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Enrollment
542
Middle
DISTRICT 770 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARKWAY C-2·NCES 292358001553
SOUTH MIDDLE
760 WOODS MILL RD, MANCHESTER, MO 63011 · (314) 415-7200 · St. Louis County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL542 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
88 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 | 192 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 164 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 186 | 34% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
57.7%
MO avg 44.9% . +8.1pp since 2021
Math
68.5%
MO avg 43.8% . +16.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 8 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 26.5% | 31.2% | 35.6% | 6.6% |
| Math | 40.5% | 28.0% | 22.1% | 9.2% |
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 | 57.7% | 68.5% |
| 2023-24 | 52.6% | 66.2% |
| 2022-23 | 52.5% | 59.0% |
| 2021-22 | 49.6% | 52.0% |
% 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
60.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.8%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 SOUTH MIDDLE
SOUTH MIDDLE's state test result (60.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH MIDDLE this school | 542 | 16.2% | 60.0% |
| CENTRAL MIDDLE CHESTERFIELD | 881 | 17.0% | 54.1% |
| WEST MIDDLE CHESTERFIELD | 814 | 10.6% | 66.6% |
| WILDWOOD MIDDLE WILDWOOD | 538 | 13.4% | 65.0% |
| WYDOWN MIDDLE CLAYTON | 604 | 11.6% | 70.3% |
| SELVIDGE MIDDLE BALLWIN | 583 | 16.0% | 57.0% |
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 SOUTH MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #36 of 379 | #13 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #26 of 380 ▲ 2 | #10 of 51 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #41 of 380 ▲ 17 | #15 of 51 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.3pp | #18 of 364 | #7 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 542 | #147 of 397 | #34 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #81 of 321 | #7 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.3% | #97 of 321 | #17 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.2% | #356 of 379 | #38 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #117 of 224 | #20 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
542
-32 (-6%) vs 2020
-30% since 2000-01, when it was 777
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 542 | 44.3 | 12.2:1 | 16% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 520 | 44.5 | 11.7:1 | 20% (103) |
| 2022-23 | 541 | 48.1 | 11.2:1 | 20% (106) |
| 2020-21 | 574 | 51 | 11.3:1 | 33% (190) |
| 2017-18 | 606 | 46 | 13.2:1 | 25% (152) |
| 2015-16 | 573 | 44 | 13.0:1 | 26% (147) |
| 2010-11 | 574 | 46 | 12.5:1 | 12% (71) |
| 2000-01 | 777 | 46 | 16.9:1 | 16% (126) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTH MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (606 to 542); teachers down 4% (46 to 44.3).
About SOUTH MIDDLE
SOUTH MIDDLE is a mid-sized middle-grades school in MANCHESTER, Missouri, one of the schools in PARKWAY C-2. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 542 students.
SOUTH MIDDLE is one of 29 schools in PARKWAY C-2, which enrolls 16,759 students in total.
More than half of the students at SOUTH MIDDLE are White (68%). Next come 14% Asian, 7% Black, 6% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 50%.
Classroom staffing at SOUTH MIDDLE totals 44.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.2:1. The average for middle schools in Missouri is 13.0:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at SOUTH MIDDLE is about 16%. For comparison, public schools in St. Louis County average 43%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 53.8% at SOUTH MIDDLE; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 60.0%.
In the surrounding county, St. Louis County, the median household earns about $82,936 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting SOUTH MIDDLE, St. Louis County has 275 public schools.
SOUTH MIDDLE is about 0.6 miles from PIERREMONT ELEM., its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, SOUTH MIDDLE ranks 4th on average proficiency.
SOUTH 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.
Enrollment fell by 6% across 4 years, from 574 in 2020-21 to 542 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 PARKWAY C-2
- SOUTH HIGHHigh · 1,485 students
- WEST HIGHHigh · 1,417 students
- CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 1,281 students
- NORTH HIGHHigh · 990 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 881 students
- WEST MIDDLEMiddle · 814 students
Other schools in MANCHESTER
- SOUTH HIGHHigh · 1,485 students
- PIERREMONT ELEM.Elementary · 474 students
- BARRETTS ELEM.Elementary · 378 students
- CARMAN TRAILS ELEM.Elementary · 355 students
Other South Middle schools
17 other US public schools in 14 states are named South Middle. SOUTH MIDDLE is the 14th largest of the 18.
- SOUTH MIDDLEJOPLIN, MO · 596 students
- SOUTH MIDDLERAYTOWN, MO · 510 students
- South Middle SchoolEDINBURG, TX · 1,246 students
- South Middle SchoolWaukee, IA · 1,092 students
- SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOLBRENTWOOD, NY · 975 students
Nearby schools
- PIERREMONT ELEM.0.6 mi · 474
- HENRY ELEM.0.6 mi · 512
- EARLY CHILDHOOD1.5 mi · 342
- WEST HIGH1.7 mi · 1,417
- CARMAN TRAILS ELEM.2.0 mi · 355
- HANNA WOODS ELEM.2.1 mi · 360
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH MIDDLEHow large is SOUTH MIDDLE?
SOUTH MIDDLE enrolls approximately 542 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does SOUTH MIDDLE serve?
SOUTH MIDDLE serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SOUTH MIDDLE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SOUTH MIDDLE is approximately 12.2:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SOUTH MIDDLE?
At SOUTH MIDDLE, the student body is approximately 68% White, 4% Hispanic, 7% Black, 14% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is SOUTH MIDDLE public or private?
SOUTH MIDDLE is a public K-12 school, overseen by PARKWAY C-2.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.