SOUTHEAST MIDDLE

SOUTHEAST MIDDLE is an average-sized intermediate school in ST LOUIS, Missouri, operated by HAZELWOOD. The school instructs 491 students in grades 6 through 8.

HAZELWOOD runs 31 schools in total, collectively educating 16,321 students. SOUTHEAST MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, SOUTHEAST MIDDLE lists that 95% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder consists of 2% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the resource side, On paper, SOUTHEAST MIDDLE has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against St. Louis County (around 43%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SOUTHEAST MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 50.1%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding 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 roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SOUTHEAST MIDDLE is one of 275 public schools in St. Louis County (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students).

The closest other public school is LARIMORE ELEM., roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SOUTHEAST MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, SOUTHEAST MIDDLE comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 50.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 19%: 606 students in 2018 compared to 491 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

On this page, the feed for SOUTHEAST MIDDLE typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.