HARDIN MIDDLE

HARDIN MIDDLE is one of the medium-sized middle schools in ST CHARLES, Missouri, part of ST. CHARLES R-VI, with 676 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 47% bigger than the state mean of about 461.

ST. CHARLES R-VI comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 4,732 students; HARDIN MIDDLE is among them.

Demographically, HARDIN MIDDLE lists that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 15% Black, 12% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, HARDIN MIDDLE has 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against St. Charles County (around 19%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HARDIN MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.5%, the actual is 67.8%, a residual of +17.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for St. Charles County put the typical household earns roughly $104,692 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, St. Charles County runs 93 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,314 students), of which HARDIN MIDDLE is one.

The closest other public school is BLACKHURST ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HARDIN MIDDLE at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 52.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. HARDIN MIDDLE's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 685 (now 676). Class-load math has tightened: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

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