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Enrollment
549
Middle
DISTRICT 546 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MEHLVILLE R-IX·NCES 292067001114
MARGARET BUERKLE MIDDLE
623 BUCKLEY RD, ST LOUIS, MO 63125 · (314) 467-6800 · St. Louis County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL549 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% of Missouri public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
285 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 176 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 193 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 180 | 33% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
44.0%
MO avg 44.9% . +10.1pp since 2021
Math
45.7%
MO avg 43.8% . +18.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 10 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.2% | 23.8% | 40.4% | 15.4% |
| Math | 20.0% | 25.7% | 33.2% | 20.9% |
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 | 44.0% | 45.7% |
| 2023-24 | 41.3% | 37.8% |
| 2022-23 | 29.4% | 23.2% |
| 2021-22 | 33.9% | 27.2% |
% 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
41.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 MARGARET BUERKLE MIDDLE
MARGARET BUERKLE MIDDLE's state test result (41.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARGARET BUERKLE MIDDLE this school | 549 | 51.9% | 41.2% |
| ROGERS MIDDLE ST LOUIS | 555 | 44.3% | 42.3% |
| BAYLESS JUNIOR HIGH ST LOUIS | 385 | 60.3% | 45.7% |
| ANN HAWKINS GENTRY MID. SCHOOL COLUMBIA | 736 | 31.7% | 50.6% |
| PERSHING MIDDLE SPRINGFIELD | 702 | 38.7% | 51.5% |
| JARRETT MIDDLE SPRINGFIELD | 483 | 62.9% | 31.4% |
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 MARGARET BUERKLE MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #190 of 379 | #29 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #170 of 380 ▲ 67 | #28 of 51 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #144 of 380 ▲ 17 | #29 of 51 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.3pp | #9 of 364 | #3 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 549 | #146 of 397 | #33 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #62 of 321 | #6 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.8% | #101 of 321 | #19 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.9% | #169 of 379 | #24 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #133 of 224 | #22 of 33 |
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
549
-88 (-14%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 701
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 549 | 45.8 | 12.0:1 | 52% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 556 | 45.7 | 12.2:1 | 52% (287) |
| 2022-23 | 588 | 43.7 | 13.4:1 | 58% (340) |
| 2020-21 | 637 | 43 | 14.8:1 | 49% (310) |
| 2017-18 | 604 | 40.5 | 14.9:1 | 49% (295) |
| 2015-16 | 570 | 39 | 14.6:1 | 43% (244) |
| 2010-11 | 618 | 38 | 16.3:1 | 41% (253) |
| 2000-01 | 661 | 44 | 15.0:1 | 29% (192) |
| 1990-91 | 701 | 38 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MARGARET BUERKLE MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (604 to 549); teachers up 13% (40.5 to 45.8).
About MARGARET BUERKLE MIDDLE
MARGARET BUERKLE MIDDLE is a mid-sized middle school in Missouri, located in ST LOUIS. It had 549 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8.
MARGARET BUERKLE MIDDLE is one of the 19 schools that make up MEHLVILLE R-IX (10,095 students in total).
White students are 69% of those enrolled at MARGARET BUERKLE MIDDLE. Other reported shares: 11% Black, 9% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. A diversity index of 50% means there is a 50% chance two randomly chosen students at MARGARET BUERKLE MIDDLE are from different groups.
The school had 45.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 12.0:1. Across middle schools in Missouri, the average ratio is 13.0:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 52%. The 43% average for public schools in St. Louis County is 9 points lower.
On the allk12 Grade, MARGARET BUERKLE MIDDLE lands at B, ahead of 61% of Missouri public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for MARGARET BUERKLE MIDDLE is +0.8 points: 41.2% actual, 40.4% predicted.
In the wider St. Louis County area, the median household earns about $82,936 a year, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across St. Louis County, 275 public schools serve about 134,601 students.
A public school about 0.7 miles away, MEHLVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, is the closest to MARGARET BUERKLE MIDDLE. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, MARGARET BUERKLE MIDDLE is behind the 56.0% nearby average, ranking 7th of 8.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 549, down from 637 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 14.8:1 to 12.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 MEHLVILLE R-IX
- OAKVILLE SR. HIGHHigh · 1,847 students
- MEHLVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,388 students
- OAKVILLE MIDDLEMiddle · 629 students
- BERNARD MIDDLEMiddle · 577 students
- BIERBAUM ELEM.Elementary · 531 students
- BLADES ELEM.Elementary · 442 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
Nearby schools
- MEHLVILLE HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,388
- At Home Academy0.7 mi · 77
- MOSAIC ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 258
- BERNARD MIDDLE1.2 mi · 577
- BEASLEY ELEM.1.2 mi · 250
- JOHN CARY EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR.1.4 mi · 311
Frequently asked questions
About MARGARET BUERKLE MIDDLEHow large is MARGARET BUERKLE MIDDLE?
MARGARET BUERKLE MIDDLE enrolls approximately 549 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does MARGARET BUERKLE MIDDLE serve?
MARGARET BUERKLE MIDDLE serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does MARGARET BUERKLE MIDDLE have?
MARGARET BUERKLE MIDDLE employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the student diversity at MARGARET BUERKLE MIDDLE?
Student demographics at MARGARET BUERKLE MIDDLE are roughly 69% White, 4% Hispanic, 11% Black, 9% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is MARGARET BUERKLE MIDDLE in?
MARGARET BUERKLE MIDDLE is part of MEHLVILLE R-IX.
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