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Enrollment
982
Middle
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEBSTER GROVES·NCES 293153002194
HIXSON MIDDLE
630 S ELM AVE, ST LOUIS, MO 63119 · (314) 963-6450 · St. Louis County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL982 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
136 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 | 311 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 342 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 329 | 34% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
HIXSON MIDDLE→WEBSTER GROVES HIGH
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within WEBSTER GROVES. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
62.6%
MO avg 44.9% . +4.3pp since 2021
Math
72.4%
MO avg 43.8% . +12.6pp 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 72 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 31.3% | 31.3% | 30.2% | 7.0% |
| Math | 43.2% | 29.2% | 19.1% | 8.2% |
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 | 62.6% | 72.4% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 70.2% |
| 2022-23 | 55.7% | 65.7% |
| 2021-22 | 58.3% | 59.8% |
% 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
64.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.7%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 HIXSON MIDDLE
HIXSON MIDDLE's state test result (64.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIXSON MIDDLE this school | 982 | 13.8% | 64.3% |
| NORTH POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL WENTZVILLE | 1,031 | 14.4% | 47.8% |
| WENTZVILLE SOUTH MIDDLE WENTZVILLE | 1,068 | 16.7% | 49.1% |
| FT. ZUMWALT NORTH MIDDLE O'FALLON | 1,019 | 19.7% | 51.3% |
| LASALLE SPRINGS MIDDLE WILDWOOD | 927 | 9.6% | 55.8% |
| SUMMIT LAKES MIDDLE LEE'S SUMMIT | 1,005 | 14.9% | 58.5% |
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 HIXSON MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #19 of 379 | #12 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #16 of 380 no change | #6 of 51 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #25 of 380 ▼ 1 | #12 of 51 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.5pp | #57 of 364 | #14 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 982 | #14 of 397 | #3 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #225 of 321 | #30 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.8% | #156 of 321 | #27 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.8% | #361 of 379 | #40 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +36.2% | #11 of 91 | #1 of 13 |
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
982
+294 (+43%) vs 2020
+52% since 1990-91, when it was 647
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 982 | 69.4 | 14.2:1 | 14% (136) |
| 2023-24 | 967 | 73.1 | 13.2:1 | 11% (110) |
| 2022-23 | 981 | 74.9 | 13.1:1 | 12% (119) |
| 2020-21 | 688 | 53 | 13.0:1 | 11% (75) |
| 2017-18 | 721 | 50.9 | 14.2:1 | 12% (89) |
| 2015-16 | 652 | 43 | 15.2:1 | 17% (113) |
| 2010-11 | 649 | 48 | 13.5:1 | 19% (125) |
| 2000-01 | 672 | 48 | 14.0:1 | 24% (160) |
| 1990-91 | 647 | 40 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HIXSON MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students up 36% (721 to 982); teachers up 36% (50.9 to 69.4).
About HIXSON MIDDLE
HIXSON MIDDLE is a large middle school located in ST LOUIS, Missouri. Its 982 students are spread across grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Missouri is about 461 students.
WEBSTER GROVES is the local district for HIXSON MIDDLE. It runs 9 schools with 4,312 students.
A majority of students at HIXSON MIDDLE, 79%, are White. Next come 9% Black, 6% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. The county population is about 62% White. HIXSON MIDDLE has a diversity index of 36%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teacher staffing is 69.4 full-time equivalents, or about 14.2 students per teacher. Among middle schools in Missouri, the typical ratio is 13.0:1. About 14% of students, or 136, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in St. Louis County, the average is 43%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, HIXSON MIDDLE falls in the middle 80% of Missouri schools: 64.3% actual against 54.7% predicted.
Federal survey data for St. Louis County show that median household income is about $82,936, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. A total of 275 public schools operate in St. Louis County, serving about 134,601 students.
CLARK ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, HIXSON MIDDLE ranks 4th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns HIXSON MIDDLE the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
HIXSON MIDDLE reported 688 students in 2020-21 and 982 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 14.2:1, from 13.0:1.
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St. Louis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
995,569
Census ACS
Median income
$82,936
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
275
134,601 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WEBSTER GROVES
- WEBSTER GROVES HIGHHigh · 1,253 students
- EDGAR ROAD ELEM.Elementary · 369 students
- BRISTOL ELEM.Elementary · 361 students
- AVERY ELEM.Elementary · 337 students
- DR. HENRY GIVENS JR. ELEM.Elementary · 306 students
- CLARK ELEM.Elementary · 283 students
Other schools in ST LOUIS
- RITENOUR SR. HIGHHigh · 2,041 students
- OAKVILLE SR. HIGHHigh · 1,847 students
- LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGHHigh · 1,395 students
- MEHLVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,388 students
- HAZELWOOD EAST HIGHHigh · 1,310 students
- WEBSTER GROVES HIGHHigh · 1,253 students
Other Hixson Middle schools
One other US public school is named Hixson Middle. HIXSON MIDDLE is the largest of the 2.
- Hixson Middle SchoolHixson, TN · 591 students
Nearby schools
- CLARK ELEM.0.7 mi · 283
- EDGAR ROAD ELEM.0.7 mi · 369
- WALTER AMBROSE FAMILY CENTER0.9 mi · 222
- WEBSTER GROVES HIGH0.9 mi · 1,253
- BRISTOL ELEM.0.9 mi · 361
- KIRKWOOD EARLY CHILD. CTR.1.5 mi · 304
Frequently asked questions
About HIXSON MIDDLEWhat is the total enrollment at HIXSON MIDDLE?
HIXSON MIDDLE enrolls approximately 982 students in grades 06-08.
Is HIXSON MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
HIXSON MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does HIXSON MIDDLE have?
HIXSON MIDDLE employs 69 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
How diverse is HIXSON MIDDLE?
HIXSON MIDDLE reports a student body of 79% White, 5% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is HIXSON MIDDLE in?
HIXSON MIDDLE is part of WEBSTER GROVES.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.