ROCKWOOD VALLEY MIDDLE

ROCKWOOD VALLEY MIDDLE is one of the mid-sized junior highs in WILDWOOD, Missouri, operated by ROCKWOOD R-VI, with 643 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 39% above the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 461 students.

ROCKWOOD R-VI comprises 30 schools with combined enrollment of 19,597 students; ROCKWOOD VALLEY MIDDLE is among them.

On the student-mix side, ROCKWOOD VALLEY MIDDLE lists that 77% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 9% Asian, 5% Black, 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, St. Louis County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 7% of students at ROCKWOOD VALLEY MIDDLE qualify 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 meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ROCKWOOD VALLEY MIDDLE falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 51.1%; this one comes in at 29.8%, -21.3 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for St. Louis County indicate median household earnings sit near $82,936, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ROCKWOOD VALLEY MIDDLE is one of 275 public schools in St. Louis County (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students).

The closest other public school is BABLER ELEM., roughly 1.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ROCKWOOD VALLEY MIDDLE ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 60.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ROCKWOOD VALLEY MIDDLE has showed little movement, going from 633 students in 2018 to 643 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 9% to 5% across the same window.

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