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What's the one class at FESTUS INTERMEDIATE every student should take?
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Enrollment
804
Middle
DISTRICT 645 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FESTUS R-VI·NCES 291203002779
FESTUS INTERMEDIATE
1501 MID-MEADOW LN, FESTUS, MO 63028 · (636) 937-4750 · Jefferson County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL804 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
308 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within FESTUS R-VI. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
46.9%
MO avg 49.5% . +21.4pp since 2023
Math
39.3%
MO avg 48.7% . +16.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 21 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
29.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 51% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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
804
+51 (+7%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 18.5:1
% White
88%
was 92%
% Hispanic
2%
was 1%
% Black
2%
was 2%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About FESTUS INTERMEDIATE
FESTUS INTERMEDIATE, a heavily attended middle-grades school in FESTUS, Missouri, one of the schools within FESTUS R-VI, educates 804 students, covering grades 4 through 6. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 461 students each, so FESTUS INTERMEDIATE sits 74% larger than that benchmark.
Across the 5 schools in FESTUS R-VI (3,495 students total), FESTUS INTERMEDIATE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, FESTUS INTERMEDIATE logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%); the rest comes out to 7% multiracial, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 38% of students at FESTUS INTERMEDIATE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, FESTUS INTERMEDIATE sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 50.5%; actual is 29.8%, a gap of -20.7 points.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $82,851 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. FESTUS INTERMEDIATE is one of 69 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 36,216 students).
Nearest neighbor: FESTUS ELEM., around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FESTUS INTERMEDIATE. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FESTUS INTERMEDIATE ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 60.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a residential area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FESTUS INTERMEDIATE has rose 7%, going from 753 students in 2018 to 804 in 2025.
On allk12, the feed for FESTUS INTERMEDIATE typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
229,458
Census ACS
Median income
$82,851
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
36,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FESTUS R-VI
- FESTUS ELEM.Elementary · 1,045 students
- FESTUS SR. HIGHHigh · 1,019 students
- FESTUS MIDDLEMiddle · 486 students
- Festus Early Childhood CenterElementary · 141 students
Other schools in FESTUS
- FESTUS ELEM.Elementary · 1,045 students
- FESTUS SR. HIGHHigh · 1,019 students
- FESTUS MIDDLEMiddle · 486 students
- JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 300 students
- DANBY-RUSH TOWER MIDDLEMiddle · 246 students
- TELEGRAPH INTERMEDIATEElementary · 230 students
Nearby schools
- FESTUS ELEM.0.1 mi · 1,045
- FESTUS SR. HIGH0.2 mi · 1,019
- FESTUS MIDDLE0.3 mi · 486
- Festus Early Childhood Center1.4 mi · 141
- CRYSTAL CITY ELEM.2.0 mi · 324
- CRYSTAL CITY HIGH2.1 mi · 238
Frequently asked questions
About FESTUS INTERMEDIATEHow many students attend FESTUS INTERMEDIATE?
FESTUS INTERMEDIATE enrolls approximately 804 students in grades 04-06.
What grades does FESTUS INTERMEDIATE serve?
FESTUS INTERMEDIATE serves grades 04-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FESTUS INTERMEDIATE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FESTUS INTERMEDIATE is approximately 19.0:1 (42 FTE teachers).
How diverse is FESTUS INTERMEDIATE?
FESTUS INTERMEDIATE reports a student body of 88% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is FESTUS INTERMEDIATE in?
FESTUS INTERMEDIATE is part of FESTUS R-VI.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.