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Enrollment
570
Middle
DISTRICT 590 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOX C-6·NCES 291230000500
FOX MIDDLE
743 JEFFCO BLVD, ARNOLD, MO 63010 · (636) 296-5077 · Jefferson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL570 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
193 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
20.5%
MO avg 49.5% . -33.5pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
MO avg 48.7% . -23.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are down about 34 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 23 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). 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
47.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.6%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
570
-132 (-19%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 14.6:1
% White
88%
was 90%
% Hispanic
5%
was 3%
% Black
1%
was 2%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About FOX MIDDLE
Set in ARNOLD, Missouri, FOX MIDDLE is a mid-tier middle school, part of FOX C-6. It educates 570 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 461 students each, so FOX MIDDLE sits 24% larger than that benchmark.
FOX C-6 comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 10,258 students; FOX MIDDLE is among them.
Demographically, FOX MIDDLE logs that nearly all students (88%) are White; the rest is composed of 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Jefferson County as a whole.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, FOX MIDDLE has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting FOX MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, FOX 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 47.0%.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) reports that median household earnings sit near $82,851, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. FOX MIDDLE is one of 69 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 36,216 students).
Nearest neighbor: FOX ELEM., around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FOX MIDDLE at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 50.0%.
The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 19%: 702 students in 2018 compared to 570 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.
On this page, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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 FOX C-6
- SECKMAN SR. HIGHHigh · 1,737 students
- FOX SR. HIGHHigh · 1,660 students
- SECKMAN MIDDLEMiddle · 687 students
- RIDGEWOOD MIDDLEMiddle · 567 students
- ANTONIA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 535 students
- GEORGE GUFFEY ELEM.Elementary · 523 students
Other schools in ARNOLD
- FOX SR. HIGHHigh · 1,660 students
- RIDGEWOOD MIDDLEMiddle · 567 students
- RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM.Elementary · 410 students
- ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM.Elementary · 386 students
- LONE DELL ELEM.Elementary · 381 students
- MERAMEC HEIGHTS ELEM.Elementary · 376 students
Nearby schools
- FOX ELEM.0.1 mi · 355
- FOX SR. HIGH0.1 mi · 1,660
- DON EARL EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR.0.2 mi · 125
- SHERWOOD ELEM.1.8 mi · 347
- HAGEMANN ELEM.2.1 mi · 427
- POINT ELEM.2.7 mi · 413
Frequently asked questions
About FOX MIDDLEHow large is FOX MIDDLE?
FOX MIDDLE enrolls approximately 570 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does FOX MIDDLE serve?
FOX MIDDLE serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does FOX MIDDLE have?
FOX MIDDLE employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the student diversity at FOX MIDDLE?
Student demographics at FOX MIDDLE are roughly 88% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is FOX MIDDLE in?
FOX MIDDLE is part of FOX C-6.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.