missouri. The town itself is compact, centered on a traditional courthouse square, and has experienced very slow population growth. A significant share of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting a moderate degree of economic diversity within the school community. The student population is heavily composed of white students, with small numbers of students who are Hispanic, two or more races, Black, Asian, or American Indian or Alaska Native enrolled. The school does not provide data on the share of students with disabilities or English learners in the available information, so a parent seeking those details would need to ask the school directly.
Academically, Savannah Middle shows a pattern that varies by grade level and subject, and the results are a mixed picture compared to other middle schools in the county. On state math assessments, performance shifts noticeably across grades. A strong majority of seventh graders scored proficient or above. Sixth graders also had a solid showing, though it was lower. Eighth graders, however, had a much lower proficiency rate, which is a soft spot a parent may want to look into further with the school, as this grade level appears to be a point of particular struggle in math. In English language arts, the school's results were more consistent but still produced a mixed picture. Roughly half of the sixth graders and eighth graders showed proficiency, while a slightly lower share of seventh graders did the same. On the eighth-grade science assessment, less than half of students demonstrated proficiency. Looking at the school’s overall performance across all tested subjects and grades, the school sits below the midpoint relative to the other districts in Andrew County, indicating that while the school is not at the bottom of the local landscape, it is not among the higher-performing ones. The district does not appear to have recently undergone any notable changes that were publicly reported, so what a family sees now is likely the established pattern.
Savannah Middle is a regular public school and is not a charter or magnet school. The data provided does not include information on course offerings, staffing ratios, discipline rates, or attendance patterns, so a family would need to contact the school to learn about its elective classes, special education supports, extracurriculars, and school climate. The school serves grades six through eight, so there is no graduation rate to examine; that metric applies only to high schools. The town of Savannah itself offers a traditional small-town environment with a courthouse square downtown. Housing values in the area are roughly in line with the statewide median, and mortgage rates are elevated relative to recent history, which is a national context. The school is the middle-level building in a district that includes an elementary school and a high school, and the town’s civic life is anchored by the courthouse, a public library, and a satellite campus of a local community college that opened recently. For a family considering this school, the academic picture is something to explore grade by grade, particularly the dip in eighth-grade math, and the lack of data on student support services and programming would warrant a direct conversation with the school.
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