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Enrollment
491
Middle
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAZELWOOD·NCES 291383003005
SOUTHEAST MIDDLE
918 PRIGGE RD, ST LOUIS, MO 63138 · (314) 953-7700 · St. Louis County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL491 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of Missouri public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
14.0:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
491 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 | 208 | 42% |
| Grade 7 | 185 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 98 | 20% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
14.4%
MO avg 44.9% . -0.1pp since 2021
Math
6.5%
MO avg 43.8% . -2.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 3.4% | 11.0% | 41.0% | 44.4% |
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 | 14.4% | 6.5% |
| 2023-24 | 13.1% | 7.8% |
| 2022-23 | 13.7% | 11.3% |
| 2021-22 | 14.5% | 8.6% |
% 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
8.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% 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 SOUTHEAST MIDDLE
SOUTHEAST MIDDLE's state test result (8.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTHEAST MIDDLE this school | 491 | 100.0% | 8.5% |
| KIPP INSPIRE ACADEMY ST LOUIS | 409 | 100.0% | 12.3% |
| CARR LANE VPA MIDDLE ST LOUIS | 396 | 100.0% | 6.2% |
| GATEWAY MIDDLE ST LOUIS | 382 | 100.0% | 10.0% |
| CROSS KEYS MIDDLE FLORISSANT | 608 | 100.0% | 13.1% |
| CENTRAL MIDDLE FLORISSANT | 692 | 100.0% | 11.9% |
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 SOUTHEAST MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.5% | #369 of 379 | #48 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.5% | #371 of 380 ▼ 6 | #47 of 51 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.4% | #358 of 380 ▲ 2 | #43 of 51 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.1pp | #105 of 364 | #16 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 491 | #171 of 397 | #37 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #219 of 321 | #28 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.4% | #304 of 321 | #43 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #29 of 379 | #10 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.0% | #50 of 224 | #10 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
491
-130 (-21%) vs 2020
-31% since 2010-11, when it was 715
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 491 | 35 | 14.0:1 | 100% (491) |
| 2023-24 | 469 | 34.7 | 13.5:1 | 77% (359) |
| 2022-23 | 469 | 26.3 | 17.8:1 | 99% (466) |
| 2020-21 | 621 | 42 | 14.8:1 | 100% (618) |
| 2017-18 | 606 | 49.9 | 12.2:1 | 100% (606) |
| 2015-16 | 618 | 56 | 11.0:1 | 85% (523) |
| 2010-11 | 715 | 58 | 12.3:1 | 76% (542) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTHEAST MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (606 to 491); teachers down 30% (49.9 to 35).
About SOUTHEAST MIDDLE
SOUTHEAST MIDDLE is a middle school located in ST LOUIS, Missouri, in St. Louis County. It enrolled 491 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year.
HAZELWOOD has 31 schools and 16,321 students, and SOUTHEAST MIDDLE is one of those schools.
The large majority of students at SOUTHEAST MIDDLE, 95%, are Black. The remaining shares are 2% multiracial. St. Louis County as a whole is about 24% Black, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, SOUTHEAST MIDDLE comes in at 9%.
Federal staffing data show 35 full-time-equivalent teachers at SOUTHEAST MIDDLE and a ratio of 14.0:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Missouri is 13.0:1, lower than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 100% of enrollment. That is 57 points above the 43% average for public schools in St. Louis County.
Measured against Missouri public middle schools, SOUTHEAST MIDDLE receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, SOUTHEAST MIDDLE is 13.9 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Missouri schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for St. Louis County show that median household income is about $82,936, roughly 47% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 275 public schools in St. Louis County, with a combined enrollment of about 134,601.
LARIMORE ELEM. is located about 0.7 miles from SOUTHEAST MIDDLE. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, SOUTHEAST MIDDLE is behind the 50.6% nearby average, ranking 7th of 7.
SOUTHEAST 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.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, SOUTHEAST MIDDLE went from 621 students to 491.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 HAZELWOOD
- HAZELWOOD WEST HIGHHigh · 1,994 students
- HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 1,718 students
- HAZELWOOD EAST HIGHHigh · 1,310 students
- NORTHWEST MIDDLEMiddle · 770 students
- WEST MIDDLEMiddle · 724 students
- NORTH MIDDLEMiddle · 702 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
Other Southeast Middle schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Southeast Middle. SOUTHEAST MIDDLE is the 7th largest of the 10.
- Southeast Middle SchoolIowa City, IA · 1,269 students
- Southeast MiddleSouth Gate, CA · 1,215 students
- Southeast Middle SchoolBaton Rouge, LA · 826 students
- Southeast MiddleKernersville, NC · 733 students
- Southeast MiddleSalisbury, NC · 628 students
Nearby schools
- LARIMORE ELEM.0.7 mi · 330
- TWILLMAN ELEM.1.3 mi · 273
- GLASGOW ELEM.1.5 mi · 264
- HIGHLAND ELEM.1.7 mi · 242
- RIVERVIEW GARDENS SR. HIGH1.9 mi · 1,246
- EAST MIDDLE2.2 mi · 167
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTHEAST MIDDLEWhat is the total enrollment at SOUTHEAST MIDDLE?
SOUTHEAST MIDDLE enrolls approximately 491 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does SOUTHEAST MIDDLE serve?
SOUTHEAST MIDDLE serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at SOUTHEAST MIDDLE?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at SOUTHEAST MIDDLE.
What is the student diversity at SOUTHEAST MIDDLE?
Student demographics at SOUTHEAST MIDDLE are roughly 1% White, 2% Hispanic, 95% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is SOUTHEAST MIDDLE public or private?
SOUTHEAST MIDDLE is a public K-12 school, overseen by HAZELWOOD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.