Enrollment
213
Middle
DISTRICT 312 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST ST. FRANCOIS CO. R-IV·NCES 291824001091
WEST COUNTY MIDDLE
728 HWY M, PARK HILLS, MO 63601 · (573) 562-7535 · St. Francois County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL213 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of Missouri public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-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
14.5:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
110 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 | 80 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 64 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 69 | 32% |
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
WEST COUNTY MIDDLE→WEST COUNTY HIGH
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within WEST ST. FRANCOIS CO. R-IV. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
44.4%
MO avg 44.9% . +2.5pp since 2021
Math
51.4%
MO avg 43.8% . +10.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.1% | 30.3% | 37.8% | 17.6% |
| Math | 16.1% | 35.3% | 28.7% | 19.6% |
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 | 44.4% | 51.4% |
| 2023-24 | 40.1% | 44.8% |
| 2022-23 | 42.8% | 44.1% |
| 2021-22 | 41.9% | 40.6% |
% 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
40.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.5%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 WEST COUNTY MIDDLE
WEST COUNTY MIDDLE's state test result (40.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEST COUNTY MIDDLE this school | 213 | 51.6% | 40.5% |
| MARIES CO. MIDDLE BLAND | 193 | 48.7% | 28.0% |
| PUXICO JR. HIGH PUXICO | 176 | 52.8% | 36.8% |
| SCOTT CO. MIDDLE BENTON | 195 | 53.3% | 28.8% |
| DIAMOND MIDDLE DIAMOND | 212 | 50.5% | 35.1% |
| EL DORADO SPRINGS MIDDLE EL DORADO SPRINGS | 266 | 48.1% | 35.7% |
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 WEST COUNTY MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Francois County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #200 of 379 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #122 of 380 ▲ 45 | #1 of 6 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #142 of 380 ▲ 39 | #4 of 6 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.7pp | #87 of 364 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 213 | #317 of 397 | #6 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #241 of 321 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.6% | #321 of 321 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.6% | #172 of 379 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #82 of 224 | #4 of 6 |
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
213
-41 (-16%) vs 2020
-9% since 2000-01, when it was 235
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 213 | 14.7 | 14.5:1 | 52% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 213 | 14.4 | 14.8:1 | 55% (117) |
| 2022-23 | 246 | 15.6 | 15.8:1 | 56% (137) |
| 2020-21 | 254 | 15 | 16.9:1 | 54% (137) |
| 2017-18 | 249 | 15.2 | 16.4:1 | 56% (140) |
| 2015-16 | 236 | 15 | 15.7:1 | 58% (138) |
| 2010-11 | 232 | 15 | 15.5:1 | 63% (145) |
| 2000-01 | 235 | 16 | 14.7:1 | 51% (121) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WEST COUNTY MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (249 to 213); teachers down 3% (15.2 to 14.7).
About WEST COUNTY MIDDLE
WEST COUNTY MIDDLE is a low-enrollment middle school based in PARK HILLS, Missouri. A federal count lists 213 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Missouri) has about 461 students.
WEST COUNTY MIDDLE sits within WEST ST. FRANCOIS CO. R-IV, which has 3 schools and 935 students.
WEST COUNTY MIDDLE's enrollment is 98% White. WEST COUNTY MIDDLE's diversity index is 5%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 14.7 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.5:1. That is higher than the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Missouri. The school's lunch program data list 52% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
WEST COUNTY MIDDLE is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 51% of Missouri public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, WEST COUNTY MIDDLE would score about 40.5%. It scores 40.5%, within a point of that figure.
Within St. Francois County, the median household income is $57,477, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 17% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. In all, St. Francois County has 28 public schools and roughly 9,962 students.
The shortest distance from WEST COUNTY MIDDLE to another public school is about 0.1 miles, to WEST COUNTY HIGH. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, WEST COUNTY MIDDLE is 6th among 8 schools close by.
WEST COUNTY MIDDLE is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
2024-25 enrollment was 213, a 16% decrease from 254 in 2020-21. The school's ratio fell from 16.9:1 to 14.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The WEST COUNTY MIDDLE community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
St. Francois County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
66,999
Census ACS
Median income
$57,477
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
9,962 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WEST ST. FRANCOIS CO. R-IV
- WEST COUNTY ELEM.Elementary · 390 students
- WEST COUNTY HIGHHigh · 332 students
Other schools in PARK HILLS
- CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 605 students
- CENTRAL ELEM.Elementary · 530 students
- WEST ELEM.Elementary · 464 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 442 students
- WEST COUNTY ELEM.Elementary · 390 students
- WEST COUNTY HIGHHigh · 332 students
Nearby schools
- WEST COUNTY HIGH0.1 mi · 332
- WEST COUNTY ELEM.0.3 mi · 390
- NORTH COUNTY PARKSIDE ELEM.4.4 mi · 404
- WEST ELEM.4.5 mi · 464
- CENTRAL ELEM.4.6 mi · 530
- NORTH CO. MIDDLE4.8 mi · 364
Frequently asked questions
About WEST COUNTY MIDDLEHow many students attend WEST COUNTY MIDDLE?
WEST COUNTY MIDDLE enrolls approximately 213 students in grades 06-08.
Is WEST COUNTY MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
WEST COUNTY MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at WEST COUNTY MIDDLE?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at WEST COUNTY MIDDLE.
What is the student diversity at WEST COUNTY MIDDLE?
Student demographics at WEST COUNTY MIDDLE are roughly 98% White, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is WEST COUNTY MIDDLE in?
WEST COUNTY MIDDLE is part of WEST ST. FRANCOIS CO. R-IV.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.