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Enrollment
737
Middle
DISTRICT 701 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RITENOUR·NCES 292664001572
RITENOUR MIDDLE
2500 MARSHALL AVE, ST LOUIS, MO 63114 · (314) 493-6250 · St. Louis County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL737 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of Missouri public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
15.2:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
737 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 | 259 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 239 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 239 | 32% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
RITENOUR MIDDLE→RITENOUR SR. HIGH
Based on grade levels within RITENOUR. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
22.2%
MO avg 44.9% . -3.2pp since 2021
Math
26.9%
MO avg 43.8% . +0.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.3% | 14.9% | 46.3% | 31.2% |
| Math | 9.4% | 17.5% | 34.2% | 38.7% |
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 | 22.2% | 26.9% |
| 2023-24 | 19.1% | 27.9% |
| 2022-23 | 24.5% | 25.0% |
| 2021-22 | 25.4% | 26.8% |
% 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
26.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% 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 RITENOUR MIDDLE
RITENOUR MIDDLE's state test result (26.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RITENOUR MIDDLE this school | 737 | 100.0% | 26.3% |
| HOECH MIDDLE ST ANN | 664 | 100.0% | 23.7% |
| HICKMAN MILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL KANSAS CITY | 590 | 100.0% | 16.3% |
| CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL KANSAS CITY | 375 | 100.0% | 6.7% |
| LINCOLN COLLEGE ACADEMY MIDDLE KANSAS CITY | 583 | 100.0% | 57.1% |
| CLIFFORD H. NOWLIN MIDDLE INDEPENDENCE | 902 | 79.8% | 25.0% |
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 RITENOUR MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #315 of 379 | #33 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #316 of 380 ▼ 17 | #34 of 51 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.2% | #338 of 380 ▲ 9 | #36 of 51 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.6pp | #88 of 364 | #12 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 737 | #62 of 397 | #13 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #273 of 321 | #35 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.2% | #13 of 321 | #4 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #43 of 379 | #15 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.9% | #26 of 91 | #4 of 13 |
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
737
+18 (+3%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 654
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 737 | 48.5 | 15.2:1 | 100% (737) |
| 2023-24 | 758 | 48 | 15.8:1 | 100% (758) |
| 2022-23 | 467 | 50.3 | 9.3:1 | 99% (464) |
| 2020-21 | 719 | 43 | 16.7:1 | 100% (716) |
| 2017-18 | 647 | 42.5 | 15.2:1 | 100% (647) |
| 2015-16 | 650 | 42 | 15.5:1 | 75% (486) |
| 2010-11 | 662 | 41 | 16.1:1 | 71% (473) |
| 2000-01 | 758 | 44 | 17.2:1 | 43% (327) |
| 1990-91 | 654 | 45 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RITENOUR MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (647 to 737); teachers up 14% (42.5 to 48.5).
About RITENOUR MIDDLE
This page covers RITENOUR MIDDLE, a large middle school in ST LOUIS, Missouri. A federal count lists 737 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Missouri is about 461, so this school runs 60% above that.
RITENOUR counts 10 schools and 6,579 students, including RITENOUR MIDDLE.
Black students are the largest group at RITENOUR MIDDLE, with 43% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 32% Hispanic, 15% White, and 9% multiracial. St. Louis County as a whole is about 24% Black, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, RITENOUR MIDDLE comes in at 68%.
A ratio of 15.2:1 comes from the school's 48.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Missouri is lower than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 100% of students at RITENOUR MIDDLE as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 43% average for public schools in St. Louis County is 57 points lower.
RITENOUR MIDDLE is graded C by allk12, scoring above 29% of Missouri public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, RITENOUR MIDDLE falls in the middle 80% of Missouri schools: 26.3% actual against 22.4% predicted.
In St. Louis County (population about 995,569), median household income is about $82,936, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. RITENOUR MIDDLE is one of 275 public schools in St. Louis County, which together enroll about 134,601 students.
The closest other public school is RITENOUR SR. HIGH, about 0.7 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, RITENOUR MIDDLE ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
RITENOUR MIDDLE had 719 students in 2020-21 and 737 in 2024-25, a 3% gain. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.7:1 to 15.2:1.
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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 RITENOUR
- RITENOUR SR. HIGHHigh · 2,041 students
- HOECH MIDDLEMiddle · 664 students
- MARVIN ELEM.Elementary · 561 students
- WYLAND ELEM.Elementary · 545 students
- MARION ELEM.Elementary · 496 students
- KRATZ ELEM.Elementary · 474 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
- RITENOUR SR. HIGH0.7 mi · 2,041
- WYLAND ELEM.0.8 mi · 545
- MARVIN ELEM.1.1 mi · 561
- RITENOUR EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR1.2 mi · 149
- HOLMAN ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 206
- MARION ELEM.1.5 mi · 496
Frequently asked questions
About RITENOUR MIDDLEWhat is the total enrollment at RITENOUR MIDDLE?
RITENOUR MIDDLE enrolls approximately 737 students in grades 06-08.
Is RITENOUR MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
RITENOUR MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does RITENOUR MIDDLE have?
RITENOUR MIDDLE employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the student diversity at RITENOUR MIDDLE?
Student demographics at RITENOUR MIDDLE are roughly 15% White, 32% Hispanic, 43% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is RITENOUR MIDDLE in?
RITENOUR MIDDLE is part of RITENOUR.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.