RITENOUR MIDDLE

RITENOUR MIDDLE, a high-enrollment intermediate school in ST LOUIS, Missouri, one of the schools within RITENOUR, caters to 737 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 60% above the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 461 students.

RITENOUR runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 6,579 students. RITENOUR MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

On demographics, RITENOUR MIDDLE records that the most-represented group is Black (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 32% Hispanic, 15% White, 9% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

Looking at school resources, RITENOUR MIDDLE reports 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against St. Louis County (around 43%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), RITENOUR MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 45.1%, a residual of -4.3 points.

Across the wider county, St. Louis County reports that the typical household earns roughly $82,936 per year, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. RITENOUR MIDDLE is one of 275 public schools in St. Louis County (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students).

Nearest neighbor: RITENOUR SR. HIGH, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RITENOUR MIDDLE ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 49.2%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 14%: 647 students in 2018 compared to 737 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 18% to 32% over that span.

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