VALLEY PARK MIDDLE

VALLEY PARK MIDDLE is a rural-scale middle-grades school in VALLEY PARK, Missouri, operated by VALLEY PARK. The school hosts 161 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 65% smaller than the state mean of about 461.

VALLEY PARK runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 734 students. VALLEY PARK MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, VALLEY PARK MIDDLE records that 66% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 16% Black, 11% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, VALLEY PARK MIDDLE has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.1:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, VALLEY PARK MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.6%, the actual is 46.8%, a residual of -3.7 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for St. Louis County indicate the typical household earns roughly $82,936 per year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across St. Louis County's 275 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students), VALLEY PARK MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

VALLEY PARK SR. HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts VALLEY PARK MIDDLE at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 52.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at VALLEY PARK MIDDLE has ticked down 25%, going from 216 students in 2018 to 161 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 25% to 16%. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the VALLEY PARK MIDDLE community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.