SELVIDGE MIDDLE

SELVIDGE MIDDLE operates as a mid-sized 6-8 campus in BALLWIN, Missouri, part of ROCKWOOD R-VI. Current enrollment sits at 583 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 461 students each, so SELVIDGE MIDDLE sits 26% larger than that benchmark.

Within ROCKWOOD R-VI, which oversees 30 schools and 19,597 students, SELVIDGE MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

Demographically, SELVIDGE MIDDLE logs that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment; the rest looks like 19% Asian, 9% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with St. Louis County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, SELVIDGE MIDDLE has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Around 16% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against St. Louis County (around 43%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, SELVIDGE MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.0%, the actual is 53.7%, a residual of +2.7 points.

In the surrounding community, 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%. In all, St. Louis County runs 275 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students), of which SELVIDGE MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: WOERTHER ELEM., around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SELVIDGE MIDDLE at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 45.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 14%: 681 students in 2018 compared to 583 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 70% to 61%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.