FESTUS MIDDLE

As a medium-sized junior high in FESTUS, Missouri, FESTUS MIDDLE teaches 486 students from grades 7 through 8, overseen by FESTUS R-VI.

FESTUS R-VI comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,495 students; FESTUS MIDDLE is among them.

On demographics, FESTUS MIDDLE lists that nearly all students (90%) are White. The remainder comes out to 7% multiracial, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, FESTUS MIDDLE has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting FESTUS MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FESTUS MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.6%; this one delivers 53.1%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) records that median household income runs about $82,851, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Jefferson County runs 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,216 students), of which FESTUS MIDDLE is one.

FESTUS ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FESTUS MIDDLE. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FESTUS MIDDLE ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.5%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 3%: 474 students in 2018 compared to 486 in 2025.

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