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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
Enrollment
213
Middle
DISTRICT 312 · STATE 461
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
Grade 6
80
Grade 7
64
Grade 8
69
Student demographics
White
20898%
DISTRICT 97% · STATE 67%
Black
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 15%
Two+
21%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 6%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
11152%
Female
10248%

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Test scores

MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs Peers
English Language Arts
36.6%
MO avg 49.5% . -12.6pp since 2023
Math
47.0%
MO avg 48.7% . -5.0pp since 2023
Source: MO DVT (Growth). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
213
-36 (-14%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 16.4:1
% White
98%
was 96%
% Hispanic
0%
was 1%
% Black
1%
was 2%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About WEST COUNTY MIDDLE

WEST COUNTY MIDDLE operates as a close-knit 6-8 campus in PARK HILLS, Missouri, part of WEST ST. FRANCOIS CO. R-IV. Current enrollment sits at 213 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 54% below the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 461 students.

Within WEST ST. FRANCOIS CO. R-IV, which oversees 3 schools and 935 students, WEST COUNTY MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WEST COUNTY MIDDLE shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (98%).

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, WEST COUNTY MIDDLE has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.5:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 52% of students at WEST COUNTY MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WEST COUNTY MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.3%, the actual is 40.0%, a residual of -10.3 points.

Across the wider county, census data for St. Francois County shows median household income runs about $57,477, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, St. Francois County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,962 students), of which WEST COUNTY MIDDLE is one.

WEST COUNTY HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around WEST COUNTY MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, WEST COUNTY MIDDLE comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 44.8%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WEST COUNTY MIDDLE has fell 14%, going from 249 students in 2018 to 213 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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St. Francois County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
WEST COUNTY MIDDLE
District
WEST ST. FRANCOIS CO. R-IV
Address
728 HWY M, PARK HILLS, MO 63601
Phone
(573) 562-7535
County
St. Francois County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
213
Teachers (FTE)
15
Student–teacher ratio
14.5:1
Free/Reduced lunch
110 (52%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
291824001091
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About WEST COUNTY MIDDLE
How 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.
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