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Enrollment
881
Middle
DISTRICT 770 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARKWAY C-2·NCES 292358001547
CENTRAL MIDDLE
471 N WOODS MILL RD, CHESTERFIELD, MO 63017 · (314) 415-7800 · St. Louis County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL881 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
150 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 | 294 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 295 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 292 | 33% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
56.5%
MO avg 44.9% . -3.2pp since 2021
Math
54.1%
MO avg 43.8% . -6.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 30.4% | 26.1% | 31.5% | 11.8% |
| Math | 28.9% | 25.2% | 29.7% | 15.9% |
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 | 56.5% | 54.1% |
| 2023-24 | 55.7% | 51.6% |
| 2022-23 | 59.7% | 56.9% |
| 2021-22 | 59.7% | 60.2% |
% 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
54.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.5%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 CENTRAL MIDDLE
CENTRAL MIDDLE's state test result (54.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENTRAL MIDDLE this school | 881 | 17.0% | 54.1% |
| SOUTH MIDDLE MANCHESTER | 542 | 16.2% | 60.0% |
| WEST MIDDLE CHESTERFIELD | 814 | 10.6% | 66.6% |
| WYDOWN MIDDLE CLAYTON | 604 | 11.6% | 70.3% |
| WILDWOOD MIDDLE WILDWOOD | 538 | 13.4% | 65.0% |
| SOUTHWEST MIDDLE BALLWIN | 803 | 16.6% | 50.7% |
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 CENTRAL MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #64 of 379 | #19 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #98 of 380 ▲ 3 | #22 of 51 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #49 of 380 ▼ 7 | #17 of 51 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.7pp | #43 of 364 | #6 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 881 | #28 of 397 | #6 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #203 of 321 | #24 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.8% | #44 of 321 | #9 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.0% | #351 of 379 | #36 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.2% | #224 of 224 | #33 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
881
0 (0%) vs 2020
-12% since 2000-01, when it was 1,003
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 881 | 63.7 | 13.8:1 | 17% (150) |
| 2023-24 | 895 | 67.4 | 13.3:1 | 16% (145) |
| 2022-23 | 925 | 68.4 | 13.5:1 | 14% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 881 | 65 | 13.6:1 | 20% (175) |
| 2017-18 | 883 | 69.3 | 12.8:1 | 20% (174) |
| 2015-16 | 947 | 70 | 13.5:1 | 17% (158) |
| 2010-11 | 892 | 64 | 13.9:1 | 10% (93) |
| 2000-01 | 1,003 | 62 | 16.2:1 | 15% (151) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CENTRAL MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (883 to 881); teachers down 8% (69.3 to 63.7).
About CENTRAL MIDDLE
CENTRAL MIDDLE is a high-enrollment middle-grades school found in CHESTERFIELD, Missouri. Its enrollment is 881 students, spread over grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in Missouri, the average enrollment is about 461.
CENTRAL MIDDLE is part of PARKWAY C-2, where 29 schools serve 16,759 students.
The largest group at CENTRAL MIDDLE is White students, at 58%. Other groups include 15% Black, 14% Asian, 7% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 62%.
There are 63.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.8:1. Across middle schools in Missouri, the average ratio is 13.0:1. Of all students at CENTRAL MIDDLE, 17% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 26 points below the 43% average for public schools in St. Louis County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, CENTRAL MIDDLE falls in the middle 80% of Missouri schools: 54.1% actual against 53.5% predicted.
In St. Louis County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $82,936 a year, roughly 47% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting CENTRAL MIDDLE, St. Louis County has 275 public schools.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, CENTRAL HIGH, is the closest to CENTRAL MIDDLE. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of CENTRAL MIDDLE. Among its closest neighbors with test data, CENTRAL MIDDLE is 3rd of 9 on proficiency.
The NCES locale for CENTRAL MIDDLE is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 881 in 2020-21, 881 in 2024-25.
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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 PARKWAY C-2
- SOUTH HIGHHigh · 1,485 students
- WEST HIGHHigh · 1,417 students
- CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 1,281 students
- NORTH HIGHHigh · 990 students
- WEST MIDDLEMiddle · 814 students
- NORTHEAST MIDDLEMiddle · 812 students
Other schools in CHESTERFIELD
- MARQUETTE SR. HIGHHigh · 2,095 students
- CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 1,281 students
- WEST MIDDLEMiddle · 814 students
- ROCKWOOD CTR. EARLY CHILD. ED.Elementary · 646 students
- KEHRS MILL ELEM.Elementary · 555 students
- WILD HORSE ELEM.Elementary · 464 students
Other Central Middle schools
49 other US public schools in 25 states are named Central Middle. CENTRAL MIDDLE is the 11th largest of the 50.
- CENTRAL MIDDLEFLORISSANT, MO · 692 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLECAPE GIRARDEAU, MO · 623 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLEPARK HILLS, MO · 442 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOLKANSAS CITY, MO · 375 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOLNEW MADRID, MO · 276 students
Nearby schools
- CENTRAL HIGH0.3 mi · 1,281
- RIVER BEND ELEM.1.0 mi · 380
- GREEN TRAILS ELEM.1.3 mi · 345
- BELLERIVE ELEM.1.5 mi · 400
- SHENANDOAH VALLEY ELEM.2.0 mi · 387
- MASON RIDGE ELEM.2.4 mi · 405
Frequently asked questions
About CENTRAL MIDDLEHow many students attend CENTRAL MIDDLE?
CENTRAL MIDDLE enrolls approximately 881 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does CENTRAL MIDDLE serve?
CENTRAL MIDDLE serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at CENTRAL MIDDLE?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at CENTRAL MIDDLE.
What is the student diversity at CENTRAL MIDDLE?
Student demographics at CENTRAL MIDDLE are roughly 58% White, 7% Hispanic, 15% Black, 14% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees CENTRAL MIDDLE?
CENTRAL MIDDLE is overseen by PARKWAY C-2 in St. Louis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.