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Enrollment
827
Middle
DISTRICT 787 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANCIS HOWELL R-III·NCES 292895002698
BRYAN MIDDLE
605 INDEPENDENCE RD, ST CHARLES, MO 63304 · (636) 851-5800 · St. Charles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL827 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
140 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
66.1%
MO avg 49.5% . +13.5pp since 2023
Math
55.0%
MO avg 48.7% . +18.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). 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
57.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.0%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
827
-64 (-7%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 16.1:1
% White
73%
was 80%
% Hispanic
6%
was 3%
% Black
10%
was 9%
% Asian
5%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BRYAN MIDDLE
BRYAN MIDDLE is one of the sizable junior highs in ST CHARLES, Missouri, overseen by FRANCIS HOWELL R-III, with 827 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 79% bigger than the state mean of about 461.
FRANCIS HOWELL R-III comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 17,047 students; BRYAN MIDDLE is among them.
Looking at the student body, BRYAN MIDDLE shows that White students make up the majority at 73%. Other groups include 10% Black, 6% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, The school lists 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. An estimated 17% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BRYAN MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.0%, the actual is 57.9%, a residual of +7.0 points.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (St. Charles County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $104,692 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, St. Charles County runs 93 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,314 students), of which BRYAN MIDDLE is one.
INDEPENDENCE ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BRYAN MIDDLE ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 60.5%.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BRYAN MIDDLE has ticked down 7%, going from 891 students in 2018 to 827 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 80% to 73% over that span.
On this page, members of the BRYAN MIDDLE community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
St. Charles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
414,535
Census ACS
Median income
$104,692
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
93
59,314 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FRANCIS HOWELL R-III
- FRANCIS HOWELL HIGHHigh · 1,843 students
- FRANCIS HOWELL CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 1,750 students
- FRANCIS HOWELL NORTH HIGHHigh · 1,716 students
- FAIRMOUNT ELEM.Elementary · 971 students
- CENTRAL ELEM.Elementary · 865 students
- CASTLIO ELEM.Elementary · 847 students
Other schools in ST CHARLES
- FRANCIS HOWELL HIGHHigh · 1,843 students
- FRANCIS HOWELL CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 1,750 students
- FRANCIS HOWELL NORTH HIGHHigh · 1,716 students
- CENTRAL ELEM.Elementary · 865 students
- CASTLIO ELEM.Elementary · 847 students
- BECKY-DAVID ELEM.Elementary · 812 students
Nearby schools
- INDEPENDENCE ELEM.0.3 mi · 762
- EARLY CHILD. FAMILY EDUC. CTR0.4 mi · 224
- FRANCIS HOWELL MIDDLE0.9 mi · 799
- SAEGER MIDDLE2.7 mi · 750
- FRANCIS HOWELL CENTRAL HIGH2.8 mi · 1,750
- FRANCIS HOWELL HIGH2.8 mi · 1,843
Frequently asked questions
About BRYAN MIDDLEHow large is BRYAN MIDDLE?
BRYAN MIDDLE enrolls approximately 827 students in grades 06-08.
Is BRYAN MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
BRYAN MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does BRYAN MIDDLE have?
BRYAN MIDDLE employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the student diversity at BRYAN MIDDLE?
Student demographics at BRYAN MIDDLE are roughly 73% White, 6% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is BRYAN MIDDLE public or private?
BRYAN MIDDLE is a public K-12 school, overseen by FRANCIS HOWELL R-III.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.