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How has R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLE changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
578
Middle
DISTRICT 551 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERVIEW GARDENS·NCES 292667002539
R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLE
9800 PATRICIA BARKALOW DR, ST LOUIS, MO 63137 · (314) 867-2603 · St. Louis County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL578 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of Missouri public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
13.9:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
369 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 208 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 186 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 184 | 32% |
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · 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
R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLE→RIVERVIEW GARDENS SR. HIGH
Based on grade levels within RIVERVIEW GARDENS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
7.9%
MO avg 44.9% . +1.1pp since 2021
Math
3.9%
MO avg 43.8% . +2.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 8 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 1.8% | 6.1% | 44.6% | 47.3% |
| Math | 1.0% | 2.9% | 25.8% | 70.1% |
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 | 7.9% | 3.9% |
| 2023-24 | 6.5% | 1.7% |
| 2022-23 | 9.1% | 1.5% |
| 2021-22 | 6.8% | 1.4% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
4.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.0%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-31.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 5% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLE
R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLE's state test result (4.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLE this school | 578 | 63.8% | 4.7% |
| Westview Middle School Saint Louis | 524 | 58.8% | 8.8% |
| FERGUSON MIDDLE FERGUSON | 582 | 65.1% | 9.9% |
| JOHNSON WABASH 6TH GRADE CTR FERGUSON | 278 | 64.7% | 4.6% |
| KAIROS ACADEMIES ST. LOUIS | 228 | 73.2% | 16.3% |
| CENTER MIDDLE KANSAS CITY | 493 | 69.8% | 18.7% |
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 R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 4.7% | #376 of 379 | #50 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.9% | #378 of 380 no change | #50 of 51 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 7.9% | #375 of 380 ▲ 2 | #49 of 51 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 578 | #130 of 397 | #29 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #211 of 321 | #25 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.8% | #320 of 321 | #45 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.8% | #102 of 379 | #20 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #89 of 224 | #15 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
578
-123 (-18%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 710
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 20.0:1
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 | 578 | 41.5 | 13.9:1 | 64% (369) |
| 2023-24 | 612 | 39 | 15.7:1 | 100% (612) |
| 2022-23 | 691 | 30 | 23.0:1 | 100% (688) |
| 2020-21 | 701 | 35 | 20.0:1 | 100% (698) |
| 2017-18 | 674 | 44 | 15.3:1 | 100% (674) |
| 2015-16 | 653 | 40 | 16.3:1 | 100% (653) |
| 2010-11 | 819 | 40 | 20.5:1 | 87% (712) |
| 2000-01 | 755 | 50 | 15.1:1 | 66% (499) |
| 1990-91 | 710 | 43 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (674 to 578); teachers down 6% (44 to 41.5).
About R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLE
R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLE is a medium-sized middle-grades school in ST LOUIS, Missouri, under RIVERVIEW GARDENS. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 578 students enrolled. For comparison, middle schools in Missouri average about 461 students.
The district for R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLE is RIVERVIEW GARDENS, with 13 schools and 5,116 students.
At R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLE, Black students make up 97% of the student body. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 24%. R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLE has a diversity index of 6%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLE operates with 41.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 13.9:1. That ratio is over the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Missouri. R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLE reports 64% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 43% average for public schools in St. Louis County is 21 points lower.
allk12 grades R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLE an F. The grade compares the school only with Missouri public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Missouri schools that have similar shares of low-income students, R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLE scores 31.3 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 4.7%; the prediction is 36.0%.
According to the American Community Survey, in St. Louis County, median household income is about $82,936, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 275 public schools operate in St. Louis County, serving about 134,601 students.
GIBSON ELEM. is the public school closest to R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLE, about 0.4 miles away. R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLE is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 54.5%, higher than R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLE's 4.7%.
R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLE falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 578, 18% below the 701 of 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 20.0:1 in 2020-21, and 13.9:1 in 2024-25.
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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 RIVERVIEW GARDENS
- RIVERVIEW GARDENS SR. HIGHHigh · 1,246 students
- Westview Middle SchoolMiddle · 524 students
- GIBSON ELEM.Elementary · 387 students
- MEADOWS ELEM.Elementary · 321 students
- LEMASTERS ELEM.Elementary · 301 students
- KOCH ELEM.Elementary · 299 students
Other schools in ST LOUIS
- RITENOUR SR. HIGHHigh · 2,041 students
- OAKVILLE SR. HIGHHigh · 1,847 students
- LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGHHigh · 1,395 students
- MEHLVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,388 students
- HAZELWOOD EAST HIGHHigh · 1,310 students
- WEBSTER GROVES HIGHHigh · 1,253 students
Nearby schools
- GIBSON ELEM.0.4 mi · 387
- MEADOWS ELEM.0.7 mi · 321
- EARLY CHILD. EDUCATION0.8 mi · 248
- LEWIS AND CLARK ELEM.0.8 mi · 137
- DANFORTH ELEM.0.8 mi · 274
- Westview Middle School1.4 mi · 524
Frequently asked questions
About R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLEWhat is the total enrollment at R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLE?
R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLE enrolls approximately 578 students in grades 06-08.
Is R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLE have?
R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLE employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLE?
Student demographics at R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLE are roughly 1% White, 1% Hispanic, 97% Black, 0% Asian.
What district is R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLE in?
R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLE is part of RIVERVIEW GARDENS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.