1
What's the best and worst thing about the food at CENTRAL MIDDLE?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
692
Middle
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAZELWOOD·NCES 291383003000
CENTRAL MIDDLE
13450 OLD JAMESTOWN RD, FLORISSANT, MO 63031 · (314) 953-7400 · St. Louis County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL692 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of Missouri public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
14.8:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
692 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 | 241 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 259 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 192 | 28% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
16.5%
MO avg 44.9% . -5.3pp since 2021
Math
13.4%
MO avg 43.8% . -8.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.4% | 11.1% | 43.2% | 40.2% |
| Math | 3.0% | 10.4% | 35.3% | 51.1% |
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 | 16.5% | 13.4% |
| 2023-24 | 12.0% | 13.8% |
| 2022-23 | 15.4% | 11.1% |
| 2021-22 | 21.8% | 21.5% |
% 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
11.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% 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 CENTRAL MIDDLE
CENTRAL MIDDLE's state test result (11.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENTRAL MIDDLE this school | 692 | 100.0% | 11.9% |
| CROSS KEYS MIDDLE FLORISSANT | 608 | 100.0% | 13.1% |
| SOUTHEAST MIDDLE ST LOUIS | 491 | 100.0% | 8.5% |
| NORTH MIDDLE FLORISSANT | 702 | 100.0% | 17.0% |
| Ewing Marion Kauffman Middle Kansas City | 559 | 100.0% | 39.2% |
| KIPP INSPIRE ACADEMY ST LOUIS | 409 | 100.0% | 12.3% |
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 | 11.9% | #359 of 379 | #44 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.4% | #354 of 380 ▼ 6 | #42 of 51 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #353 of 380 ▲ 11 | #40 of 51 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.7pp | #28 of 364 | #4 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 692 | #81 of 397 | #17 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #261 of 321 | #33 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.5% | #303 of 321 | #42 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #27 of 379 | #8 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.8% | #28 of 224 | #7 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
692
-81 (-10%) vs 2020
-4% since 2010-11, when it was 724
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 692 | 46.7 | 14.8:1 | 100% (692) |
| 2023-24 | 626 | 41 | 15.3:1 | 72% (449) |
| 2022-23 | 707 | 38.8 | 18.2:1 | 68% (478) |
| 2020-21 | 773 | 49 | 15.8:1 | 75% (580) |
| 2017-18 | 908 | 51.3 | 17.7:1 | 74% (675) |
| 2015-16 | 664 | 49 | 13.6:1 | 68% (449) |
| 2010-11 | 724 | 58 | 12.5:1 | 63% (453) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CENTRAL MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (908 to 692); teachers down 9% (51.3 to 46.7).
About CENTRAL MIDDLE
CENTRAL MIDDLE is a middle-grades school in FLORISSANT, Missouri, reachable at (314) 953-7400. Its 692 students are spread across grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 50% bigger than the 461 average for middle schools in Missouri.
HAZELWOOD runs 31 schools with a combined 16,321 students. CENTRAL MIDDLE is one of them.
CENTRAL MIDDLE's enrollment is 95% Black. It is also 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of St. Louis County is roughly 24% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 10% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
CENTRAL MIDDLE employs 46.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 14.8:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Missouri. CENTRAL MIDDLE's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 100%. The rate at public schools in St. Louis County averages 43%, lower than here.
CENTRAL MIDDLE is graded F by allk12, scoring above 2% of Missouri public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 22.4% for CENTRAL MIDDLE. The school posts 11.9%, 10.5 points below the prediction.
St. Louis County has about 995,569 residents, and the median household income is $82,936, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. In all, St. Louis County has 275 public schools and roughly 134,601 students.
The closest other public school is JAMESTOWN ELEM., about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 11.9% is below the 45.7% average for nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
CENTRAL MIDDLE's enrollment declined from 773 in 2020-21 to 692 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 HAZELWOOD
- HAZELWOOD WEST HIGHHigh · 1,994 students
- HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 1,718 students
- HAZELWOOD EAST HIGHHigh · 1,310 students
- NORTHWEST MIDDLEMiddle · 770 students
- WEST MIDDLEMiddle · 724 students
- NORTH MIDDLEMiddle · 702 students
Other schools in FLORISSANT
- HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 1,718 students
- MCCLUER HIGHHigh · 1,075 students
- MCCLUER NORTH HIGHHigh · 1,059 students
- NORTH TECHNICALHigh · 833 students
- NORTHWEST MIDDLEMiddle · 770 students
- NORTH MIDDLEMiddle · 702 students
Other Central Middle schools
49 other US public schools in 25 states are named Central Middle. CENTRAL MIDDLE is the 16th largest of the 50.
- CENTRAL MIDDLECHESTERFIELD, MO · 881 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
- JAMESTOWN ELEM.0.5 mi · 314
- EAST EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER0.8 mi · 86
- TOWNSEND ELEM.0.8 mi · 351
- JURY ELEM.1.4 mi · 480
- ARROWPOINT ELEM.1.5 mi · 371
- GRANNEMANN ELEM.1.6 mi · 438
Frequently asked questions
About CENTRAL MIDDLEHow large is CENTRAL MIDDLE?
CENTRAL MIDDLE enrolls approximately 692 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 14.8:1 students per teacher at CENTRAL MIDDLE.
How diverse is CENTRAL MIDDLE?
CENTRAL MIDDLE reports a student body of 1% White, 1% Hispanic, 95% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees CENTRAL MIDDLE?
CENTRAL MIDDLE is overseen by HAZELWOOD in St. Louis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.