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Enrollment
770
Middle
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAZELWOOD·NCES 291383000624
NORTHWEST MIDDLE
1605 SHACKELFORD RD, FLORISSANT, MO 63031 · (314) 953-5500 · St. Louis County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL770 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of Missouri public middle schools
- DTest 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.
- FThree-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
20.0:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
770 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 | 265 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 255 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 250 | 32% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
14.2%
MO avg 44.9% . -9.1pp since 2021
Math
8.8%
MO avg 43.8% . -10.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 9 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.5% | 9.7% | 39.7% | 45.9% |
| Math | 2.7% | 6.1% | 25.3% | 65.6% |
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 | 14.2% | 8.8% |
| 2023-24 | 20.6% | 10.7% |
| 2022-23 | 21.1% | 16.7% |
| 2021-22 | 23.3% | 19.1% |
% 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
15.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 NORTHWEST MIDDLE
NORTHWEST MIDDLE's state test result (15.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTHWEST MIDDLE this school | 770 | 100.0% | 15.7% |
| WEST MIDDLE HAZELWOOD | 724 | 100.0% | 24.7% |
| NORTH MIDDLE FLORISSANT | 702 | 100.0% | 17.0% |
| BRITTANY WOODS UNIVERSITY CITY | 557 | 100.0% | 22.5% |
| Ewing Marion Kauffman Middle Kansas City | 559 | 100.0% | 39.2% |
| CROSS KEYS MIDDLE FLORISSANT | 608 | 100.0% | 13.1% |
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 NORTHWEST MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.7% | #351 of 379 | #40 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.8% | #365 of 380 ▼ 7 | #45 of 51 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.2% | #360 of 380 ▼ 19 | #45 of 51 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.7pp | #11 of 364 | #2 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 770 | #53 of 397 | #12 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #321 of 321 | #45 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.6% | #124 of 321 | #23 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #24 of 379 | #5 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #99 of 224 | #16 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
770
-50 (-6%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 973
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 770 | 38.5 | 20.0:1 | 100% (770) |
| 2023-24 | 755 | 49.1 | 15.4:1 | 67% (506) |
| 2022-23 | 767 | 48.3 | 15.9:1 | 62% (475) |
| 2020-21 | 820 | 55 | 14.9:1 | 65% (534) |
| 2017-18 | 881 | 53 | 16.6:1 | 66% (578) |
| 2015-16 | 885 | 54 | 16.4:1 | 56% (496) |
| 2010-11 | 814 | 59 | 13.8:1 | 51% (415) |
| 2000-01 | 1,029 | 60 | 17.1:1 | 13% (133) |
| 1990-91 | 973 | 58 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NORTHWEST MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (881 to 770); teachers down 27% (53 to 38.5).
About NORTHWEST MIDDLE
NORTHWEST MIDDLE is a large middle school in FLORISSANT, Missouri, one of the schools in HAZELWOOD. Enrolled students number 770 students, in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 67% higher than the average for middle schools in Missouri, which is about 461.
NORTHWEST MIDDLE is one of 31 schools in HAZELWOOD, which enrolls 16,321 students in total.
Black students are the majority at NORTHWEST MIDDLE, with 74% of enrollment. Other groups include 13% White, 6% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. The county population is about 24% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 43% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 38.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 20.0:1. On average, middle schools in Missouri have 13.0:1, compared with 20.0:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 100% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in St. Louis County, the average is 43%.
Measured against Missouri public middle schools, NORTHWEST 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.
NORTHWEST MIDDLE is 6.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (15.7% versus 22.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Missouri.
County data help place the school in context: in St. Louis County, the median household income is $82,936, roughly 47% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. St. Louis County is home to 275 public schools and about 134,601 public school students.
The nearest other public school, LUSHER ELEM., is about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On average proficiency, NORTHWEST MIDDLE is 8th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Locale data from NCES put NORTHWEST MIDDLE in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
NORTHWEST MIDDLE's enrollment dropped from 820 in 2020-21 to 770 in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (20.0:1) than in 2020-21 (14.9:1).
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 HAZELWOOD
- HAZELWOOD WEST HIGHHigh · 1,994 students
- HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 1,718 students
- HAZELWOOD EAST HIGHHigh · 1,310 students
- WEST MIDDLEMiddle · 724 students
- NORTH MIDDLEMiddle · 702 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 692 students
Other schools in FLORISSANT
- HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 1,718 students
- MCCLUER HIGHHigh · 1,075 students
- MCCLUER NORTH HIGHHigh · 1,059 students
- NORTH TECHNICALHigh · 833 students
- NORTH MIDDLEMiddle · 702 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 692 students
Other Northwest Middle schools
13 other US public schools in 11 states are named Northwest Middle. NORTHWEST MIDDLE is the 6th largest of the 14.
- Northwest Middle SchoolFlowood, MS · 1,352 students
- Northwest Middle SchoolCoralville, IA · 1,113 students
- Northwest Middle SchoolReading, PA · 821 students
- Northwest Middle SchoolKnoxville, TN · 798 students
- Northwest MiddleTravelers Rest, SC · 783 students
Nearby schools
- LUSHER ELEM.0.2 mi · 371
- WALKER ELEM.0.5 mi · 508
- MCCURDY ELEM.0.8 mi · 538
- LAWSON ELEM.1.0 mi · 316
- COLD WATER ELEM.1.2 mi · 449
- BROWN ELEM.1.6 mi · 441
Frequently asked questions
About NORTHWEST MIDDLEWhat is the total enrollment at NORTHWEST MIDDLE?
NORTHWEST MIDDLE enrolls approximately 770 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does NORTHWEST MIDDLE serve?
NORTHWEST MIDDLE serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at NORTHWEST MIDDLE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at NORTHWEST MIDDLE is approximately 20.0:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at NORTHWEST MIDDLE?
Student demographics at NORTHWEST MIDDLE are roughly 13% White, 5% Hispanic, 74% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees NORTHWEST MIDDLE?
NORTHWEST MIDDLE is overseen by HAZELWOOD in St. Louis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.