Nipher Middle
Kirkwood, MO · Middle School · Grades 6-8
Nipher Middle is a middle school in Kirkwood, MO with 673 students enrolled and a 76% proficiency rate. Part of Kirkwood R-Vii. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Nipher Middle is a middle school located in Kirkwood, Missouri. The school serves 673 students in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.0:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 76% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
11% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Nipher Middle is part of the Kirkwood R-Vii in Missouri.
How This School Compares
Nipher Middle has 673 students enrolled, making it smaller than the average school in Kirkwood R-Vii (686 students). Its 76% proficiency rate is 11 percentage points above the district average of 65%. Compared to the Missouri state average of 49%, the school performs 27 points higher. With a 14.0:1 student-teacher ratio, it offers smaller class sizes than the national average.
Frequently Asked Questions
Nipher Middle has 673 students enrolled in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.0:1.
According to EDFacts data, 76% of students at Nipher Middle meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Nipher Middle is part of the Kirkwood R-Vii in Kirkwood, Missouri. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.