FT. ZUWMALT WEST MIDDLE

FT. ZUWMALT WEST MIDDLE is one of the well-populated middle schools in O'FALLON, Missouri, overseen by FORT ZUMWALT SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 1,114 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 461 students each, so FT. ZUWMALT WEST MIDDLE sits 142% above that benchmark.

FORT ZUMWALT SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 25 schools with combined enrollment of 16,698 students; FT. ZUWMALT WEST MIDDLE is among them.

On the student-mix side, FT. ZUWMALT WEST MIDDLE lists that White students make up the majority at 66%. Beyond that, the school reports 9% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 8% Black, 7% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 91 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 21% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), FT. ZUWMALT WEST MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.9%, the actual is 70.9%, a residual of +20.1 points.

Across the wider county, census data for St. Charles County shows the typical household earns roughly $104,692 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Charles County runs 93 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,314 students), of which FT. ZUWMALT WEST MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: PHEASANT POINT ELEM., around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FT. ZUWMALT WEST MIDDLE ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 48.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 19%: 1,372 students in 2018 compared to 1,114 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 79% to 66%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the FT. ZUWMALT WEST MIDDLE community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.