Summary:
Zip code 62450 has one middle school, Richland County Middle School, serving grades 6–8 and 439 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grades English language arts (ELA) result was 74%, compared with 56% statewide, and its mathematics result was 47%, compared with 40% statewide. Eighth-grade science was 53%, versus 52% statewide. The most important finding is that the school scored above the state in all three reported comparisons, with its clearest advantage in ELA.
There is no top or bottom school to compare within the ZIP code: Richland County Middle School is the only one listed. Within the school, eighth grade stands out in both core subjects: ELA was 77%, versus 69% in seventh grade, and mathematics was 53%, versus 43% in seventh grade. Eighth-grade mathematics also had the largest grade-level advantage over the state, at 18 points; the seventh-grade advantage was 3 points. SchoolDigger gives the school a statewide rank of 342 out of 1,126, at the 70th percentile, and a 3-star rating.
ELA and mathematics results improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while the school’s advantage over the state grew in both subjects. ELA rose 11 points at the school and 3 statewide, widening the school’s lead by 8 points; mathematics rose 8 points at the school and 1 statewide, widening its lead by 7 points. Science was a different pattern: the school rose 1 point, while the state rose 7, leaving the school just 1 point above the state in 2025–2026. Chronic absenteeism was 16.9%, compared with 17.4% in Richland County CUSD 1 and 24% statewide. As context, 55% of students were reported as free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, and the student–teacher ratio was 13.7 that year.
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