NORTHWEST MIDDLE

As a sizable intermediate school in FLORISSANT, Missouri, NORTHWEST MIDDLE caters to 770 students from grades 6 through 8, run under HAZELWOOD. That puts it 67% bigger than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 461 students.

NORTHWEST MIDDLE is one of 31 schools operated by HAZELWOOD, a district that serves 16,321 students overall.

On the student-mix side, NORTHWEST MIDDLE lists that 74% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 13% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. 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), On a poverty-adjusted basis, NORTHWEST MIDDLE sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 49.4%; actual is 21.2%, a gap of -28.3 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for St. Louis County indicate 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. NORTHWEST MIDDLE is one of 275 public schools in St. Louis County (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students).

Nearest neighbor: LUSHER ELEM., around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, NORTHWEST MIDDLE comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 50.8%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 13%: 881 students in 2018 compared to 770 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 35% to 13% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.