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Enrollment
557
Middle
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNIVERSITY CITY·NCES 293066002511
BRITTANY WOODS
8125 GROBY RD, UNIVERSITY CITY, MO 63130 · (314) 290-4280 · St. Louis County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL557 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Missouri public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
557 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 54%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 172 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 203 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 182 | 33% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 52% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
BRITTANY WOODS→UNIVERSITY CITY SR. HIGH
Based on grade levels within UNIVERSITY CITY. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
20.4%
MO avg 44.9% . -3.3pp since 2021
Math
18.8%
MO avg 43.8% . -1.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.7% | 13.7% | 39.6% | 39.8% |
| Math | 6.5% | 12.3% | 32.1% | 48.9% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.4% | 18.8% |
| 2023-24 | 24.9% | 18.5% |
| 2022-23 | 23.9% | 26.4% |
| 2021-22 | 23.7% | 20.4% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
22.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BRITTANY WOODS
BRITTANY WOODS's state test result (22.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRITTANY WOODS this school | 557 | 100.0% | 22.5% |
| Ewing Marion Kauffman Middle Kansas City | 559 | 100.0% | 39.2% |
| NMS @ Lucas Crossing ST LOUIS | 620 | 99.5% | 8.2% |
| COMPTON-DREW ILC MIDDLE ST LOUIS | 419 | 100.0% | 10.1% |
| NORTH MIDDLE FLORISSANT | 702 | 100.0% | 17.0% |
| CROSS KEYS MIDDLE FLORISSANT | 608 | 100.0% | 13.1% |
Matched among Missouri middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BRITTANY WOODS ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #333 of 379 | #37 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #339 of 380 ▼ 2 | #38 of 51 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #345 of 380 ▼ 16 | #38 of 51 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #73 of 364 | #10 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 557 | #140 of 397 | #31 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #52 of 321 | #4 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.0% | #154 of 321 | #26 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #58 of 379 | #16 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #165 of 224 | #24 of 33 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
557
-24 (-4%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 752
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 12.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 557 | 47.3 | 11.8:1 | 100% (557) |
| 2023-24 | 550 | 51.5 | 10.7:1 | 100% (550) |
| 2022-23 | 532 | 48 | 11.1:1 | 100% (531) |
| 2020-21 | 581 | 47 | 12.4:1 | 97% (564) |
| 2017-18 | 592 | 45.4 | 13.0:1 | 100% (592) |
| 2015-16 | 637 | 46 | 13.8:1 | 67% (428) |
| 2010-11 | 465 | 32 | 14.5:1 | 71% (330) |
| 2000-01 | 652 | 44 | 14.8:1 | 50% (326) |
| 1990-91 | 752 | 47 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BRITTANY WOODS.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (592 to 557); teachers up 4% (45.4 to 47.3).
About BRITTANY WOODS
This page covers BRITTANY WOODS, a mid-sized middle-grades school in UNIVERSITY CITY, Missouri. There are 557 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8. The school is 21% bigger than the average for middle schools in Missouri.
UNIVERSITY CITY operates 7 schools. Combined enrollment is 2,853 students.
The largest group at BRITTANY WOODS is Black students, at 79%. Smaller groups are 9% Hispanic, 8% White, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 24% of St. Louis County residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 36%.
BRITTANY WOODS has 47.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1. Across middle schools in Missouri, the average ratio is 13.0:1. The school has 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in St. Louis County, the average eligibility rate is 43%.
BRITTANY WOODS earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 20% of Missouri public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For BRITTANY WOODS, the prediction is 22.4% and the result is 22.5%.
The school is in St. Louis County, where the median household earns about $82,936 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across St. Louis County, 275 public schools serve about 134,601 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, BARBARA JORDAN ELEM., is about 0.8 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, BRITTANY WOODS ranks 8th of 8 on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, BRITTANY WOODS is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 24 students, from 581 to 557.
The BRITTANY WOODS discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
St. Louis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
995,569
Census ACS
Median income
$82,936
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
275
134,601 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in UNIVERSITY CITY
- UNIVERSITY CITY SR. HIGHHigh · 874 students
- BARBARA JORDAN ELEM.Elementary · 386 students
- FLYNN PARK ELEM.Elementary · 323 students
- JACKSON PARK ELEM.Elementary · 304 students
- PERSHING ELEM.Elementary · 286 students
- JULIA GOLDSTEIN EARLY CHILD.Elementary · 123 students
Other schools in UNIVERSITY CITY
- UNIVERSITY CITY SR. HIGHHigh · 874 students
- BARBARA JORDAN ELEM.Elementary · 386 students
- FLYNN PARK ELEM.Elementary · 323 students
- JACKSON PARK ELEM.Elementary · 304 students
- PERSHING ELEM.Elementary · 286 students
- JULIA GOLDSTEIN EARLY CHILD.Elementary · 123 students
Nearby schools
- BARBARA JORDAN ELEM.0.8 mi · 386
- UNIVERSITY CITY SR. HIGH1.0 mi · 874
- JACKSON PARK ELEM.1.0 mi · 304
- CLAYTON HIGH1.4 mi · 788
- WASHINGTON ELEM.1.5 mi · 244
- REED ELEMENTARY1.5 mi · 410
Frequently asked questions
About BRITTANY WOODSWhat is the total enrollment at BRITTANY WOODS?
BRITTANY WOODS enrolls approximately 557 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does BRITTANY WOODS serve?
BRITTANY WOODS serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does BRITTANY WOODS have?
BRITTANY WOODS employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
How diverse is BRITTANY WOODS?
BRITTANY WOODS reports a student body of 8% White, 9% Hispanic, 79% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is BRITTANY WOODS public or private?
BRITTANY WOODS is a public K-12 school, overseen by UNIVERSITY CITY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.