NORTH MIDDLE

Set in FLORISSANT, Missouri, NORTH MIDDLE is a well-populated intermediate school, overseen by HAZELWOOD. It teaches 702 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 461 students per school, that is 52% above typical.

HAZELWOOD runs 31 schools in total, collectively educating 16,321 students. NORTH MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

On demographics, NORTH MIDDLE shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (83%). Beyond that, the school records 6% White, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, St. Louis County as a whole is about 24% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, NORTH MIDDLE has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against St. Louis County (around 43%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NORTH MIDDLE is in the bottom 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 49.4%; NORTH MIDDLE posts 14.4%, -35.0 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, St. Louis County reports that median household earnings sit near $82,936, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. NORTH MIDDLE is one of 275 public schools in St. Louis County (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students).

BARRINGTON ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NORTH MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NORTH MIDDLE at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 54.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. NORTH MIDDLE's enrollment has shrank 10% since 2018, when it stood at 779 (now 702). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 12% to 6%. Class-load math has rose: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 in 2025.

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