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Bridger Middle, Independence, MO

Bridger Middle is a public middle school in Independence, part of Independence 30 School District. It enrolled 744 students in 2024-25, with 15.8 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "BRIDGER MIDDLE".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
744
Teachers (FTE)
47.0
Students per teacher
15.8
Grades
6

This school's ratio is 1.1 higher than the district figure of 14.7. The Missouri average across schools is 13.0. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.8
District14.7
Missouri13.0
United States15.3

School details

Address
18200 E M-78 Hwy, Independence, MO 64057
Phone
(816)521-5375
District
Independence 30 School District
County
Jackson County
Level
Middle
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
291548000709
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
435
Reduced-price lunch
103
Free or reduced-price lunch
53872.3% of enrollment.
Direct certification
218Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other middle schools in Independence 30 School District

Middle schools elsewhere in Independence

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.