JOHNSON WABASH 6TH GRADE CTR

JOHNSON WABASH 6TH GRADE CTR operates as a close-knit middle school in FERGUSON, Missouri, overseen by FERGUSON-FLORISSANT R-II. Current enrollment sits at 278 students spanning grade 6. Compared to the state average of about 461 students per school, that is 40% below typical.

FERGUSON-FLORISSANT R-II comprises 23 schools with combined enrollment of 8,809 students; JOHNSON WABASH 6TH GRADE CTR is among them.

In terms of who attends, JOHNSON WABASH 6TH GRADE CTR lists that 86% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. The state averages about 13.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above St. Louis County's rate of about 43%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, JOHNSON WABASH 6TH GRADE CTR is in the bottom 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 50.1%; JOHNSON WABASH 6TH GRADE CTR posts 15.5%, -34.6 points below that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for St. Louis County indicate median household income runs about $82,936, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across St. Louis County's 275 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students), JOHNSON WABASH 6TH GRADE CTR is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is FERGUSON MIDDLE, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JOHNSON WABASH 6TH GRADE CTR. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JOHNSON WABASH 6TH GRADE CTR ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 43.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JOHNSON WABASH 6TH GRADE CTR has fell 27%, going from 380 students in 2018 to 278 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 94% to 86%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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