HOLLENBECK MIDDLE

HOLLENBECK MIDDLE is a middle school of high-enrollment scale in ST CHARLES, Missouri, part of FRANCIS HOWELL R-III, teacheing 769 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 461 students per school, that is 67% larger than typical.

FRANCIS HOWELL R-III comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 17,047 students; HOLLENBECK MIDDLE is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HOLLENBECK MIDDLE logs that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 11% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

Looking at school resources, HOLLENBECK MIDDLE records 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting HOLLENBECK MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HOLLENBECK MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.8%; this one delivers 50.1%.

Zooming out to the county, St. Charles County reports that median household income runs about $104,692, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, St. Charles County runs 93 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,314 students), of which HOLLENBECK MIDDLE is one.

CENTRAL ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 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), HOLLENBECK MIDDLE ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 52.0%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 22%: 632 students in 2018 compared to 769 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 77% to 68% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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