Enrollment
364
Middle
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH ST. FRANCOIS CO. R-I·NCES 290543000645
NORTH CO. MIDDLE
406 E CHESTNUT, DESLOGE, MO 63601 · (573) 431-3300 · St. Francois County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL364 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Missouri public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
12.1:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
195 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 7 | 177 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 187 | 51% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
NORTH CO. MIDDLE→NORTH CO. SR. HIGH
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within NORTH ST. FRANCOIS CO. R-I. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
28.7%
MO avg 44.9% . -4.0pp since 2021
Math
28.4%
MO avg 43.8% . +0.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.2% | 20.5% | 47.8% | 23.3% |
| Math | 8.5% | 19.9% | 41.3% | 30.1% |
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 | 28.7% | 28.4% |
| 2023-24 | 26.7% | 25.5% |
| 2022-23 | 30.4% | 30.1% |
| 2021-22 | 32.7% | 28.2% |
% 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
30.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.8%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% 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 NORTH CO. MIDDLE
NORTH CO. MIDDLE's state test result (30.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH CO. MIDDLE this school | 364 | 53.6% | 30.4% |
| CUBA MIDDLE CUBA | 364 | 52.5% | 43.3% |
| AVA MIDDLE AVA | 386 | 51.6% | 38.7% |
| OWENSVILLE MIDDLE OWENSVILLE | 408 | 51.7% | 33.1% |
| ELDON MIDDLE ELDON | 414 | 53.4% | 41.9% |
| MORGAN CO. MIDDLE VERSAILLES | 298 | 54.0% | 33.1% |
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 NORTH CO. MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Francois County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #298 of 379 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #309 of 380 ▲ 5 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #309 of 380 ▲ 7 | #6 of 6 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.9pp | #80 of 364 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 364 | #230 of 397 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #70 of 321 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.5% | #265 of 321 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.6% | #157 of 379 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #69 of 224 | #2 of 6 |
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
364
-125 (-26%) vs 2020
-25% since 2000-01, when it was 485
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 364 | 30.1 | 12.1:1 | 54% (195) |
| 2023-24 | 362 | 31.5 | 11.5:1 | 41% (150) |
| 2022-23 | 396 | 32.2 | 12.3:1 | 51% (203) |
| 2020-21 | 489 | 34 | 14.4:1 | 57% (277) |
| 2017-18 | 436 | 34.4 | 12.7:1 | 60% (262) |
| 2015-16 | 520 | 33 | 15.8:1 | 57% (299) |
| 2010-11 | 479 | 29 | 16.5:1 | 59% (281) |
| 2000-01 | 485 | 31 | 15.7:1 | 39% (187) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NORTH CO. MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (436 to 364); teachers down 13% (34.4 to 30.1).
About NORTH CO. MIDDLE
Students in DESLOGE, Missouri, attend NORTH CO. MIDDLE, a small middle school. The grade span is 7 through 8, and enrollment is 364 students. An average school in this group (middle schools in Missouri) has about 461 students.
NORTH ST. FRANCOIS CO. R-I runs NORTH CO. MIDDLE along with 4 other schools, enrolling 2,581 students in total.
Most students at NORTH CO. MIDDLE are White: 92% of enrollment. Other groups include 4% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. County-wide, about 90% of residents are White. By the diversity index, NORTH CO. MIDDLE comes in at 16%.
Teacher staffing is 30.1 full-time equivalents, or about 12.1 students per teacher. The 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Missouri is higher than this school's figure. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 54%. Across public schools in St. Francois County, the average is about the same, 56%.
Measured against Missouri public middle schools, NORTH CO. MIDDLE receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, NORTH CO. MIDDLE falls in the middle 80% of Missouri schools: 30.4% actual against 39.8% predicted.
Federal survey data for St. Francois County show that median household income is about $57,477, about 17% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. A total of 28 public schools operate in St. Francois County, serving about 9,962 students.
The nearest public school is NORTH COUNTY PARKSIDE ELEM., at about 0.4 miles. NORTH CO. MIDDLE has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. NORTH CO. MIDDLE comes in 5th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies NORTH CO. MIDDLE's location as Town: Distant.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 489 to 364. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.1:1) than in 2020-21 (14.4:1).
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at NORTH CO. MIDDLE. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
St. Francois County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
66,999
Census ACS
Median income
$57,477
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
9,962 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NORTH ST. FRANCOIS CO. R-I
- NORTH CO. SR. HIGHHigh · 785 students
- NORTH COUNTY PRIMARYElementary · 673 students
- NORTH COUNTY PARKSIDE ELEM.Elementary · 404 students
- INTERMEDIATE SCH.Middle · 355 students
- UNITEC CAREER CTR.High
Other schools in DESLOGE
- NORTH COUNTY PARKSIDE ELEM.Elementary · 404 students
- INTERMEDIATE SCH.Middle · 355 students
Nearby schools
- NORTH COUNTY PARKSIDE ELEM.0.4 mi · 404
- INTERMEDIATE SCH.0.4 mi · 355
- CENTRAL ELEM.0.8 mi · 530
- CENTRAL HIGH1.7 mi · 605
- SPECIAL ACRES SCHOOL2.2 mi · 22
- CENTRAL MIDDLE2.2 mi · 442
Frequently asked questions
About NORTH CO. MIDDLEWhat is the total enrollment at NORTH CO. MIDDLE?
NORTH CO. MIDDLE enrolls approximately 364 students in grades 07-08.
Is NORTH CO. MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
NORTH CO. MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does NORTH CO. MIDDLE have?
NORTH CO. MIDDLE employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
What is the student diversity at NORTH CO. MIDDLE?
Student demographics at NORTH CO. MIDDLE are roughly 92% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is NORTH CO. MIDDLE in?
NORTH CO. MIDDLE is part of NORTH ST. FRANCOIS CO. R-I.
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