FRANCIS HOWELL MIDDLE

FRANCIS HOWELL MIDDLE is one of the roomy 6-8 campuss in ST CHARLES, Missouri, overseen by FRANCIS HOWELL R-III, with 799 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 73% larger than the state mean of about 461.

Within FRANCIS HOWELL R-III, which oversees 21 schools and 17,047 students, FRANCIS HOWELL MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, FRANCIS HOWELL MIDDLE logs that 79% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 7% Asian, 5% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, FRANCIS HOWELL MIDDLE records 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 9% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against St. Charles County (around 19%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FRANCIS HOWELL MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.8%.

In the area at large, census data for St. Charles County shows median household earnings sit near $104,692, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. FRANCIS HOWELL MIDDLE is one of 93 public schools in St. Charles County (combined enrollment of about 59,314 students).

Nearest neighbor: BRYAN MIDDLE, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FRANCIS HOWELL MIDDLE ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 58.5%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FRANCIS HOWELL MIDDLE has decreased 5%, going from 837 students in 2018 to 799 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 86% to 79% across the same window.

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