LONG MIDDLE COMMUNITY ED. CTR.

LONG MIDDLE COMMUNITY ED. CTR. is one of the intimate 6-8 campuss in ST LOUIS, Missouri, run under ST. LOUIS CITY, with 290 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 37% leaner than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 461 students.

LONG MIDDLE COMMUNITY ED. CTR. is one of 62 schools operated by ST. LOUIS CITY, a district that instructs 17,933 students overall.

Looking at the student body, LONG MIDDLE COMMUNITY ED. CTR. records that 62% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest reads as 21% Hispanic, 7% White, 7% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, St. Louis city as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, LONG MIDDLE COMMUNITY ED. CTR. logs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting LONG MIDDLE COMMUNITY ED. CTR. higher than the state norm the norm. About 100% 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), LONG MIDDLE COMMUNITY ED. CTR. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.0%.

In the broader community, census data for St. Louis city shows median household earnings sit near $56,160, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, St. Louis city runs 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,941 students), of which LONG MIDDLE COMMUNITY ED. CTR. is one.

The closest other public school is OAK HILL ELEM., roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, LONG MIDDLE COMMUNITY ED. CTR. comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 59.0%.

LONG MIDDLE COMMUNITY ED. CTR. operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LONG MIDDLE COMMUNITY ED. CTR. has ticked up 65%, going from 176 students in 2018 to 290 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 28% to 7% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

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