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Enrollment
362
Middle
DISTRICT 448 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORCHARD FARM R-V·NCES 292316001330
Orchard Farm Middle School
2195 Hwy V, ST CHARLES, MO 63301 · (636) 757-8750 · St. Charles County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL362 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% 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.
- 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.
- B-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
13.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
80 students
DISTRICT 21% · 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 5 | 188 | 52% |
| Grade 6 | 174 | 48% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
Based on grade levels within ORCHARD FARM R-V. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
50.3%
MO avg 44.9% . +3.7pp since 2021
Math
57.3%
MO avg 43.8% . +1.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 22.6% | 27.7% | 39.4% | 10.0% |
| Math | 29.1% | 28.2% | 26.8% | 15.6% |
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 | 50.3% | 57.3% |
| 2023-24 | 44.2% | 59.6% |
| 2022-23 | 45.9% | 53.8% |
| 2021-22 | 46.6% | 55.8% |
% 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
49.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.6%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Orchard Farm Middle School
Orchard Farm Middle School's state test result (49.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orchard Farm Middle School this school | 362 | 22.1% | 49.3% |
| Academie Lafayette Armour IMS KANSAS CITY | 295 | 28.8% | 63.8% |
| GRAIN VALLEY NORTH MIDDLE SCHL GRAIN VALLEY | 527 | 21.4% | 52.7% |
| GRAIN VALLEY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHL GRAIN VALLEY | 516 | 22.9% | 57.4% |
| PLEASANT HILL INTERMEDIATE PLEASANT HILL | 320 | 22.8% | 42.8% |
| PLEASANT HILL MIDDLE PLEASANT HILL | 328 | 18.0% | 47.7% |
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 Orchard Farm Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Charles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #104 of 379 | #12 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #74 of 380 ▼ 25 | #12 of 16 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #95 of 380 ▲ 32 | #12 of 16 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.6pp | #178 of 364 | #9 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 362 | #232 of 397 | #16 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #196 of 321 | #7 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.1% | #99 of 321 | #4 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.1% | #333 of 379 | #5 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.4% | #75 of 224 | #3 of 9 |
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
362
-119 (-25%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 345
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 362 | 26.3 | 13.8:1 | 22% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 506 | 33 | 15.3:1 | 25% (128) |
| 2022-23 | 498 | 31.5 | 15.8:1 | 23% (114) |
| 2020-21 | 481 | 31 | 15.5:1 | 33% (157) |
| 2017-18 | 428 | 29 | 14.8:1 | 28% (118) |
| 2015-16 | 409 | 27 | 15.2:1 | 28% (113) |
| 2010-11 | 358 | 27 | 13.3:1 | 36% (128) |
| 2000-01 | 266 | 21 | 12.7:1 | 29% (77) |
| 1990-91 | 345 | 22 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Orchard Farm Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (428 to 362); teachers down 9% (29 to 26.3).
About Orchard Farm Middle School
ST CHARLES, Missouri, is home to Orchard Farm Middle School, a small middle-grades school. The school covers grades 5 through 6 and reported 362 students in 2024-25. The school is 21% below the average for middle schools in Missouri.
ORCHARD FARM R-V runs Orchard Farm Middle School along with 4 other schools, enrolling 2,241 students in total.
Of every 100 students at Orchard Farm Middle School, about 68 are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 13% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 84%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Orchard Farm Middle School scores 50%.
Staffing at Orchard Farm Middle School comes to 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.8:1. Middle schools in Missouri average 13.0:1, 0.8 fewer students per teacher than here. Orchard Farm Middle School counts 22% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in St. Charles County is similar, at 19%.
On the allk12 Grade, Orchard Farm Middle School lands at B, ahead of 58% of Missouri public middle schools.
Schools in Missouri with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 51.6%. Orchard Farm Middle School scores 49.3%.
For St. Charles County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $104,692, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county has 93 public schools and about 59,314 students.
Orchard Farm Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Orchard Farm Middle School, there are 2 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Orchard Farm Middle School places 2nd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Orchard Farm Middle School is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 362, down from 481 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 15.5:1 to 13.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Orchard Farm Middle School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
St. Charles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
414,535
Census ACS
Median income
$104,692
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
93
59,314 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ORCHARD FARM R-V
- Orchard Farm High SchoolHigh · 698 students
- Orchard Farm ElementaryElementary · 557 students
- Discovery ElementaryElementary · 394 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 230 students
- Orchard Farm Junior High SchlMiddle
Other schools in ST CHARLES
- FRANCIS HOWELL HIGHHigh · 1,843 students
- FRANCIS HOWELL CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 1,750 students
- FRANCIS HOWELL NORTH HIGHHigh · 1,716 students
- CENTRAL ELEM.Elementary · 865 students
- CASTLIO ELEM.Elementary · 847 students
- BRYAN MIDDLEMiddle · 827 students
Nearby schools
- Orchard Farm Elementary0.1 mi · 557
- Orchard Farm High School4.2 mi · 698
- Early Learning Center5.1 mi · 230
- Il Youth Center - Pere Marquette5.1 mi · 12
- Discovery Elementary5.8 mi · 394
- Grafton Elementary School6.2 mi · 171
Frequently asked questions
About Orchard Farm Middle SchoolHow many students attend Orchard Farm Middle School?
Orchard Farm Middle School enrolls approximately 362 students in grades 05-06.
What age range does Orchard Farm Middle School serve?
Orchard Farm Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Orchard Farm Middle School?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Orchard Farm Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Orchard Farm Middle School?
Student demographics at Orchard Farm Middle School are roughly 68% White, 10% Hispanic, 13% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Orchard Farm Middle School public or private?
Orchard Farm Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by ORCHARD FARM R-V.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.