CROSS KEYS MIDDLE

Located at 14205 COUGAR DR, in FLORISSANT, Missouri, CROSS KEYS MIDDLE is a mid-tier middle school that instructs 608 students (grades 7 through 8), one of the schools within FERGUSON-FLORISSANT R-II. Enrollment runs roughly 32% above the state mean of about 461.

FERGUSON-FLORISSANT R-II comprises 23 schools with combined enrollment of 8,809 students; CROSS KEYS MIDDLE is among them.

In terms of who attends, CROSS KEYS MIDDLE records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (88%). The remainder reads as 5% White, 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, St. Louis County as a whole is about 24% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting CROSS KEYS MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above St. Louis County's rate of about 43%.

After controlling for student poverty, CROSS KEYS MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.3%.

In the area at large, St. Louis County reports that median household income runs about $82,936, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across St. Louis County's 275 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students), CROSS KEYS MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: WEDGWOOD 6TH GRADE CENTER, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CROSS KEYS MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CROSS KEYS MIDDLE at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 58.5%.

CROSS KEYS MIDDLE operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CROSS KEYS MIDDLE has fell 20%, going from 764 students in 2018 to 608 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment increased from 77% to 88% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.