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What's one thing FRONTIER MIDDLE gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
1,243
Middle
DISTRICT 1,034 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WENTZVILLE R-IV·NCES 293165002869
FRONTIER MIDDLE
9233 HWY DD, O'FALLON, MO 63368 · (636) 625-1026 · St. Charles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,243 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of Missouri public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
86 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
145 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 413 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 396 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 434 | 35% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 52% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
62.7%
MO avg 44.9% . +12.7pp since 2021
Math
70.5%
MO avg 43.8% . +15.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 33.1% | 29.6% | 26.9% | 10.2% |
| Math | 41.4% | 29.1% | 19.1% | 10.2% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.7% | 70.5% |
| 2023-24 | 58.5% | 63.6% |
| 2022-23 | 50.3% | 54.7% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 54.9% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. 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
61.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.5%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 →
Schools most like FRONTIER MIDDLE
FRONTIER MIDDLE's state test result (61.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRONTIER MIDDLE this school | 1,243 | 11.7% | 61.7% |
| ROBERT H. SPERRENG MIDDLE ST LOUIS | 941 | 17.6% | 55.4% |
| FT. ZUMWALT SOUTH MIDDLE ST PETERS | 823 | 14.9% | 57.5% |
| BRYAN MIDDLE ST CHARLES | 827 | 16.9% | 62.9% |
| FRANCIS HOWELL MIDDLE ST CHARLES | 799 | 9.0% | 63.9% |
| TRUMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL ST. LOUIS | 816 | 13.7% | 54.8% |
Matched among Missouri middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where FRONTIER MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Charles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #30 of 379 | #3 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #19 of 380 ▲ 17 | #2 of 16 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #22 of 380 ▲ 9 | #4 of 16 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.2pp | #10 of 364 | #1 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,243 | #1 of 397 | #1 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #243 of 321 | #10 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.2% | #122 of 321 | #10 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.7% | #369 of 379 | #15 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +67.1% | #4 of 91 | #1 of 6 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,243
+471 (+61%) vs 2020
+11% since 2010-11, when it was 1,124
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 15.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,243 | 85.7 | 14.5:1 | 12% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 1,240 | 81.2 | 15.3:1 | 13% (159) |
| 2022-23 | 1,255 | 82.1 | 15.3:1 | 11% (134) |
| 2020-21 | 772 | 51 | 15.1:1 | 16% (127) |
| 2017-18 | 744 | 49.5 | 15.0:1 | 21% (153) |
| 2015-16 | 995 | 59 | 16.9:1 | 15% (147) |
| 2010-11 | 1,124 | 67 | 16.8:1 | 22% (248) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FRONTIER MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students up 67% (744 to 1,243); teachers up 73% (49.5 to 85.7).
About FRONTIER MIDDLE
FRONTIER MIDDLE is a large middle school in O'FALLON, Missouri. Its enrollment is 1,243 students, spread over grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Missouri average about 461 students, which makes this school 170% above average.
WENTZVILLE R-IV operates 22 schools. Combined enrollment is 18,469 students.
More than half of enrollment at FRONTIER MIDDLE is White: 74%. Other groups include 7% Black, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian, and 6% Hispanic. The county population is about 84% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, FRONTIER MIDDLE scores 43%.
Classroom staffing at FRONTIER MIDDLE totals 85.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.5:1. Compared with the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Missouri, this school's ratio is higher. Federal data show 12% of students (145) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, FRONTIER MIDDLE lands at A, ahead of 93% of Missouri public middle schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 61.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 55.5%.
In St. Charles County, median household income comes to about $104,692, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. St. Charles County counts 93 public schools with about 59,314 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, DISCOVERY RIDGE ELEMENTARY, is about 0.3 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 53.5%; FRONTIER MIDDLE's is 61.7%, ranking 2nd of 8.
NCES describes the area around FRONTIER MIDDLE as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment records show 772 in 2020-21 and 1,243 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable.
The FRONTIER MIDDLE discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
St. Charles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
414,535
Census ACS
Median income
$104,692
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
93
59,314 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WENTZVILLE R-IV
- LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,647 students
- TIMBERLAND HIGHHigh · 1,525 students
- NORTH POINT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,433 students
- WENTZVILLE SOUTH MIDDLEMiddle · 1,068 students
- HERITAGE ELEMENTARYElementary · 1,039 students
- NORTH POINT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,031 students
Other schools in O'FALLON
- FT. ZUMWALT WEST HIGHHigh · 1,643 students
- FT. ZUMWALT NORTH HIGHHigh · 1,538 students
- FT. ZUWMALT WEST MIDDLEMiddle · 1,114 students
- FT. ZUMWALT NORTH MIDDLEMiddle · 1,019 students
- PRAIRIE VIEW ELEM.Elementary · 696 students
- DISCOVERY RIDGE ELEMENTARYElementary · 590 students
Other Frontier Middle schools
5 other US public schools in 4 states are named Frontier Middle. FRONTIER MIDDLE is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Frontier Middle SchoolEAGLE MOUNTAIN, UT · 1,781 students
- FRONTIER MIDDLE SCHOOLHAMBURG, NY · 1,067 students
- Frontier Middle SchoolVancouver, WA · 767 students
- Frontier Middle SchoolMOSES LAKE, WA · 690 students
- Frontier Middle SchoolGraham, WA · 620 students
Nearby schools
- DISCOVERY RIDGE ELEMENTARY0.3 mi · 590
- LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,647
- BARFIELD EARLY CHILDHOOD CNTR2.3 mi · 356
- PRAIRIE VIEW ELEM.2.4 mi · 696
- GREEN TREE ELEM.2.5 mi · 640
- CROSSROADS ELEM.2.5 mi · 757
Frequently asked questions
About FRONTIER MIDDLEHow large is FRONTIER MIDDLE?
FRONTIER MIDDLE enrolls approximately 1,243 students in grades 06-08.
Is FRONTIER MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
FRONTIER MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at FRONTIER MIDDLE?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at FRONTIER MIDDLE.
What is the racial breakdown of students at FRONTIER MIDDLE?
At FRONTIER MIDDLE, the student body is approximately 74% White, 6% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is FRONTIER MIDDLE in?
FRONTIER MIDDLE is part of WENTZVILLE R-IV.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.