FERGUSON MIDDLE

Located at 701 JANUARY AVE, in FERGUSON, Missouri, FERGUSON MIDDLE is a mid-tier middle-grades school that educates 582 students (grades 7 through 8), one of the schools within FERGUSON-FLORISSANT R-II. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 461 students each, so FERGUSON MIDDLE sits 26% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 23 schools in FERGUSON-FLORISSANT R-II (8,809 students total), FERGUSON MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, FERGUSON MIDDLE records that nearly all students (87%) are Black; the rest consists of 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% White. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

In terms of school funding signals, FERGUSON MIDDLE lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Roughly 65% of students at FERGUSON MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of St. Louis County's rate of about 43%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FERGUSON MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.1%, the actual is 65.3%, a residual of +15.2 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for St. Louis County indicate median household income runs about $82,936, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), FERGUSON MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is JOHNSON WABASH 6TH GRADE CTR, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FERGUSON MIDDLE ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 35.4%.

FERGUSON MIDDLE operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 3%: 601 students in 2018 compared to 582 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for FERGUSON MIDDLE typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.